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“More than any other time in history, [hu]mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.”
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December 6, 2006 | Leave a Comment
1 in 8 aboriginal children are disabled, double the rate of all children in Canada.
Among aboriginal children, 43% lack basic dental care.
Overcrowding amoung aboriginal families is double the rate of that for all Canadian families.
Mould contaminates almost half of all aboriginal households.
Almost half of aboriginal children under 15 years of age residing in urban areas live with a single parent.
Close to 100 aboriginal communities must boil their water.
Of all off-reserve aboriginal children, 40% live in poverty.
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In a major policy speech two weeks ago, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert presented a political strategy to resolve the conflict with the Palestinians, demonstrating his hope of calming the turbulent situation along the Palestinian/Israeli border. In his speech, Olmert promised to lift restrictions on occupied territories within Gaza, release many Palestinians currently held in Israeli jails, and to help create a viable state within Gaza.
Since then, Israelis and Palestinians have agreed to a cease-fire in the hope of bringing peace to the Gaza Strip. The deal calls for the removal of all Israeli troops from the small strip of land occupied by over 1.4 million Palestinians and the cessation of Palestinian rockets fired into northern Israel.
