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It's Christmas time (nearly) and quite soon it will be impossible to switch on the radio without being bombarded by the preachy strains of a slightly shambolic Christmas song recorded 25 years ago in an effort to feed the world.
The Sunday Times Children of Iraq Christmas Appeal WHAT WE WILL DO Help the children Nomura Middle East, the regional operation of the Asia-based global investment bank, has generously offered to match the first £100,000 raised...
The first sight of Abdullah Suleiman isn’t for the faint-hearted: when he was six years old the bottom half of his face was blown away by a car bomb. The excruciating cost of war in Iraq is written in the crisscross lines of...
Sunday, November 22, 2009 Islamabad Poverty stricken people, living in the rural and coastal areas of Pakistan, are more prone to the devastating effects of climate change. Cognisant of the situation arising out of climate...
It’s the Muslim season of giving, and Turkish charities are working in overdrive to spread aid across not just the country but the entire world. Running Nov. 27-30 this year, the Islamic holiday Eid al-Adha (Kurban Bayramı in...
KUALA LUMPUR: For most Malaysians – unless they are vegetarian – meat is a common fare in their daily meals but in some parts of the world, however, meat is a rare delicacy. And hunger is an everyday affair.
Red Cross Brings In Disaster Services POSTED: 6:30 pm EST November 21, 2009 ST. ALBANS, Vt. -- A fire that ripped through an apartment building in St. Albans displaced five families Friday. The fire started Friday afternoon in...
Hong Kong - Chinese army soldiers were accused Sunday of gamesmanship and muscling their way to victory in a Hong Kong charity 100-kilometre race. Two People's Liberation Army teams Friday took part in the Oxfam Trailwalker...
The European Commission, the European Union’s executive branch, has allocated an additional €7 million (about P490 million) in humanitarian assistance for the victims of typhoons Ondoy (international code name: Ketsana) and...
While the Pittsburgh-Cleveland NFL rivalry may not be a strong as usual this year, there is still a bond between the two cities where it counts — the annual Pittsburgh-Cleveland blood drive challenge. The challenge, sponsored...
