Dahabshiil CEO: Social Entrepreneurship Is Key to Unlocking Somalia’s Potential
LONDON, Feb. 21, 2012 /CNW/ – The CEO of Dahabshiil, Somalia’s largest private sector employer, has called for the international community to help unlock the potential of social entrepreneurship in the region, so it can stage its own recovery from issues that have plagued it for more than 20 years. Speaking ahead of the London [...]
VAUGHAN, ON, Feb. 20, 2012 /CNW/ – The Chairman of Humanity First Canada, Dr. Aslam Daud has returned from Haiti today after a very successful visit and review of the Post-Earthquake projects. Since the massive relief work done by Humanity First after 2010 earthquake (http://www.humanityfirst.ca/haitisouvenir/), the organization has continued its presence in Haiti by providing [...]
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KJ Mullins-Toronto: On March 11, 2011 Japan faced one of the largest disasters in their modern history when an earthquake followed by a tsunami killed tens of thousands. The band, MONKEY MAJIK, witnessed their hometown’s tragedy pushing them to give more of themselves. MONKEY MAJIK are KIZUNA Ambassadors (Ambassadors of RESILIENCE). The band is in [...]
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OTTAWA and VANCOUVER, Feb. 17, 2012 /CNW/ – Canada’s ranking in international child health indexes would dramatically improve if measurements were standardized, according to a new study by researchers from the University of British Columbia, Dalhousie University, McGill University, the University of Calgary, and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). It was funded by [...]
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Death penalty by injection in United States could be in jeopardy as European companies restriction the foreign trade of certain barbiturates. In Europe only one nation allows capital punishment, Belarus. The other nations have a moratorium on the death penalty. While these nations are against the killing of inmates some have had a hand when [...]
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Today at The Sakura Room of the Consulate-General of Japan in Toronto a special preview was hosted for a photo exhibit that commemorates a year of tragedy, hope and recovery after the devastating earthquake on March 11, 2011 in Japan. There are still 4,500 people missing almost a year after a powerful earthquake hit Japan [...]
Continue reading …Buddhist Leader Calls for 2015 Nuclear Abolition Summit in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and End to Japan’s Reliance on Nuclear Power
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TOKYO, Jan. 26, 2012 /CNW/ – In his 30th annual peace proposal, released on January 26, Daisaku Ikeda, president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Buddhist association, calls for a nuclear abolition summit to be held in 2015 in Hiroshima and Nagasaki to ensure that the growing momentum toward abolition of nuclear weapons becomes irreversible. [...]
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The last time same-sex marriage was debated in the Washington state Legislature, lawmakers voted to ban it. Now the issue is before the Legislature once again and there’s a strong possibility that Washington could become the seventh state to legalize it. Bills to legalize same-sex marriage have been introduced in the House and Senate, sponsored [...]
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Mayors of more than 70 cities are joining forces to support gay marriage. The mayors of Boston, Houston, Los Angeles, New York and San Diego will co-chair the Mayors for the Freedom to Marry group being formally launched Friday at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, D.C. The office of New York City Mayor [...]
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Out In The Vineyard and the Napa Valley Wine Train are pleased to announce the return of the one-of-a-kind-experience, The (Bigger) Gay Train, a food and wine event. On Saturday, March 31st, local LGBT Winemakers will be pouring their wines paired with the inspired cuisine of Executive Chef Kelly Macdonald. The evening be filled with [...]
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