Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Posted by Daisy Cobb
South Africa is begining to acknowlege Gandhi’s legacy to Indians living in South Africa by celebrating the founding of his Phoenix colony in Durban, which was developed in 1904. They are hoping to educate people to Gandhi’s efforts in Africa to improve life for Indians living there. At the time there was a [...]
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“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?”
Alex Kurzem was a small boy of five years old when Nazi soldiers invaded his villiage in Belarus. He escaped under cover [...]
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Thursday, August 16, 2007
Posted by Daisy Cobb
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
One rescue worker was killed and several others were injured in Utah trying to find six miners that have been trapped since the sixth in a mine. The shaft caved in during an earthquake and the past eleven [...]
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“There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.”
China is once again changing the lives of Tibetan people. This time they are not persecuting thier religion but rather their very way of life. Many Tibetans lived in stone and dirt hovels where they often shared living space with animals and had few [...]
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“No society can possibly be built on a denial of individual freedom.”
South Africa has begun to look like a revolving door for many Zimbabweans who are attempting to escape starvation, poverty and lack of employment in thier homeland. Every day an estimated 3,000 “border jumpers” make it into South Africa in an attempt [...]
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“A ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.”
Georgian Interior Minister, Vano Merabishvili has accused Russia of firing a missle into Georgian Territory in a blatant act of aggression. The missle was said by Georgian officials to have hit the village [...]
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