Charity News from Thursday, Aug. 14, 2003The HSUS Pushes For Import Sanctions Against IcelandThe Humane Society of the United States | Iceland plans to start killing 38 minke whales as early as this Friday. After a 14-year hiatus, Iceland now wants to kill whales in defiance of world opinion and an international ban on the commercial killing of whales. Northeast Power Outage Raises Importance of Preparedness American Red Cross | Communities stretching from Detroit to New York were thrown into darkness Thursday afternoon as an east coast power outage halted power throughout six U.S. states and Canada, prompting the American Red Cross into action. Breakthrough Book Shatters Stereotypes of American Indians American Indian College Fund | The American Indian College Fund and underwriter W.K. Kellogg Foundation will unveil a new hardbound book that chronicles, with impressive photographs and first-person narratives, the tribal college education movement. Paul Bremer visits with ARC staff in Iraq American Refugee Committee | Paul Bremer, the Bush administration's chief administrator for Iraq, met today with staff from the American Refugee Committee in Al-Amara, in southeastern Iraq. He was visiting the area to survey the work of humanitarian organizations such as ARC. Dispatch From Iraq International Rescue Committee | The IRC's public health program has started in the northern city of Kirkuk under the supervision of its new health manager. Eighteen Community health workers last week began visiting impoverished households in the city's rural surroundings.
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