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Haiti Earthquake Disaster Relief

Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:55 PM EST

Many Newsviners know that a magnitude 7.0 earthquake has struck the capital city of Haiti, devastating the city and killing or injuring thousands of residents there. Fewer Newsviners realize that they have earnings sitting in their accounts.

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world-news, haiti, earthquake, philanthropy, haiti-earthquake, american-red-cross, disaster-relief

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Navy Base Construction will Destroy Coral Reefs

Seeded on Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:56 PM EST (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

A proposed naval base on an island of South Korea will destroy a coral reef that has "been named by the United Nations as key environmental treasures that should be saved" and the livelihood it provides its residents for centuries.

environment, military, real-estate, government, protest, development, navy, army, pollution, environmental

McCain aides worried that Palin was 'mentally unstable'

Seeded on Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:42 PM EST (Raw Story)

As did the rest of the United States!! "According to an advance copy thoroughly dog-ear'd by The New York Times, some McCain staffers who worked directly with Palin began to worry that she could be "mentally unstable."

republicans, democrats, republican, election, mccain, government, president, washington, democrat, palin

India's Single Women Resist Stigma, Demand Rights

Seeded on Sun Jan 10, 2010 4:27 AM EST (Women's News)

Women are fighting for equality in India. Not only basic human rights but also the right to live life outside of a marriage or after a marriage. Progress will be made!

politics, india, marriage, human-rights, culture, society, divorce, womens-rights, equality

More investments in education

Seeded on Sun Jan 10, 2010 4:15 AM EST (Manila Bulletin)

The cost may be high but the payoff will be great. Nations the globe over are starting to focus on education reform for a brighter future.

education, japan, college, investment, success, tax, philippines, university, reform, future

Study racial disparity in student discipline

Seeded on Sun Jan 10, 2010 3:52 AM EST (The Denver Post)

An opinion article calling for the investigation of the punishment system in Colorado public schools based on a recent study that found a differences in the quickness and severity of punishments when concerning ethnicity.

education, government, black, race, white, investigation, study, political, discrimination, colorado

Ukraine welcomes western support, but Russia is a permanent fixture

Seeded on Sun Jan 10, 2010 3:31 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

Ukraine is being muscled for its gas pipelines from both sides, and it seems Russia won. "In the middle, geographically and politically, is ambivalence and nervous pragmatism. Western support is welcome, but it can come and go: Russia is a permanent fixture on the doorstep."

politics, europe, united-states, eu, government, russia, america, germany, france, democracy

Baltimore City to refile lawsuit against Wells Fargo

Seeded on Sat Jan 9, 2010 4:06 AM EST (The Baltimore Sun)

Try, try, try again! The City claims the company participated in corrupt lending practices.

business, money, finance, wall-street, debt, credit, loans, investment, banks, bank

Delaware's bet pays off in millions

Seeded on Sat Jan 9, 2010 1:41 AM EST (The Baltimore Sun)

Delaware is trying to expand its market and might use this season for an appeal, $500,000 per week sounds pretty great.

business, nfl, nba, football, baseball, nhl, government, basketball, supreme-court, hockey

Patton Oswalt And Robert Siegel: Serious Funny Men

Seeded on Sat Jan 9, 2010 1:33 AM EST (NPR)

Interview about 'Big Fan' with the two funny guys on NPR, click on 'Listen to the Story' to hear it all!

entertainment, football, movie, funny, hollywood, comedy, cinema, new-york-giants, writer, director

Protests stall 8.6-billion-dollar Hong Kong-China rail link

Seeded on Sat Jan 9, 2010 1:23 AM EST (The Earth Times Online)

Citizens fight for the money to go towards the poverty problem! "It coincides with a debate over electoral reform in the former British colony. An estimated 30,000 people took part in a pro-democracy march to the Beijing Liaison Office on January 1.

world-news, economy, china, government, protest, democracy, political, strategy, hong-kong, citizen

Gaza Freedom March: detained at the US embassy

Seeded on Sat Jan 9, 2010 12:32 AM EST (ZNet)

An article from Ali Abunimah about the march to the American Embassy, where only he Medea Benjamin and Kit Kettredge were allowed inside to talk to representatives about the situation in Gaza. Really great insight and pictures...

world-news, obama, barack-obama, united-states, war, police, government, law, palestine, gaza

Egypt protest turns deadly

Seeded on Fri Jan 8, 2010 11:01 PM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Breaking News - about a 1 min. Video clip, protest over an anti-smuggling blockade in Egypt ends in fatal shooting of soldier.

politics, police, government, hamas, egypt, protest, army, wall, enforcement, blockade

Country sees 599 protests in one month

Seeded on Fri Jan 8, 2010 9:59 PM EST (The Himalayan Times)

It sounds as if Nepal is having serious turmoil. This is a hard time for the entire globe, but I hope that quality of life AND human rights can end up victorious.

politics, police, government, death, human-rights, democracy, protests, nepal, political-parties, rallies

Study finds Soda Machines DIRTY, will you still buy?

