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SA slams arrest of homeless Zim
Lawyers for Human Rights and the Legal Resources Centre are Atlantic grantees. South African human rights organisations on Saturday condemned the arrest of about 300 destitute Zimbabwean nationals. “We have been informed by the SAPS (South African Police Service) that the purpose of the raid…
Author: The Mercury
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Teachers accused of ignoring homophobic bullying
GLEN is an Atlantic grantee. The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education heard that homophobic bullying needs to be tackled through the Department of Education instructing schools to include specific mention of it in their anti-bullying policies. In a joint submission by GLEN ( Gay and Lesbian…
Author: Irish Examiner
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Medical school supports strikers
by Lyse Comins The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine has brought lectures, training and clinical duties in hospitals to a halt in solidarity with striking doctors who have vowed to continue protesting until the Department of Health reinstates their 244 fired…
Author: Daily News (South Africa)
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Rockefeller Foundation Launches $100 Million Initiative to Strengthen Health Systems in Africa, Asia
The New York City-based Rockefeller Foundation has announced a five-year, $100 million initiative to expand health coverage in Africa and Asia and provide new health and financial protections for all. Through the initiative, Transforming Health Systems, the foundation and its partners will work to establish more accessible,…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest
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2,200 people forced to wait for free legal aid
FLAC is an Atlantic grantee. Figures from the Legal Aid Board released to the Irish Examiner show, in some parts of the country, people are waiting for six months or more. While numbers and waiting lists varied from centre to centre, black spots included Galway,…
Author: Irish Examiner
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Older job seekers struggle to overcome age barrier
The Urban Institute and AARP are Atlantic grantees. by CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER Like many unemployed older workers, 64-year old Allan Kellum fears his age has made it harder to find a new job. At a recent job fair, Kellum expressed interest in a supervisory role…
Author: Associated Press Online
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6th Circuit favors Tenn. lethal injection process
by LUCAS L. JOHNSON II A federal appeals court on Thursday vacated a lower court’s ruling that Tennessee’s lethal injection process is unconstitutional. In 2007, the U.S. District Court in Nashville supported a claim by Edward Jerome Harbison, 54, that Tennessee’s lethal injection process violates…
Author: The Associated Press State & Local Wire
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Survival Rates for Elderly Patients Receiving In-Hospital Resuscitation Did Not Improve From 1992 to 2005
SEATTLE, July 2 — The University of Washington issued the following news release: A study of elderly patients receiving CPR in the hospital shows that rates of survival did not improve from 1992 to 2005. During that period, the proportion of hospital deaths preceded by…
Author: University of Washington
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Execution method OK'd
by Michael Kiefer A federal judge Wednesday removed a major obstacle to executions in Arizona, ruling that the state’s lethal-injection procedure is similar to one approved by the U.S. Supreme Court. Executions have been on hold in Arizona since November 2007, when the Arizona Supreme…
Author: The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
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South Africa: Total Hospital Shutdown in Five Provinces
by Luphert Chilwane Johannesburg — FIVE of the nine provinces experienced a complete shutdown of public hospitals yesterday as the doctors’ strike for a 50% wage increase intensified. Doctors interviewed by telephone said public hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal, the Eastern Cape, the Western Cape, Mpumalanga, Limpopo…
Author: Business Day