Nigella sativa — more commonly known as fennel flower — has been used as a cure-all remedy for over a thousand years. It treats everything from vomiting to fevers to skin diseases, and has been widely available in impoverished communities across the Middle East and Asia. But now Nestlé is claiming to own it, and …

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author: Shelter target: Prime Minister David Cameron One child waking up homeless on Christmas Day is a tragedy. 80,000 of them is a disgrace. It seems almost unbelievable but it’s true. Thousands of families need Shelter’s help right now — which means we need your help today. Add your name to this petition to David Cameron asking him to …

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Many of us have the privilege to enjoy a piece of chocolate anytime, while many of the children working long hours on cocoa farms have never even tasted the end product. In the Ivory Coast, the leading supplier of cocoa, more than 200,000 children are reported to work in the cocoa fields, and as many as …

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We are in the middle of an Education Emergency: At this moment there are 57 million children without access to education and millions more who aren’t learning in school. Working together, we can lower that number to zero by 2015. On July 12 — less than a year after she was shot by the Taliban for her …

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WARNING! YOU MAY FIND THIS EXTREMELY DISTRESSING Published on Apr 5, 2013 Sign our petition now at: http://whales.org/en/campaigns/brutal Brand new video evidence of dolphin cruelty. Help us stop the horror behind the curtain. We are sure you’ll be shocked and saddened by this video. Every year, hundreds of dolphins are killed in brutal hunts in …

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