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THE first time I met Martha she was beaming and surrounded by children of all ages, screaming gleefully and grabbing her skirt. The next time we met, her smile was gone and her eyes glazed. The night before she had carried to hospital a 10-year-old girl
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HIGH-profile Melbourne youth worker Les Twentyman has attacked retail billionaire Gerry Harvey for saying donating to charity is 'just wasted'. Mr Harvey has been quoted in a new book as saying there's 'no good reason' to give to charity and, for the
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: Email : Print Submit comment: Submit comment YUMMY mummy Angelina Jolie found she struggled with one thing, in common with many mothers - breast feeding. And Jolie had to feed twins. 'It's very hard,' the actress confessed on Britain's morning show
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Leading retailer Gerry Harvey thinks contributions to charities are 'just wasted' because the needy 'are not putting anything back into the community'. The chief executive of Harvey Norman is quoted in a new book Master CEOs by Sydney funds manager
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Harvey Norman founder Gerry Harvey thinks donating to charity is 'just wasted,' unless the receivers are giving something back to the community, according to an interview published in a book Master CEOs Mr Harvey said giving money to people who 'are not
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The White Ribbon Foundation report An Assault on Our Future (''Violence against women not a big deal'', November 17, p1) blames, inter alia, the media and pornography for the tolerant attitudes of some young men to violence against women. In a film
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THE retail king Gerry Harvey may have a personal fortune of about $1.6 billion but the Harvey Norman founder thinks donating to charity is 'just wasted'. Asked in a new book about the role he and Harvey Norman play in the community, Mr Harvey said giving
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New Zealand has overtaken France and the United States as the preferred destination for British migrants. But migration figures for 2007 released by the United Kingdom's Office of National Statistics show Australia remains the favourite destination for
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) - which is often caused by trauma, illness, or surgery - predisposes elderly individuals to the most serious form of chronic kidney disease (CKD), known as end stage renal disease (ESRD), according to a study appearing in the January 2009 issue of the Journal of the
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Description: Secretary Rice signs the 'Say No to Violence Against Women' Pledge in the Secretary One year ago, the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) began its global campaign to advocate among publics and governments for an end to
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THE ACTU has warned the Federal Government that paid maternity leave is not negotiable and must be delivered in next year's Budget. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd pledged in September that the Government would 'bite the bullet' and introduce a scheme, but the
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12:02 am Related Articles Report predicts rise in homeless, single women November 19, 2008, 9:35 pm Beazley against Defence plan delay November 19, 2008, 11:01 pm The ACTU has warned the federal government that paid maternity leave is not negotiable and
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ADELE HORIN, STEPHANIE PEATLING AND ERIK JENSEN THE non-profit child-care sector has warned it will refuse to take over struggling ABC or CFK centres should the administrator decide to try to offload them. Sheridan Dudley, the chief executive of KU
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SHE couldn't keep her tasteless comments about Steve Irwin's death to herself, and now professional nay-sayer Germaine Greer has weighed into the serious debate of the US election, Michelle Obama's 'butcher's apron' dress. Writing her usual column for
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The ACTU has warned the federal government that paid maternity leave is not negotiable and must be delivered in next year's budget. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd pledged in September that the government would 'bite the bullet' and introduce a scheme, but the
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PARIS (Reuters) - The Paris City Hall launched a manual on forced marriages Wednesday to help officials spot and prevent cases of young women being coerced into matrimony. An estimated 70,000 teenage girls living in France are victims or potential
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Germaine Greer is working tirelessly to earn her reputation as the expatriate female Mooncalf by uttering any sort of headline-grabbing nonsense in order to...um& well, grab a headline. Unlike Mooncalf, whose prose style is about as mellifluous as a
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45 WST With only days left until this weekends Great Bike Ride, organisers are encouraging Perth residents to take part in the charity ride and kickstart their summer exercise regime. There are three different biking options available to participants,
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Article from: Agence France-Presse Font size: Decrease Increase : Email : Print From correspondents in Brasilia NEARLY 1000 women and their partners are to be publicly denounced for having illegal abortions in a Brazil clinic,as women's groups slammed
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A Papua New Guinea NGO says the Government has got its priorities wrong for mining developments. The country is experiencing a mining boom but Matilda Koma, of the Centre for Environmental Research and Development, says the Government is totally focussed
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is heading DownUnder! Some background: In 2002 Mayor Michael Bloomberg eliminated the Board of Education and brought schools under the citys direct political control. Bloomberg appointed Chancellor of Education Watch: . Will this New York model work for
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NEARLY 1000 women and their partners are to be publicly denounced for having illegal abortions in a Brazil clinic,as women's groups slammed the move as an inquisition. Prosecutor Paulo Cesar dos Passos said that 150 women in western Campo Grande have so
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Family violence, sexual assault and rape have devastating consequences for the hundreds of thousands of Australians women and girls who experience any or all in a given year. The Canberra Times does them a grave injustice by publishing a headline which,
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Article from: Agence France-Presse Font size: Decrease Increase : Email : Print From correspondents in Brasilia NEARLY 1000 women and their partners are to be publicly denounced for having illegal abortions in a Brazil clinic,as women's groups slammed
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Social service providers and community groups will welcome the riders at each scheduled stop off. A range of violence prevention and parenting information ...