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Russia - Ukraine Ceasefire - a relief to third world countries

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 13 Apr

The recent decision by Russia and Ukraine to halt their war so as to observe the Orthodox Easter weekend was sort of a blessing to the third world countries, Kenya included. Though not openly confessing, most third world countries...

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Stupid People Never Learn

kay lar @jaylar (3667) • Kingston, Jamaica 11 Mar 25

Stupid people never learn, especially from their own mistakes. The first time Trump was in office he ended a car building agreement with Mexico. What this would have done was make cars cheaper, considering the lower labour...

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The 2nd Term

kay lar @jaylar (3667) • Kingston, Jamaica 27 Dec 24

The last time Trump was President we stayed far under the radar. For example, there was some conference here, and the Vice President, Pence, flew in. He was taken by helicopter to the venue, then back to the airport, and off...

Favorite "#" Songs #6 - "96° in the Shade"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43567) • Denver, Colorado 12 Jun 17

My, how time flies when you're having fun. We are already at #6 in my Favorite "#" Songs series, which is songs with a number in the title, and the number must be an actual number, not spelled out (which means no "The Magnificent...

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None can change the world

ABDELOUAHAB BOUKHEZNA @ouahab7 (205) • Algeria 16 Mar 17

We like learning because it is the gate of the future.Learning helps us to reach the top. Many people understood the real meaning,and built their future.But others failed to reach their goals. I want to say "work hard ,but do...

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Top 10 Favorite Reggae Songs #2 - "96° in the Shade"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43567) • Denver, Colorado 4 May 16

We stay in Jamaica for #2 in my series Top 10 Favorite Reggae Songs, with the band that got me into reggae: Third World (it was "Try Jah Love, #10 in the series.) Third World formed in the late 1970's, and have, over the...

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Top 10 Favorite Reggae Songs #10 - "Try Jah Love"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43567) • Denver, Colorado 27 Apr 16

After doing Top 10 series' on Bad Brains, The Cure, and Siouxsie and the Banshees, and about to wrap up my New Order series, I thought I'd get away from alternative rock and get down with some groovy reggae. (There will not be...

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Can Keeping Fit Power Your Home?

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43897) • Cambridge, England 11 Nov 15

Many people in developing countries are either without electricity or have electricity for only two or three hours a day. This designer has come up with a very simple machine which he claims can power a home for 24 hours with...

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The economy of disease and toilets in Africa

Sourceseeker @Sourceseeker (1197) • United States 2 Jul 12

I use to believe all the crap from World Vision and others about disease and starvation in Africa and the third world until I went myself. The problem is not available food there is plenty of food all around, it is the ability...

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Philippines Ranked 3rd as the Riskiest Country in the World

rmendoza123 @rmendoza123 (637) • Philippines 10 Oct 11

Recently, I read about the news that UN has published a study entitled World Risk Index 2011. This study suggested that Philippines has ranked 3rd as the riskiest country to live in. Factors such as earthquakes, typhoons, and...

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Third World as a concept of "humiliation"

gengeni @gengeni (3308) • Indonesia 23 Aug 11

I'm talking people from Benin, Chad, Malaysia and of course my country. We come even from the states that are less wealthy. The rain, however, completely on such a definition: Can you lose the loss of face in poor countries...

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Third world countries don't have the luxury to consider healthy diet

kingparker @kingparker (9673) • United States 28 May 11

It is quite a contrary I think. People living in a developed, advanced country would have time to consider the health problem, mostly through daily eating. They would design a program to follow on a daily routine to cut back on...

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PC learning in 3rd world

CraftyCorner @CraftyCorner (5600) • United States 10 Jan 11

Paper books are expensive to produce for a remote, isolated classroom of children in a poor country hungry for the learning they contain. There is a possible solution. Digital books by the hundreds of thousands tucked in a tiny...

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New Colonialism or invasion?

myguy09 @myguy09 (63) • Malaysia 1 Feb 10

It seems that the world are divided into different class of thinking.Some looking at certain issues from their past experience of being oppressed by other countries. As far as the international communities concern,they are new...

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Country categorization

AniruS @AniruS (256) • United States 28 Sep 09

I was having a discussion with my friend about the countries of the world and we were constantly using the words first world countries and third world countries with actually knowing why these countries are known by that...

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Poverty in the third world - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

sritrinity @sritrinity (629) • India 27 Aug 09

Hi all. I recently put a post up about a kid being kidnapped for his organs. The kid has been found unharmed thankfully and the kidnappers caught. He is now sleeping peacefully at home. But what I realized through many...

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The end of capitalism

grandpa_lash @grandpa_lash (5225) • Australia 14 Nov 08

When I left school nearly 50 years ago, my first two jobs were in the accounts departments of a couple of small, family-owned and run engineering companies. In both of them, there were three generations of several families on the...

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OLPC's $100 Laptop Redesigned

CraftyCorner @CraftyCorner (5600) • United States 21 May 08

The $100 laptop now looks like a book that carry both Linux and Widows operating systems. It is sleeker in design and has fewer mechanical parts. * Carrying both Linux and Windows, the child is able to take advantage of both...

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Always Eat Only Half Of What's On Your Plate--A Good Suggestion?

Ainsley Jo Phillips @AJ1952Chats (2331) • Anderson, Indiana 20 Mar 08

Some people will actually serve themselves so much food with the intentions of only eating half of it and believing that this will help them to lose weight or maintain their ideal weight. Wouldn't they do just as well to leave...

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Breastfeeding in public...what's the problem?

babykay @babykay (2131) • Ireland 27 Jan 08

...and what's the problem with nursing in general, tell me please people. I haven't written anything about this topic in ages but just recently some people (mother in law, friends) have been asking me when am I about to give up...

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