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refugees

persons fleeing to a place of safety, especially those who flee to a foreign country or power to escape danger or persecution in their own country or habitual residence because of race, religion, or political belief.


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... the chinese human rights record.I personally felt the Chinese communists[Atheists] need to ease their grip on religion.There are many tibetian refugees in India,some times i see them bleed like anything[while protesting] I am not sure whom to support.But let me be straight I like china since ...

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by David George
Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:54 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Bible vs Darwin
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Re: Brain size=IQ level theory (Blacks vs Whites & Asians)

... this finding was then conveniently used to support passage of the restrictive Immigration Act of 1924 which then denied entry to hapless Jewish refugees in the 1930s. Gould goes so far as to claim (1996, pp. 195-198; 255-258) that Henry H. Goddard (in 1917) and Carl C. Brigham (in 1923) labeled ...

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by TJJ
Fri May 16, 2008 12:13 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Brain size=IQ level theory (Blacks vs Whites & Asians)
Replies: 18
Views: 12494

The Fiber Disease

... base sequences of the amplification products. Using this approach, we were able to confirm the presence of R. prowazekii in lice collected from refugees in Burundi, among whom typhus was epidemic, and the presence of B. quintana in lice collected from all locations except the Congo. B. recurrentis ...

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by London
Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:25 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
Replies: 7403
Views: 748904

The Fiber Disease

... to address TB among populations hardest-hit by the disease." "These efforts include improving overseas screening for immigrants and refugees, and testing recent arrivals from high-incidence countries for latent TB infection," the report said. "CDC is also improving the ...

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by Skytroll
Sat May 20, 2006 3:17 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
Replies: 7403
Views: 748904

Outline for Malaria powerpoint on Ecology and transmission

... East). Person The majority of deaths come from children. Children die at a rate of 4 per minute, 5,000 a day, and 35,000 a week. Pregnant women, refugees, migrant workers, and nonimmune travelers are also in the high risk group. Mosquitoes The Anopheles genus of mosquitoes transmits malaria. ...

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by Inuyasha
Sat Sep 24, 2005 3:45 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Outline for Malaria powerpoint on Ecology and transmission
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Views: 3354


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