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According to the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, at least 140 trade union activists were assassinated, disappeared or driven to suicide after threats and torture during 1999. Nearly 3,000 were arrested, more than 1,500 beaten or tortured, and 700 received death threats. At least 80 countries make strikes illegal. So much for the all the United Nations conventions on trade union rights!
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Every twenty minutes someone falls victim to a landmine. 90% of them have no access to medical help.
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1,270 children die every hour from preventable diseases like malaria and measles. A single capsule of vitamin A helps boost the immune system of one child for six months but there is no profit in giving free assistance to poor kids.
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Every 3.6 seconds someone dies of hunger. 75% of them are children.