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To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Lora Lumpe, +1-202-361-3028, lora@fcnl.org, or Maureen Brookes, +1-202-903-2530, maureen@fcnl.org, both of Friends Committee on National Legislation
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Among the "themes and messages" to be communicated, the Paper ranked first "the De-Baathification program", followed by "recent history telling (e.g., 'Uncle Saddam,' History Channel's 'Saddam's Bomb-Maker,' 'Killing Fields, etc.); USG-approved 'Democracy Series'; "Environmental (Marshlands re-hydration)"; "Mine Awareness"; "Re-starting the Oil"; "Justice and Rule of Law topics"; and "War Criminals/Truth Commission. As for "Entertainment and News Magazine programming, the plan listed at the top "Hollywood", followed by "News networks"; "Arab country donations"; and "Sports". Evidently, the Baghdad headquarters of the Arab satellite network 'al-Jazeera was not part of "the media infrastructure that we need left intact,'" noted the NSA's [Joyce Battle], who pointed to the Apr. 8, 2003 U...
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Help stop deadly landmine scourge Tuesday is International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. Many do not understand what a terrible scourge landmines are for most of the world.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Legendary singer Connie Francis and Mental Health America today joined in launching a new national campaign on the importance of stress and trauma in the development of mental health problems and the need to appropriately treat them in order for people to get better. Called S.T.A.R. of Mine (for Stress, Treatment, Awareness, Recovery), the campaign will raise awareness of the impact of trauma, help remove the stigma attached to it, and inform the public and health professionals on the importance of a new generation of treatments that puts control back in the hands of the traumatized person so that they can feel safe again and achieve recovery.
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Most underground mine roof failures occur during warmer, humid weather ARLINGTON, Va., June 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration this week launched its annual roof fall prevention awareness program aimed at reducing the high number of roof falls that occur in the nation's underground coal mines. Statistics show that more accidents and injuries from roof falls occur during the summer months than at any other time of year. As temperatures rise, humidity and moisture increase underground, making it easier for a mine roof or rib to fall.
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Day and night, as Virginians go about their business, streams of information about some of them are being gathered and analyzed in the basement of Virginia State Police headquarters in Richmond. The VSP operates a Fusion Intelligence Center, like similar centers housed in other states, that constantly shares information culled from local, state, federal and international sources. It is staffed by state, local and federal employees. The concept is not new. Soon after the attacks of September 11, 2001, retired Admiral John Poindexter touted the concept of Total Information Awareness - that we should mine data about our citizens from every possible source in order to preempt terrorist activity. His more extreme proposals were met with revulsion by a large segment of the public because ...
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The idea for the show was born after Houston artist Susan Plum created an installation project, Luz y Solidaridad ("Light and Solidarity") for Art Works For Change's 2005 exhibition, The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama, that addressed the plight of the women of Juarez, Mexico. More than 800 murdered bodies of abducted young women have been found in Juárez and Chihuahua since 1993 and more than 3,000 women are still missing. "While creating Luz y Solidaridad, I knew that this was only one seed being planted for a much greater problem globally of violence toward women," says Plum, who was raised in Mexico City. "It has been a dream of mine for many years to participate with others in bringing some cohesive awareness to this global problem.