Fri Jan 8, 2010 9:34 PM EST

After an intense discussion with my roommates, I decided to put this question out to my Newsvine community. We read a few articles and watched a video about a study that found that soda machines could be squirting out fecal bacteria into your favorite carbonated beverage!

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health, medical, study, virginia, disease, bacteria, drink, fast-food, antibiotics, coke

Iran protester Neda Soltan's grave hit again

Seeded on Fri Jan 8, 2010 9:15 PM EST (The Australian | The Australian Homepage | TheAustralian)

They are very eager to come up with other possibilities other than a citizen murdered by her government...

politics, iran, government, murder, protest, freedom, shooting, equality, martyr, basij

State casts shadow over China's cinema boom

Seeded on Fri Jan 8, 2010 9:06 PM EST (Ahern's inclusion in artists' tax-break scheme 'galling' - The Irish Times - Thu, Jan 07, 2010)

They will do anything to keep their desecration of human rights secret...fortunately Palm Beach did not pull the movie about Tibetan Freedom.

politics, movies, cinema, punishment, communist, avatar, policies, enforce, governemnt, strict

Father convicted of breaking baby son's leg gets jail on weekends

Seeded on Fri Jan 8, 2010 8:58 PM EST (Edmonton Sun)

JAIL ON THE WEEKENDS? Since when is fitting in jail time like fitting in a college night class?

odd-news, crime, canada, baby, child, court, abuse, criminal, jail, alberta

UBS Whistleblower Birkenfeld Begins Prison Term

Seeded on Fri Jan 8, 2010 8:49 PM EST (The New York Times)

This man helped steal millions, but then helped the government recover millions, so should he go to jail?

business, crime, president, america, florida, fraud, tax, george-bush, justice-department, jail

Eric Holder calls Palm Beach 'ground zero' for Madoff Ponzi scheme

Seeded on Fri Jan 8, 2010 8:45 PM EST (Palm Beach Daily News)

Madoff really hurt the folks of Palm Beach....

business, wall-street, florida, recession, loss, rich, wealthy, madoff, scheme, scam-palm-beach

'I have done nothing wrong . . . I want to uphold my reputation'

Seeded on Fri Jan 8, 2010 8:39 PM EST (Ahern's inclusion in artists' tax-break scheme 'galling' - The Irish Times - Thu, Jan 07, 2010)

Breaking News, more details will come I'm sure. It seems she had a mistress, and they helped him "off the books" to start a business? Messy.

politics, government, financial, ireland, scandal, northern-ireland, property-development, peter-robinson, first-minister

100,000 protest for press freedom in Rome

Seeded on Sat Oct 3, 2009 4:57 PM EDT (The Age)

The masses gathered today in Rome to protest for the freedom of the press! "Accusations of an anti-Berlusconi bias have spiked since Rai 2 twice invited to its studios a call girl who claims to have accepted money to spend the night with the prime minister.

politics, europe, media, france, italy, protest, freedom, spain, scandal, zimbabwe

Federal Reserve scandal bigger than ACORN

Seeded on Sat Oct 3, 2009 4:46 PM EDT (The Motley Fool)

Just what exactly have they done with our money?

politics, white-house, money, republicans, democrats, government, senate, house, ron-paul, banks

Turkey urges China to stop 'assimilation' of Uighurs

Seeded on Sat Jul 11, 2009 5:04 PM EDT (The Nation Online)

Turkey speaks out on the rising death toll in China.

world-news, military, china, government, death, human-rights, protest, turkey, communism, muders

PricewaterhouseCoopers hit by racism claim

Seeded on Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:48 PM EDT (Telegraph)

40 million pounds might make these pigs shut up for good! At first she was told she had a great chance to become a partner but they made it clear that was not their intentions when they started to give her secretarial work....

world-news, racism, legal, company, civil-rights, racist, sexism, battle, romania, outrage

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