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Art in aid of torture victims

AN ART exhibition in support of the Medical Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims (MRCT) will take place at Lemoni bookshop from November 7 to 22. The works of 25 artists will be displayed at the exhibition, which will open on November 7 at 8pm. All proceeds will go towards the medical, psychosocial and legal support of torture victims (mostly refugees and asylum seekers).

Fraud victims urged to use DPA to rebuild credit ratings

UK victims of identity fraud are being urged to use the Data Protection Act as a tool to restore their credit rating.

Suicide Victims Found To Have Altered DNA

Canadian and Hungarian scientists say they've discovered DNA from suicide victims who suffered major depression shows an important chemical modification.

Suicide Victims Found to Have Altered DNA

Canadian and Hungarian scientists say they've discovered DNA from suicide victims who suffered major depression shows an important chemical modification.

One of Youngest Mesothelioma Victims Dies in UK

A young woman who has died from the asbestos related cancer mesothelioma in the UK has become one of the youngest victims of this disease. Leigh Carlisle was just twenty eight years old when she lost her fight against the deadly cancer just a couple of weeks ago, leaving many confused as to how and when she was exposed to asbestos.

Phishers and scammers use bleak economic news to lure victims

Scammers using gloomy economic news to lure victims Patches from Mandriva, Ubuntu Prominent Web sites found to have serious coding flaw, and other interesting reading

Saturday night thiever says sorry to victims

BERLIN (Reuters) - A thief in Germany, plagued by guilt after robbing a kiosk, went back days later to deliver a note of apology and pay compensation to the victims.

Wells Fargo Offers $250,000 in Assistance for Southern California Wildfire Victims

LOS ANGELES, Nov 17, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- To help victims of the Southern California wildfires, Wells Fargo & Company

Over 25% of New Yorkers have fallen victims to online auction fraud

A study focusing on online fraud reveals that 27 percent of New York based customers who have visited an online auction website, including eBay and Amazon, have been victims of scams or have witnessed deceptive practice.

Free Online Legal Help Now Available for Hurricane Ike Victims

legal aid organizations and the Houston Bar Association have developed an online resource to assist Texans affected by the disaster in obtaining free legal information. The new service, called LiveHelp, is available now and enables Hurricane Ike victims to conduct a live online chat with attorneys recruited by the Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program. Attorneys will answer questions and also refer those seeking help to legal resources specific to FEMA appeals and other disaster-related issues.

Free Online Legal Help Now Available for Hurricane Ike Victims

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Responding to the broad range of legal problems resulting from Hurricane Ike, Texas legal aid organizations and the Houston Bar Association have developed an online resource to assist Texans affected by the disaster in obtaining free legal information. The new service, called LiveHelp, is available now and enables Hurricane Ike victims to conduct a live online chat with attorneys recruited by the Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program. Attorneys will answer questions and also refer those seeking help to legal resources specific to FEMA appeals and other disaster-related issues.

Zoo a hot spot for fatal elephant virus: 2-year-old calf Mac the latest of 6 victims of disease

TMCNet: Zoo a hot spot for fatal elephant virus: 2-year-old calf Mac the latest of 6 victims of disease

VR Snow Game Functions As Pain Management

eldavojohn writes "Burn victims — especially soldiers from war — have been proven to deal with therapy and pain better when immersed in a calm, cold virtual world. The game Snow World lets players hit targets with snowballs in a winter wonderland. The results of the study show unarguably that victims handle treatment and healing much better when their mind, eyes & ears are occupied — mind over matter, indeed."

Art Parties: All Eyes on London

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Conman nabbed, 3 mobile phones seized in AP

The city police apprehended a person responsible for cheating prominent people, including politicians, government officials and businessman, and seized three mobile phones and incriminating documentary evidence. The victims included ministers J C Diwakar Reddy, Gali Janardhan Reddy and Srimulu of Karnataka State, Legislators of A P Komati Reddi, Venkat Reddy, MLA Nalagonda. According to police, the accused M R B V Subramaneshwara Sharma alias Ravi Kumar, native of Amlapuram in east Godavari district, tricked them into parting with lakhs of rupees. Ravi, son of a retired Assistant General Manager of District Co-operative Central Bank, Kakinada, led the victims to believe that he was an MLA from Burugupudi constituency, police said. He then allegedly used to ring them up impersonating a legislator and tell them fake stories about his child

Victims' fury at suicide bomber computer game


Victims of Crypto outbreak receive compensation

outbreak at the reservoir here have been awarded between £1,500 and £5,000 (US $1,730 and $8,648) in compensation, according to an October 8

Mortgage victims may go to court

Thousands of people who say they are trapped in their home by mortgages they took out in the 1990s could get the contracts changed by the courts.

Two websites victims of hacking attacks

Hack Attacks Against Tunisian Websites: The Tunisian rulers institutionalise reinforcement of Internet censorship

Hackers Dupe Victims With Phony YouTube Sites

A tricky new cyber-attack is underway in which criminals have created fake YouTube pages to push their malicious software onto the computers of unsuspecting users.

Ike's victims struggle in aftermath

(CNN) -- It's been five days since Hurricane Ike smashed into the Texas coast, but people are still struggling mightily with its effects.

Tunisia: Two Websites Victims of Hacking Attacks

The independent electronic publication Tunisnews ( http://www.tunisnews.net ) has announced that its site was the target of a hacking attack on 5 November 2008, and that the administrators of the site have succeeded in overcoming the attack.

Russia buries nuclear submarine victims

Twelve men gassed to death on a Russian nuclear submarine have been laid to rest in a remote industrial city where tearful relatives paid a last homage to their loved ones.

Solution for Belgian Kaupthing bank victims?

Fri 17/10/08 12:17 (UPDATE) - Key ministers have discussed the problems at the Belgian branch of Kaupthing Luxembourg. The Icelandic bank has been hit hard by the financial crisis and has left an estimated 20,000 Belgian savers in trouble (photo on top: Kaupthing savers demonstrating) as their accounts have been frozen.


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