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Die Kinder wurden am 19. November getötet, als ihr Haus bei einem israelischen Luftangriff zerstört worden war. Ihr Vater, Fouad, starb ebenfalls bei dem Angriff. Ihre Mutter und vier weitere Angehörige waren schwer verletzt worden. Israel hatte als Antwort auf unablässigen Raketenbeschuss durch militante Palästinensergruppen am 14. Gaza City, Palestinian Territories The bodies of two-year-old Suhaib Hijazi and his elder brother Muhammad, almost four, are carried by their uncles to a mosque for their funeral, in Gaza City.
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In these severe temperatures, men, women, and children -- whole families, in fact -- were surrounded by a dense cloud of dust while mechanically stacking bricks on their heads, carrying them, 18 at a time, from the scorching kilns to trucks hundreds of yards away. These are slaves. Deadened by monotony and exhaustion, they worked without speaking, repeating the same task 16 hours a day. Around the world human traffickers trick many people into slavery by false promises of good jobs or good education, only to find themselves forced to work without pay, under the threat of violence. For the last 28 years I have documented people in more than 100 countries on six continents.
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This kind of societal quicksand is vital to all paradigm shifts. It is a humble position, they say: certainty, however reached at, is arrogant, intolerant and Fascistic. It may sound a bit harsh -intolerant, even- to accuse them of dullness. But why all the fuss anyway? My Damn Channel. Travel Blog Direction & Places to Visit. Daily Dawdle - Funny photos, funny videos, funny pictures everyday. My Modern Metropolis.
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The bee suit fell well short of the record 135 lbs claimed by India's Vipin Seth, according to Guinness. Ping claims he was stung about 20 times during the 40-minute stunt. [12 photos] Choose: She Ping, a 34 year-old beekeeper, covered with a swarm of bees on a small hill in southwest China's Chongqing municipality on April 9, 2014. Ping released more than 460,000 bees, using queen bees to attract them to his body, and made himself a suit of bees that weighed 45.65kg (100 pounds) within 40 minutes. View Gallery This year marks four decades since the Cyprus National Guard staged a coup that led to Turkish military intervention and escalated the civil war between the Greek and Turkish communities on the island. View Gallery.
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