Democracy Now! May 31, 2012

May 31, 2012 from Democracy Now! via Creative Commons License BY-NC-ND

Three years after abortion provider Dr. George Tiller was shot dead while attending church in Wichita, Kansas, reproductive healthcare providers remain the target of violence and new legislative attacks. In Bahrain, two recently released political prisoners urge an end to the US-backed crackdown. And, after years of rumors that mining companies were exploring in Haiti, Canadian and US corporations confirm they have permits to mine gold -- but who will benefit? Plus headlines, and more.

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Yemen

La República de Yemen es un país bicontinental situado en Oriente Próximo y en África. Su parte asiática está situada en el Mashreq, al sur de la península de Arabia, rodeado por el mar Arábigo, el golfo de Adén y el mar Rojo, en Asia. La isla de Socotra está en África. Compar... Explore this topic

Yemeni al-Qaeda crackdown

The Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen refers to armed conflict between the Yemeni government with United States assistance, and al-Qaeda affiliated cells. The ongoing strife is often categorized as a sub-conflict in the greater Global War on Terror. Government crackdown against al-... Explore this topic

South Yemen

The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, also referred to as South Yemen, Democratic Yemen or Yemen, was a socialist state in the southern and eastern provinces of the present-day Republic of Yemen. Along with the Somali Democratic Republic, it was one of the few openly-Comm... Explore this topic

Malnutrition

Malnutrition is the condition that results from taking an unbalanced diet in which certain nutrients are lacking, in excess, or in the wrong proportions. A number of different nutrition disorders may arise, depending on which nutrients are under or overabundant in the diet. In... Explore this topic

Famine

A famine is a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors including crop failure, population unbalance, or government policies. This phenomenon is usually accompanied or followed by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality. Nearly every c... Explore this topic

Yemen Uprising

The Yemeni Revolution followed the initial stages of the Tunisian Revolution and occurred simultaneously with the Egyptian Revolution and other mass protests in the Middle East in early 2011. In its early phase, protests in Yemen were initially against unemployment, economic c... Explore this topic

Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaida ist ein loses, weltweit operierendes Terrornetzwerk meist sunnitischer dschihadistischer Organisationen, das seit 1993 zahlreiche Terroranschläge in mehreren Staaten verübt hat, und mit zahlreichen weltpolitischen Ereignissen im Zusammenhang steht. Viele der von dem N... Explore this topic

Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! is a United States daily progressive, nonprofit, independently syndicated program of news, analysis, and opinion, aired by more than 1000 radio, television, satellite and cable TV networks in North America. The award-winning one hour War and Peace Report is host... Explore this topic

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