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...think the bottom line is that they're protests of an issue organized by people who are unhappy with the way President Obama has chosen to make policy. As a demonstration of the organizers' intended purpose, I would rank their effectiveness as much better than the SLAM hunger strikes of a few semesters...

Author: By Eric P. Newcomer | Title: Tea Party 2.0 | 4/16/2009 | See Source »

...before January's constitutional referendum, which gave Bolivia's majority indigenous more political power but had many worried that Santa Cruz and other resource-rich eastern provinces might try to secede from the poorer highlands, where the capital, La Paz, is located. Morales himself went on a five-day hunger strike last week to get Bolivia's Congress to pass an electoral law that gives the indigenous more legislative seats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Plot to Kill Bolivia's Leftist President? | 4/16/2009 | See Source »

...Still, the findings don't necessarily mean that activating brown fat leads to a trimmer waist. For one thing, the body is especially good at maintaining equilibrium, which is why a boost in calorie-burning can often trigger a hunger signal and prompt people to eat more to make up for the loss. And even if drug companies could find a way to activate brown fat safely, that excess activity could throw off other metabolic systems and damage your health. After all, the people who have the most active brown fat so far are those with cancer and hyperthyroidism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brown Fat: A Fat That Helps You Lose Weight? | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

...wife Madhivadini while she was a university student on hunger strike to protest the poor treatment of Tamils that were kidnapped and brought to Prabhakaran's headquarters. They eventually wed and had three children, one of whom (son, Charles Anthony) is believed to have been injured in recent fighting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tamil Tiger Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

...Caught in the midst of the Sri Lankan army’s continued offensive against the LTTE, the displaced Tamil civilians are currently subject to moral degradation, hunger, and numerous acts of genocide. In the name of security, the government continues to effectively exploit the LTTE’s terrorist designation to confine Tamil civilians to “welfare villages,” a euphemism for internment camps surrounded by barbed wire...

Author: By Jegan J. Vincent de paul | Title: The Endless War | 4/5/2009 | See Source »

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