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Die kriegerische Auseinandersetzung im Kaukasus ist eine dramatische Erinnerung daran, dass die Welt Gefahr läuft, die Lehren der Geschichte zu vergessen.

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Luc Bronner, Le Monde, evokes the great social experiment humanity is embarked upon as new constraints on human behavior obtain a planetary level.

http://www.truthout.org/article/we-are-all-white-mice

By Steve Schifferes
Economics reporter, BBC News

28/08/08 "BBC" -- - The World Bank has warned that world poverty is much greater than previously thought. It has revised its previous estimate and now says that 1.4 billion people live in poverty, based on a new poverty line of $1.25 per day.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20643.htm

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One in four ‘facing fuel poverty’
BBC

09/08/08

Almost a quarter of the population will be pushed into fuel poverty by the end of next year, a report has suggested.By the end of 2009, 5.7 million UK households will be spending at least 10% of their income on energy bills, the National Housing Federation said.Average household electricity bills are expected to increase to more than £500 per year by 2010, and gas bills to around £900...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7602859.stm


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Thalif Deen, Inter Press Service: "A spectre is haunting the cities and villages of most developing nations, warns a senior official of a World Bank-affiliated organisation. 'It's the spectre of a food, fuel and water crisis,' says Lars Thunell, executive vice president of the Washington-based International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank group. 'I believe we are at a tipping point,' he said, because the scarcity of water poses a threat to the food supply just when the agricultural sector is stepping up production in response to riots over food prices, growing hunger, and rising malnutrition."

http://www.truthout.org/article/food-fuel-and-water-crises-converging

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'Water Wars' a Bad Sign of Times
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/09/16-1



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Indianervölker protestieren seit Jahren gegen Staudammprojekte

In Brasilien soll der weltweit drittgrößte Staudamm zur Elektrizitätsgewinnung gebaut werden. Durch das geplante Wasserkraftwerk Belo Monte sind der Xingu-Fluss, mehrere indigene Völker und Tausende von Flussanwohnern und Fischern bedroht. Die Menschen am Fluß brauchen internationale Solidarität. (Start: 21.08.2008)

http://www.regenwald.org/protestaktion.php?id=286

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/08/20/11083/



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I am innocent yet was detained without charge in solitary confinement for days on end. It was a devastating experience.

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