Everyone is so focussed on the problem(s) in the US. Let's add some perspective... Did about 30 minutes of surfing to find this information... Snap out of it... and stop watching the TV news for all your information. The net's a "free" source of information.
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Belfast wakes up to devastating scene
10.52AM, Sun Sep 11 2005
The city of Belfast is waking up to scenes reminiscent of the worst of the troubles after a night of rioting and skirmishes with police...
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Kids vaccine plan 'to save millions'
1.47PM, Fri Sep 9 2005
Amassive immunisation drive to save the lives of 10 million of the world's poorest children is being announced in Manchester...
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Guantanamo hunger strike continues
11.58PM, Fri Sep 9 2005
At
least one British-based man is among up to 200 detainees at Guantanamo Bay who
are in their fifth week of a hunger strike...
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Israel declares end to Gaza rule; pullout imminent
Sun Sep 11, 2005
6:59 AM ET
Israel declared an end to its military rule in Gaza on Sunday,
clearing the way to complete its pullout and turn the territory over to the
Palestinians on Monday after 38 years of occupation...
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India's struggle with encephalitis
BBC News - Sep 9, 2005
An
outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has
claimed the lives of nearly 700 children, according to official figures. Aid
agencies say the real toll could be closer to 1,500...
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New Polls Find Bush ... Share[s] Blame for Katrina Response
10
September 2005
["Pres."] George Bush [Jr.] and public officials at all
levels of government are getting low marks from the American people for their
response to Hurricane Katrina. In a series of new polls this week, confidence in
the president's leadership fell to 41 and 48 percent, while his overall approval
rating sank as low as 40 percent, the lowest of his presidency...
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