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- ocsurfreport, on 10/12/2007, -8/+31We live in the USA, were lucky to get one hour of BBC News.
Watered down and broadcasted from Washington D.C., but it is BBC news.
Now leave us alone the new iPhone just got released….
Seriously thanks for bringing our attention to this. - ShrimpCrackers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Ironic that you mentioned Darfur, because SaveDarfur is the product of a multimillion dollar awareness campaign...
But we are talking mostly under-reported medical related issues here.
There are also the human rights issues like persecuted Christians and other religions in China (well China in general is a whole story of its own). The starvation going on in North Korea. The eradication of the Uyghur people and culture in East Turkestan / Xinjiang, as well as the Inner Mongolians by the Chinese government. It goes on...
The genocides in Africa could fill a novel with the crazy stuff going on there. Australia had ethnic tensions against the Lebanese last year. It goes on and on...
2006 was a very bad year. - Jaq524, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11Major media are like any other business. It's not their fault they report this stuff-- it's what the viewers as a whole want to see. You can even see it in digg, one of the most democratic of systems: top-rated stories include releases of iPod, info on a keyboard, etc... They give us what we want.
The internet enables us to go out and find any information we wish, from international media everywhere. It is truly wonderful that we all have the ability to read news from someone who doesn't make money off the number of people who read the story. - missflibbles, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Now, if only we could get some free education.
Oh. Wait. - Fascist, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Makes you wonder why hundreds of billions of dollars are spent to wage war, while there are children dying because their families cannot scrape together spare change to buy food.
- tdogg241, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I'm willing to bet that the number of troops deployed in Iraq could have made a much more significant impact on the violent conflicts in this list than they have in Iraq, but we never seem to help people when there's no money to be made.
- iching, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5It deserves to be on the front page.
Doctors without borders are true heroes that the US mainstream media don't really know or want
to talk about for some reason ( accused of pointing out disease and injustices that make their work harder), but have a WORLDwide recognition.
Thanks for the post. - librejustitia, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Sadly, we're a huge part of the problem. We have the IMF, WTO, the World Bank, they have absolutely nothing. They want to partake in our economic infrastructure, we demand that they deregulate. They privatize, we swoop in and buy their water supplies, land, crops, everything we can get our hands on, just to exploit it like there's no tomorrow. People die because we use water from developing countries for Coca-Cola production, then ship it back to the States. And that's just one example out of a million. You can read some of Vandana Shiva's articles if you want to know more:
http://www.zmag.org/bios/homepage.cfm?authorID=90 - atashijp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I am in Japan, and we have the best selling newspaper in the world, Yomiuri Shinbun at 14,067,000 in circulation. I wouldn't have known if Ididn's speak English, and I am pretty sure 90% of the population have no idea what Somalia is, let alone where it is.
Top news on their site right now, a 5th grade elementary school boy (11) hung himself, underneath that, Warner has announced they will be producing a HD-DVD, Blue-ray hybrid disc. That's top, most important.
On the internatinal section, way down the bottom on their site reads America has sent 12 new stealth fighter aircrafts to Okinawa (South of Japan, America's base) , a plane crashed in Iraq 13 dead, Iraq, Iraq, North Korea. Wait till you switch on the TV. Talking about an enlcosed country, Japan is not what you think.
You see all that high-tech and cool ***** on net, it's so messed up so many places. Newsweek Japan, censored, edited so that historical figures don't look bad. English Newspaper is full of classified ads, whilst the Japanese National newspaper is as thin as a tabloid.
The internet is suppose to bring information to everyone, the world closer. But hey, 1,000 lives in Somalia is quite different to 1,000 lives in New York. We knew that years ago. We were born different, with different price tags. And nothing, nothing is about to change that. - Narrator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5
The Second Congo War between 1998 and 2003 was one of the bloodiest conflict since Word War II. I can see why it's not being reported. The whole thing is just too gruesome and pathetic to be palpable for the general public. Africa has an image problem already, no need making it any grimmer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Congo_War - kevinkrejci, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4And so many of us in US think its the end of the world when we can't find a parking place at the mall.
- ShrimpCrackers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Fine go dig Kevin down.
Facts are many Americans may not think its the end of the world if they can't find a close parking spot at the mall, but they sure do act like it. - radu79, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7I listen to BBC World Service a lot.
They had some really sad and inspiring clips with Doctors Without Borders hospitals in Africa.
