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from their homelands of
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cambodia, Kosovo,
Algeria, Tunisia, Eritrea, Egypt, Afghanistan,
Kashmir, Rwanda, East Turkestan, Chechnya, Vietnam,
Thailand, the Philippines, Myanmar, and Sudan. Innocent chil-
dren have been shot, babies have been murdered in their cribs, and
people trying to run for their lives have been killed or maimed by land
mines. Human beings have been subjected to a savagery the like of
which has never been seen before, treated with great cruelty, and
forced to live in inhuman conditions in prison camps.
Internal conflicts continue, as does the cruel oppression of women
and children. Human beings wait for someone with a conscience to
offer a helping hand, for they cannot make their voices heard. We can
see the magnitude of this problem just by looking briefly at several of
the above-mentioned lands.

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