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The food bank phenomena began in earnest when the UK depression set in about four years ago but the num- ber of people swapping vou- chers for food parcels leapt 100 per cent in the past year. ‘As committed as ever’ Greenpeace activist Dima Litvinov ‘‘will not be intimidated’’ HELSINKI: Opponents of Arctic oil exploration will not be deterred by the Russ- ian seizure of a Greenpeace vessel and crew, a high- ranking activist says after being held for three months in Russia. ‘‘We’re certainly not going to be intimidated into stop- ping our work to save the Arctic,’’ Dima Litvinov, one of 30 people detained when the icebreaker Arctic Sunrise was seized in September, said late on Thursday after arriving in Helsinki. ‘‘We will definitely con- tinue the struggle. This is something we cannot let go.’’ More than 20 of the Greenpeace activists from the Arctic Sunrise received exit visas, the Interfax news agency reported. Depending on nationality, a few others did not require visas and were able to leave Russia immediately after the hooliganism charges were dropped on Wednesday. All aboard the Arctic Sun- rise — 28 campaigners and two journalists — were de- tained after a few activists climbed a Russian oil rig in the Pechora Sea to protest against Arctic drilling. A senior campaigner in Greenpeace Nordic and member of the board of Greenpeace Russia, Mr Litvinov was among crew members from the vessel is- sued exit visas Thursday, af- ter the December 18 passage through Parliament of a Russian amnesty waiving their hooliganism charges. US drones, missiles off to Iraq WASHINGTON: The United States is sending Iraq dozens of missiles and surveillance drones to help combat a re- surgence in al-Qa’ida-backed violence, a State Department official says. The official confirmed a New York Times report about the weapons shipment. The daily said 75 Hellfire missiles were purchased by Iraq and delivered by Wash- ington last week. The State Department of- ficial confirmed the ‘‘recent delivery’’ of Hellfire missiles and an ‘‘upcoming delivery of Scan Eagles’’ — reconnais- sance drones that are a smal- ler version of the larger Pred- ator drones that once were flown frequently over Iraq. ‘‘The United States is com- mitted to supporting Iraq in its fight against terrorism,’’ the official added, saying that the effort aims ‘‘to strengthen their capabilities to combat this threat’’. The official added: ‘‘We remain committed to supporting the government of Iraq in meeting its de- fence needs in the face of these challenges.’’
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Food scroungerises in returnof Scrooge eraBy CHARLES MIRANDA
in London
Wecan’t go back
to the times of
Charles Dickens
BRITAIN is at risk of againwitnessing desperate scenesfrom ‘‘the times of CharlesDickens’’, with the nation’spoorest resorting to streetbegging and food scrounging,one of the country’s biggestcharities has warned.
Action for Children haswitnessed the biggest callsfor help for food and clothesbanks since the 1940s andwarns British society may beheading toward a crisis simi-lar to that experienced in theVictorian era.
Charity spokesman JacobTas said it was now showinga ‘‘staggering’’ number offamilies where to obtainemergency help, with manychoosing between having toeat or paying for either heat-ing or the rent.
‘‘It’s painful and unfortu-nate that we have now en-tered in a time when we goback in comparison to the1940s,’’ he said.
‘‘It’s really horrible forthose families who are basic-ally already at the bottom ofthe food chain that they haveto go to food banks to gettheir food.’’
Mr Tas said while Britainwas in the top 10 richest na-tions in the world it was sup-porting a two-tier society.
‘‘We can’t go back to the ti-mes of Charles Dickenswhere at Christmas time weare handing out food andclothes,’’ he said. ‘‘We shouldbe more advanced in ouropinion of society where wetake care of those who needhelp the most.’’
Since April this year,500,000 people — one-third of
which are children — havereceived emergency suppliesfrom the 400 food banks runby Trussell Trust charity.
The Trust has been open-ing three food banks a week,many in London, in a trendassociated with the De-pression Era of 1930s US.
The people lining up usual-ly hold their gaze lowthrough embarrassment butare ordinary families, someon benefits and others work-ing irregularly, who are hav-ing to choose between feed-ing their families or keepinga roof over their heads.
It is supposed to only betemporary aid but accordingto workers at one Londonfood bank, many of those ask-ing for help are now firm reg-ulars with families and can-not be turned away.
The food bank phenomenabegan in earnest when theUK depression set in aboutfour years ago but the num-ber of people swapping vou-chers for food parcels leapt100 per cent in the past year.
‘As committed as ever’
Greenpeace activist Dima Litvinov ‘‘will not be intimidated’’
HELSINKI: Opponents ofArctic oil exploration willnot be deterred by the Russ-ian seizure of a Greenpeacevessel and crew, a high-ranking activist says afterbeing held for three monthsin Russia.
‘‘We’re certainly not goingto be intimidated into stop-ping our work to save theArctic,’’ Dima Litvinov, oneof 30 people detained whenthe icebreaker Arctic Sunrise
was seized in September,said late on Thursday afterarriving in Helsinki.
‘‘We will definitely con-tinue the struggle. This issomething we cannot let go.’’
More than 20 of theGreenpeace activists fromthe Arctic Sunrise receivedexit visas, the Interfax newsagency reported.
Depending on nationality,a few others did not requirevisas and were able to leaveRussia immediately after thehooliganism charges weredropped on Wednesday.
All aboard the Arctic Sun-
rise — 28 campaigners andtwo journalists — were de-tained after a few activists
climbed a Russian oil rig inthe Pechora Sea to protestagainst Arctic drilling.
A senior campaigner inGreenpeace Nordic andmember of the board ofGreenpeace Russia, Mr
Litvinov was among crewmembers from the vessel is-sued exit visas Thursday, af-ter the December 18 passagethrough Parliament of aRussian amnesty waivingtheir hooliganism charges.
US drones, missiles off to IraqWASHINGTON: The UnitedStates is sending Iraq dozensof missiles and surveillancedrones to help combat a re-surgence in al-Qa’ida-backedviolence, a State Departmentofficial says.
The official confirmed aNew York Times report aboutthe weapons shipment.
The daily said 75 Hellfiremissiles were purchased by
Iraq and delivered by Wash-ington last week.
The State Department of-ficial confirmed the ‘‘recentdelivery’’ of Hellfire missilesand an ‘‘upcoming deliveryof Scan Eagles’’ — reconnais-sance drones that are a smal-ler version of the larger Pred-ator drones that once wereflown frequently over Iraq.
‘‘The United States is com-
mitted to supporting Iraq inits fight against terrorism,’’the official added, saying thatthe effort aims ‘‘to strengthentheir capabilities to combatthis threat’’.
The official added: ‘‘Weremain committed tosupporting the governmentof Iraq in meeting its de-fence needs in the face ofthese challenges.’’
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