Which is why I donated about 1% of our gross income to them last year and 2 years ago. - bennies, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4"if any of our Presidents would start throwing our military weight around in there"
Eradication of deceases and hunger doesn't actually require shooting people. - Quidam, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5I'm an American. But unlike you, I think it's our duty to help those in need around the world. If we didn't, we'd be the greediest people on the planet, or maybe we already are, based on what you wrote.
- Quidam, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4You know...what you wrote made sense until that last sentence about the iphone. I know the iphone news is huge but for crying out loud, we're talking about people suffering around the world and you bother to mention something so material that has nothing to do with the article?
- SunThe1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@bennies who says "eradication of decease...(-I think he means disease-)..." and hunger doesn't require shooting people":
Actually, it probably does. In most of these places, just sending food and money won't work. It goes to the corrupt warlords who make damn sure it doesn't get to the people who need it. Unless you're willing to deal with that part of it, attempts at relief will be pretty lame. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Reuter's World Crises websites:
http://www.alertnet.org/
http://today.reuters.com/news/humanitariancrises.aspx?WTmodLoc=IntNewsHome_C4_Crises-1 - Thumper13, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2No, it's just your own fault for not seeking knowledge. I, as stated above, live in the U.S. With very little effort I can read about things that happen all over the world. At the same time, I can, if I so choose, give money to a cause I wish to support. I can do all of this from the comfort of my couch. Just try a little harder and don't wait for information to come to you. You are at fault, not you media overlords.
- grendel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I sincerely hope that a few of us are moved to do something that can contribute to any of these causes in some way.
All the diggs in the world wont get some children the attention they need before its too late.
As a parent I am devastated anytime I read about crimes or injustices towards children.
http://www.savedarfur.org/page/group
Lets you put in your zip code and see what groups are right in your area.
Even if for an hour a two a week.
I am not the most spiritual person in the world, but I know when something stirs in you that gets ignored a small piece of us dies.
Religion aside, many of these organizations are motivated by their faiths to do what they do.
I hope that if you do consider helping, you would be wise enough to not let the mention of GOD or religion hinder your intentions.
http://www.fh.org/
Food for the Hungry is an international relief and development organization
that answers God’s call to meet the physical and spiritual needs of the poor in more than 45 countries.
Founded in 1971 by Dr. Larry Ward, Food for the Hungry exists to help individuals reach their God-given potential.
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http://www.volunteermatch.org/
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http://www.actsofkindness.org/
The Random Acts of Kindness™ Foundation inspires people to practice kindness and to “pass it on” to others. We provide free educational and community ideas, guidance, and other resources to kindness participants through our website at www.actsofkindness.org.
I know I cant sit around any more watching this madness while I complain that I can't get a new gadget because of budget constraints. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Self interest--it's what drives humanity.
- Jolls, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3heck, if you feel sorry I'd find one of the company/coalition's out there that help those situations and donate some money. Here's one for the Dafur issues (not mentioned in these underreported crises)
http://www.savedarfur.org/ - justageek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3These types of articles support my loathing of this country's selective media coverage.
- pauljaroszewski, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Thanks for bringing this up. This whole notion that the USA is a freedom loving country that helps other countries in need is only true if there is something in it for us.
- sciencebase, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2One of the most seriously under-reported insidious environmental crises facing people of the Indian sub-continent and elsewhere is the contamination of ground (drinking) water by solubilized arsenic salts. I first reported on this issue in the UK's Guardian newspaper in 1995 and subsequently in various other publications. This problem is slowly killing hundreds of thousands of people a far greater toll than some of the more prominent and acute disasters. There are solutions, but there is no political will.
An updated version of my original article can be found here http://www.sciencebase.com/arsenic.html - aceg1357, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Now if we could only stop spending 10,000 dollars on an AIDS patient in Africa (even with drastically reduced drug prices) just because it is a "famous or sexy" disease so that we can spend 15 dollars to help with simple curable diseases that help people be a positive factor in society. Thinking with our hearts is a bad idea. We have to think about how the billions of dollars spent in Africa can be spent more effectively.
- Phatt138, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It was sarcasm, but it was pricky sarcasm. Because he clicked "Digg It!" he feels superior to everyone else who's not doing the same thing to 'help save' Africa.
There are such things as charities, man. - Jolls, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2heck, if you feel sorry I'd find one of the company/coalition's out there that help those situations and donate some money. Here's one for the Dafur issues (not mentioned in these underreported crises)
http://www.savedarfur.org/
People should reply to this comment with other reputable sites that assist in these causes. Maybe we can get some extra cash flow their way. - radu79, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yes, some countries in Eu donate 1% of their GDP to helping poor countries.
