Word: humanitarianism
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...words provides advice on “U.S. policy options in the Middle East,” advocated measures to diminish Palestinian birth rates as a means of population control. Mr. Kramer stated that Israel’s siege on Gaza, which prohibits the entry of crucial humanitarian supplies, helps “break Gaza’s runaway population growth and there is some evidence that they have.” He suggests that this phenomenon “may begin to crack the culture of martyrdom, which demands a constant supply of superfluous young...
...Afghanistan for the long haul. On Feb. 20, the Dutch coalition government collapsed because of a dispute over when to end the country's deployment. The German government faces enormous domestic challenges in admitting its forces in Afghanistan are there to fight, not to be humanitarian workers in uniform...
...missile in May 2008, and Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, the mastermind of the 2002 attack in Kenya, who was killed by U.S. helicopter gunships last September. The U.S. has had no military support from other nations, although some have made contributions to help deal with Somalia's long humanitarian crisis. Only piracy and the threat it poses to world trade have resulted in concerted international muscle. An armada of warships from more than 20 countries now hunts pirates and escorts convoys of merchant vessels in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. (See pictures of the brazen pirates...
...couldn’t have anticipated the Haiti earthquake. However, it demonstrated Jean’s humanitarian bent,” Counter said. “As we came closer to narrowing the choice down, naturally his humanitarian efforts in Haiti were a factor in his selection...
...selection of the Artist of the Year is based upon an individual’s humanitarian work, according to Harvard Foundation Director S. Allen Counter. Jean, a Haitian-American who founded the Yéle Haiti Foundation, made significant contributions to the relief efforts in the aftermath of the disastrous earthquake that crippled Haiti in January...