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POPSAre you funding cluster bombs? Cluster bombs are large explosive weapons that scatter dozens or hundreds of smaller submunitions over a wide area. They cannot distinguish between military targets and civilians. Many submunitions fail to detonate on impact and, like landmines, continue to kill and maim people long after the conflict has ended. Find out more about Dtar's story by watching this short film. The good The global campaign to eradicate cluster bombs, spearheaded by the Cluster Munitions Coalition, reached a major breakthrough in 2008 when governments negotiated an international treaty to ban them. So far, 103 countries have joined the Convention on Cluster Munitions, including the UK. The bad Although the UK government has signed the ban and stopped production of cluster bombs, UK banks still invest in cluster bomb producers in countries that have not yet outlawed them. A ban simply can’t be effective if there is still funding for the production of these weapons.
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POPSSacralisation of the Middle East Conflict Warfare in Israel is increasingly a matter of faith. The force behind this development is the Military Rabbinate, which has a growing influence within the army. Yet there are also signs of resistance against the spread of ultranationalist ideas in the military.
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POPSHeroRATS Bericht in deutscher Sprache: Riesenhamsterratte Rosie, Landminensucherin
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POPSRiesenhamsterratte Rosie, Landminensucherin Rosie schafft es, in einer halben Stunde hundert Quadratmeter nach Minen abzusuchen. Menschen brauchten dafür mehrere Tage. Die große Frage ist nun: Was passiert, wenn Rosie direkt auf einer Mine sitzt und mit ihren Vorderpfoten herumkratzt? Gar nichts! Riesenhamsterratten sind zwar, wie der Name schon sagt, ziemlich groß. Sie werden 40 Zentimeter lang und wiegen bis zu 1,5 Kilogramm. Aber sie sind zu leicht, um eine Mine auszulösen. See also my clip HeroRATS (in English language).
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POPSBest wishes for 2008 Another video . And, please, watch this one , too :) (Detailed informations on Lennon's song here ) _______________________________ With special greetings to the honorable clipmarks community and its nice members. @-->--->---
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POPSUdo Lindenberg: Wozu sind Kriege da Leider ist Lindenbergs Original-Song bei YouTube gelöscht worden. Diese Fassung reicht gesanglich an das Original nicht heran, ist aber wegen der Begleitbilder ansehenswert..
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POPSWomen (and little girls) facing war Mah-Bibi at ten years old is destitute and begs for food to support herself and her younger brothers. Women tell their own individual stories of how their lives have been affected by war. Coping with displacement, physical and sexual violence, missing relatives, widowhood, detention... challenges and difficulties that these and thousands of other women must face in their daily lives.
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POPSThe Pope Versus the President The article continues: The U.S. invasion of Iraq was similarly contentious for former Pope John Paul II, who sent a special envoy to the White House in March 2003 in an effort to prevent an attack. The papal envoy's pleas fell on deaf ears. Vatican criticisms of the Bush administration's military intervention in Iraq have continued unabated. French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran "The facts speak for themselves. Alienating the international community (with the U.S. push for war) was a mistake." Tauran, who has referred to the invasion and occupation as a "crime against peace," also said that Christians in Iraq "paradoxically, were more protected under the dictatorship" of Saddam Hussein. Benedict failed to honor Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's urgent request for a private meeting last month. The ongoing tensions between Bush and Benedict put America's Roman Catholics in a tricky position for 2008.
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