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Greece Beefing Up Patrols to Stem Immigration From Egypt
By Anthee Carassava - AOL NewsATHENS, Greece -- As the exodus of foreigners and Egyptians continues from Cairo, Greece has beefed up its own border patrols and said today it was considering asking the European Union's force, Frontex, to extend sea patrols to fend off a fresh wave of illegal immigrants hitting Europe. Greece is already grappling with an immigration crisis that has seen more than 128,000 illegals sneak into the country in 2010, the highest influx recorded yet by any European Union member state. Now, fears that the escalating crisis in Egypt could uncork a fresh wave of illegal immigrants coming into ...
Cholera Fears Spark Anti-Clinic Protest in Haiti
By not in system - AOL NewsPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Oct. 27) -- Protesters threw rocks at a cholera treatment center as it was preparing to open in the city of St. Marc on Tuesday, highlighting the fear surrounding a disease that was almost unknown in Haiti before it began spreading through the countryside, aid workers said. Some of the roughly 300 students and other protesters said they feared the Doctors Without Borders-Spain clinic would bring more of the disease to their seaside town, which is one of the hardest hit in the week-old epidemic that has killed 284 people and infected 3,769, according to United Nations ...
Wyclef Jean Defends Yele Haiti Foundation's Finances
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyHaitian-American singer Wyclef Jean held a press conference in New York on Monday to defend against accusations that he has profited from his charity Yele Haiti. Since the massive earthquake that struck Haiti last Tuesday, Jean has called on the public to text "YELE" to 501501 to donate $5 to the Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund, which has raised over $2 million in just days, according to the Associated Press. "Yele's books are open and transparent. We have been given a clean bill of health by an external auditor every year since we started," Jean told reporters.He denied all accusations that he ...
Think Before You Plunk: Which Charity Will Use Your Haiti Donation Wisely?
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyCompassion and concern for the victims of Tuesday's earthquake outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, has prompted caring people to make donations to assist in their aid. I had planned to write a quick post discouraging donations to big, bloated, bureaucratic charities with overpaid CEOs and marketing budgets more appropriate for multinational oil companies than nonprofits. ...
Leaving the Comfort Zone in 2010: Three Movies Show Us How It's Done
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyWe first meet Tom Krueger, one of four doctors featured in a gritty new documentary, amid green hills and gamboling horses on his 40-acre farm outside Nashville. Soon after that we see him in an emergency hospital in Monrovia, Liberia, where a long civil war recently has ended. He's inspecting a leg so badly infected that he decides the patient needs a "guillotine amputation" -- that is, a straight, flat slice across all skin, muscle and bone. ...
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