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East Africa: UNHCR – Burundian, Congolese Refugees Need Help
AllAfrica.com Burundian and Congolese refugees in Rwanda need ‘sustained’ help, according to the UN agency in charge of refugee affairs. Erika Fitzpatrick, UNHCR Rwanda Associate Reporting Officer, told Sunday Times that the number of “active” Burundian refugees … |
The Detroit NewsSnyder shifts anonymous donations to aid Flint effortsThe Detroit NewsThe governor has faced criticism for using taxpayer money to hire outside attorneys for Flint-related litigation and investigations. But Snyder did not use public fun…
The Sydney Morning Herald |
The many ways political donations buy access in Victoria
The Sydney Morning Herald At least 14 of the Civic Group’s 31 current clients have are developer-related including the Mount Atkinson development, a 555-hectare site for a proposed new suburb in Melbourne’s West. The site is adjacent to a large proposed landfill expansion and … |
Daily Kos |
Democrats, stop sending me crap! I’ll buy my own campaign swag
Daily Kos and like-minded organizations, all looking for cold, hard cash, all filled with over-the-top rhetoric spelling gloom and doom if I don’t donate immediately, and all dangling the carrot that “your donation will be triple-matched if you give before … |
Daily Mail |
Malcolm Turnbull and other Liberal chiefs ‘once dined with Joe Acquaro in Melbourne’
Daily Mail Mr Acquaro claimed on more than one occasion either meetings or meals with Liberal Party members were related to his political fundraising activities or donations. He’d also spent time establishing connections to the Liberal Party in New South Wales … |
Center for Research on Globalization |
Clinton Disaster Fundraising in Haiti: Predatory Humanitarianism?
Center for Research on Globalization Here we are talking about a fraud whose declared scope exceeds $2 billion — but when you count related frauds involving the Global Fund, the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission, UNITAID, American India Foundation and other such criminal activities, you … |
Daily News & Analysis |
Researchers reveal how obesity take its toll on distant organs
Daily News & Analysis Now, a team of scientists has taken an important step towards understanding the links between obesity and the related, yet physically distant, diseases it causes. Taru Tukiainen from Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), Helsinki, Finland … |
New York Daily News |
Lobbyists use loopholes in de Blasio fund-raising
New York Daily News RAL’s donation was to support the mayor’s policies — particularly his initiative on universal pre-K. A month later, the city selected RAL for the Brooklyn job. Last week, the project was frozen by the Cuomo administration over conflict of interest … |
How does obesity cause disease in organs distant from those where fat accumulates?EurekAlert (press release)Now an international group of scientists has taken an important step towards understanding the links between obesity and the related, yet physic…
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Kenya: Will Kenya Really Close Dadaab?
AllAfrica.com Another disappointment was the outcome of last year’s donor conference in Brussels, staged to raise money for voluntary repatriation and the related goal of rebuilding Somalia. The plan was costed at $500 million, but donors pledged (as opposed to … |