- Phatt138, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Don't put words in my mouth, freund. If a life is a life is a life, as you're so fond of chanting, then letting millions die so that we can bring dubious 'freedom' to a few is wrong anyway. If each life is equal, then we should be fighting the bigger atrocity, not the more politically-salient one.
"My point is that we moved in on a country that has a well documented past of crimes against humanity and yet you massacre the man who did it."
Yeah, right. I don't think anyone - try as you might to spin their words that way - would argue that any attempts made by our soldiers to save Iraqi people was a Bad Thing. Nevertheless, you'd have to be a real screwball to believe that humanitarian reasons were behind our interests in Iraq. That was NEVER the reason given for going to war...at least not until after the national security claims were exposed as being bunk.
At BEST - at the very best, and from the outstart - it was a battle for national security; ours, not theirs. At the worst, it was a bumbled effort that has resulted in half a million more deaths both directly and vicariously; furthermore, deposing Saddam has created a power vaccum that is, right now, being fought over by groups who are arguably more violent and demonstrably more fundamentalist than he ever was. Besides all that, a lot of the people we've 'saved' say that the violence in the cities is escalating and is, in a lot of cases, worse than it ever was under Saddam's rule. And now even the war's most vehement supporters have turned to a, "well ***** 'em. If they don't want to ante up and fix their country, let 'em die" mentality, while those who have always been cautious about the war agree that we have a responsibility to clean up our mess. I don't think I need to go any further in restating the controversy about Iraq. You know it as well as I do; which means that deep down, under your need to feel right, you KNOW that we were never there for crimes against humanity. Saddam may have always been the goal of the Bush administration, but it was a political goal from the outset.
I won't restate my entire post; if you read it carefully, I think you'd see my point instead of blindly injecting your own. I never said that we should 'let' Iraqis die. Even so, the fact remains that millions - not wholly, but YEARLY - are dying in Africa of completely preventable causes. These include horrific 'health care' which, coupled with poor education, is causing thousands of deaths daily from diseases with cures or preventative measures available. My point, however, is that our government's humanitarian efforts in Africa (which are extremely minimal; most of Africa's help comes from private organizations and relief funds) are being hindered by equally genocidal maniacs who, truth be told, are doing a far better job of terror and social eradication than Saddam ever did. Unlike the Middle East, however, the situation in Africa could be solved with little further bloodshed. The U.S. military could spend...***** it, I already said it. RTFA, man. Africa is falling apart from causes that we have every ability to prevent, and we're not there. We're in Iraq, losing Americans and Iraqis and everybody else because we've done screwed up and created a completely unmanageable situation.
If you'll look closely, I never said that Iraqis deserve to die, any more or any less than Africans do. It's just that I - and anyone else in the world who gets their information from somewhere other than administrative mouthpieces - realizes that the situation in Africa is deplorable, but fixable, and that parading around like some kind of messianic force for reasons of political favoritism while allowing millions to continue dying is a disrespectful farce.
I'm done with you; there are more important things than convincing someone who's got their mind so made up. I guess I could have summed it all up like this:
"Yet you expect us to believe that if we were to step into the congo and try and stop the mass genocide going on there that you would applaud the effort?"
Yes. I would. Absolutely. And so would billions of other people around the globe. Look at all the calls for salvation in Africa. Look at the dismay, on both sides, at both the stated purpose in and the realities of Iraq. Maybe they're all just loonies. Hate-mongers, who want to watch Iraqis die so that they can look up from their socialist manifestos and have a good hearty laugh at how the Right can't save the world because not enough Liberals are joining the Army.
Or maybe - just maybe - you're letting your personal desire to believe in the inherent good of your country cloud your vision about both what we're doing and what we're most certainly not doing to effect change in the world. - ShrimpCrackers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Lets not forget, Reporters without Borders, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, RedCross... and so on. They do great work too.
Just visit their websites. They've all got news streams and mailing lists. Just because its not on Digg doesn't mean a $5 or so monthly donation won't make leaps and bounds. Plus much of it is tax deductible. You have nothing to lose. - m3mn0n, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"How many of these did you read about?"
Every single one. - geekchic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I also have read about them. I read The Economist magazine every week, which despite its title implying financial news, is one of the best global news publications around. If I want to know who invaded a country this week, The Economist will tell me.
