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A Love Before Time.
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If the Sky opened up for me.
And the Mountains disappear...
If the Seas ran dry,
and even turned to Dust,
And the Sun refused to rise,
I would still find my Way,
Because of the Light
I see in Your Eyes.
The World I know Fades Away...
But You Stay.
We'll Stay, Always,
In the Love that we have shared,
Before Time.
If the Years take away
Every Memory that I have
I would still know the Way
That would lead me back to Your Side
The North Star may die
But the Light that I see in your Eyes
Will burn there Always...
Lit by the Love we have
Shared before Time
When the Forest turns to Jade
And the Stories that we've Made
Dissolve away...
One shining Light will still remain
Always in Your Eyes. (:
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Friday, June 17, 2005
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
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Open your Eyes.
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The children work in unregulated conditions, are forced into tiny tunnels to lug loads heavier than themselves. Dangerous surroundings mean they also risk serious illness and injury from explosives and toxic chemicals. Those involved in such small mines endure a subsistence lifestyle.
246 million children are child labourers
73 million child workers are less than 10 years of age
127 million - the largest number of working children under 14 years of age - work in the Asia Pacific region
1 million children work in mines or quarries
22,000 children die in work-related accidents each year
When most residents in Basra turn on their taps, the water they get - if any at all - is a cloudy colour because of the old and leaky pipe network throughout the city.
Fixing that could take years.
Jasmine, schoolgirl, Baghdad:
"I went to school and had an exam today. Was I worried more about security or the exam?
Well, both really!
I have to worry about my exam and studying but also we always worry about a bomb or an explosion going off near the school or even when we are on our way there.
We're actually starting to get to get used to it, it is beginning to be a normal fear, we actually prepare ourselves to face death anytime.
We can't really go out to see our friends because of the security, we worry about any shooting or being kidnapped, so we just stay in and watch TV.
We may have electricity when we get home but then again we do have a generator.
As for the future, well I think it will not be good at all but hopefully it will improve.
It is sad when I know that all my friends and family are leaving Iraq to be safe.
Right now, even if we are at home we are not safe."
On Sunday one of Delhi's leading newspapers, The Hindustan Times, released the findings of a survey of women in Delhi:
72% said they had been sexually harassed
18% said they face harassment nearly every day
16% said that they had been sexually molested
Nearly 70% said not enough was being done by the Delhi police
43% think rapists should be castrated
71% wanted the death penalty for rapists.
God be with you.
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Open your Eyes.
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The children work in unregulated conditions, are forced into tiny tunnels to lug loads heavier than themselves. Dangerous surroundings mean they also risk serious illness and injury from explosives and toxic chemicals. Those involved in such small mines endure a subsistence lifestyle.
246 million children are child labourers
73 million child workers are less than 10 years of age
127 million - the largest number of working children under 14 years of age - work in the Asia Pacific region
1 million children work in mines or quarries
22,000 children die in work-related accidents each year
When most residents in Basra turn on their taps, the water they get - if any at all - is a cloudy colour because of the old and leaky pipe network throughout the city.
Fixing that could take years.
Jasmine, schoolgirl, Baghdad:
"I went to school and had an exam today. Was I worried more about security or the exam?
Well, both really!
I have to worry about my exam and studying but also we always worry about a bomb or an explosion going off near the school or even when we are on our way there.
We're actually starting to get to get used to it, it is beginning to be a normal fear, we actually prepare ourselves to face death anytime.
We can't really go out to see our friends because of the security, we worry about any shooting or being kidnapped, so we just stay in and watch TV.
We may have electricity when we get home but then again we do have a generator.
As for the future, well I think it will not be good at all but hopefully it will improve.
It is sad when I know that all my friends and family are leaving Iraq to be safe.
Right now, even if we are at home we are not safe."
On Sunday one of Delhi's leading newspapers, The Hindustan Times, released the findings of a survey of women in Delhi:
72% said they had been sexually harassed
18% said they face harassment nearly every day
16% said that they had been sexually molested
Nearly 70% said not enough was being done by the Delhi police
43% think rapists should be castrated
71% wanted the death penalty for rapists.
God be with you.
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