Word: cruel
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...knew that Switzerland had a monsoon season? Weather has not been kind to Euro2008, and Wednesday it washed away Switzerland's chances of advancing, following a 2-1 defeat to Turkey in a match played in man-the-lifeboats conditions in St. Jakob-Park in Basel. It was a cruel fate for the co-hosts, who put out maximum effort in both of its matches and got nothing to show for it. And the wash-out was just the beginning for Swiss fans: by the end of the week all their ethnic cousins in Europe's soccer heartland were faring...
...deadly cyclone in Burma has exposed the cruel and inept leadership of the country's military rulers. Under their watch, nothing good has happened to Burma or its people. To call these men generals is an insult to the Burmese army. A group of privates could do a better job. Please do the world a favor and print photographs of these failed leaders. W. Paul Lau, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA...
...slum, are what the WFP calls "the new face of hunger." They are victims of soaring prices, not just of food but also of more costly staples such as fuel, charcoal, cooking oil and kerosene. Residents can almost feel themselves becoming poorer by the day. The sensation is particularly cruel because Kibera's stores have adequate supplies, but the tomatoes lie rotting on the shelves alongside untouched bags of rice and cereal: they are now too expensive for locals to buy and cook. "We are not eating to be satisfied, we are eating to sustain ourselves," says Daniel Anyona...
...sweepstakes provides a welcome opportunity for the Democratic Party and its White House aspirants. Free from the looming Kennedy shadow, the Democrats can now think creatively about their agenda for 1984 and beyond. The Massachusetts senator, to his credit, has been one of the few liberal bulwarks against the cruel incursions of Reaganism over the past two years. Were it not for Kennedy’s loud and visible opposition, the President’s attempts to roll back some sensible and compassionate social programs might have met with even more success. Yet Kennedy’s political platform...
...fuel crisis is resulting in more than just people going hungry. Rising grain and gas prices, as well as the closure of American slaughterhouses, have contributed to a virtual stampede of horses being abandoned - some starving - and turned loose into the deserts and plains of the West to die cruel and lonesome deaths. Horse rescue projects, which are mostly small, volunteer operations with limited land and resources, are feeling the consequences of this convergence of events. In the meantime, many now unaffordable horses are being sold to abbatoirs south of the border where inhumane methods of slaughter are practiced...