Word: humanitarianism
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...cross fire between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan government, and still today, about 300,000 of the nation's 3 million Tamils remain in government camps in Sri Lanka's north. Many expatriate groups are now lobbying their host governments to pressure Sri Lanka into increasing humanitarian aid to Tamils. And since the war's end about six weeks ago, the most vocal and visible Tamil expats fighting for this cause have been the youth, raised outside Sri Lanka, apart from relatives they now spend much of their free time fighting for. (Read a brief history of the Tamil...
Earlier this year, several dozen aid agencies wrote to President Obama asking the Administration to overhaul its humanitarian goals and policies toward Iraq, including a new commitment to resettling vulnerable Iraqis in the U.S. The groups also asked the Administration to review its development goals in Iraq and increase aid for displaced people there and in neighboring countries...
...that collision of big guns and bad ideas weren't enough, lawlessness on land has spurred more of it at sea, making Somalia not only the world's most failed state and the home of its worst humanitarian crisis but also a center of piracy. The geo-strategic elements of this enduring catastrophe explain why it is watched blow by blow by both the U.S. and al-Qaeda...
5.On penalties for countries not taking strong enough action: "The U.S. government may withhold non-humanitarian, non-trade related foreign assistance. Countries that receive no such assistance ... [may] not receive funding for government employees' participation in educational and cultural-exchange programs...
...China in nuclear talks with Iran without condition - meaning that Iran could continue enriching uranium while all sides figured out how to start talking, a concession the U.S. had never made before. The U.S. also backed the package of Western incentives offered to Iran in July 2008 - including economic, humanitarian and development aid - and formally invited the Iranians to talk...