- EComni, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"President Bush has proven that it is political suicide to attempt asserting force on countries who are commiting crimes against humanity"
So Iraq's a humanitarian effort now? Wow, the reason changed *again.*
No, he proved it was political suicide to get us stuck in a nigh-endless war under completely false pretenses (WMDs) and a completely false cause (war on terror).
If anyone proved it was bad to chase more humanitarian missions, it was Clinton and his fumbling Somalia (which unfortunately, is a big reason why its on this list). - AKPirate, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Stopping genocide does.
- geekchic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Please also add Télécoms Sans Frontières to that list
www.tsfi.org
A wonderful charity which flys telecoms equipement out to disaster areas. Not only a huge help to the other aid agencies, but such a relief for the displaced people to make one simple phone call to a relative to let them know that everything is OK, they are alive. - pak314, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Anyone know what other countries (especially those in the EU) are doing about these crises? It seems like the US is always bashed for ignorant and doing nothing about these issues. Perhaps we can learn from them.
- ggarenn, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2@ Jolls
i would hate being told to give money to a cause - rootbat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0humans are food.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+5It's not our job to solve every single problem in the world. We can provide some support in terms of finances, logistics, or planning. But ultimately, these countries have to learn to solve their own problems.
- ConeOfSilence, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1The sad fact is that the more aid the west pours into these countries the more the militia men have to hijack, the more weapons they can purchase, resulting in more suffering in a vicious cycle.
- Phatt138, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Atom - I disagree. I don't think that Saddam's regime, as horrible and violent as it was, is at all on par with the millions dead and displaced in Africa every year. Or with children 3-8 being kidnapped, taken into 'armies,' and forced to shoot their families as a way of preserving their own lives (or having limbs chopped off for crying or trying to escape). Or with rampant starvation, disease, and inconceivable infant death rates. The reason that there's so much disagreement about our involvement in the Middle East is that the war is so obviously NOT humanitarian in nature. The President may be a warmonger depending on who you ask, but it is most decidedly -not- because he feels bad for the Iraqi people.
Furthermore, the Third World needs and - more importantly - WANTS our help. Whereas in the Middle East you've got entrenched dictators and centuries of political and military strife, the most horrific situations in Africa are due to the lawlessness and chaos caused by the few groups who have the means to initiate genocide on their poor, unarmed countrymen. These are bands of theives, robbers, and pimps who consider themselves incumbent kings, but who have no strategy beyond terrorizing and looting the locals. It would be absolutely no problem for a military like ours to put an end to the worst of Africa's violence. In the time it's taken us to 'secure' small sections of Iraq, we could have cleaned up the majority of Sub-Saharan Africa with fewer losses on both sides of the equation; we would also be respected - rather than denigrated - the world over.
To say that 'people would complain' if we tried to bring peace and health to Africa because people think poorly of a war in Iraq is ridiculous and completely unfounded. - PhantomBantam, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Especially those on digg earlier today.
- KEagles, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1sarcasm, anyone?
- justageek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@ Thumper13
Thanks. Though, I was not referring to myself. Believe me, I spend enough time reading news, stories, and blogs from all over the world. However, in this case my loathing of the media is more created in fear for all those poor people who don't take the time to sit on their couch and reflect on current events of the world as we do. The "media overlords" in this country look to take advantage of those people who are not aware of the wonders of the resources the internet provides. Too many people in this country are ignorant to the world around them, thankfully, we're not included in that group. - opencity, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Much of this is covered (almost) daily on
ww4report.com/blog
Ugly stories but need to be told. - Atom, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Phatt, how can you possibly say that? Are you saying that an Iraq life is not worth as much as an African life? That the genocide of an entire people and biological weapon use against a village of people is not gruesome enough to call a crime against humanity? You people are living in a dream world. A murder is a murder is a murder. My point is that we moved in on a country that has a well documented past of crimes against humanity and yet you massacre the man who did it. Yet you expect us to believe that if we were to step into the congo and try and stop the mass genocide going on there that you would applaud the effort? Give me a break, killing one person or a million is wrong no matter which way you slice it.
- Stevethegreat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I think it's a total coincidence that they happen in countries or groups of people which are extremely poor ......
- electronicmaji, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Innacurate the Colombian conflict has been deescalating an amazing percentage over the past few years. We have the first president ever to serve more than one term in office and the change in administrative stability has allowed the country to reach steps towards peace it never has reached before.
- killermiller13, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0We are the most generous people in the world! I am not talking about our government either. I am talking about how much the people of the USA give around the world every year. It is more than any other country gives. Plus, this is a capitalist country and making money is not a crime...ask China! Dope.
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