The BobboSphere: Don't believe everything you think.

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Far between sundowns finish and ­midnights broken toll
We ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashing
As majestic bells of bolts, struck shadows in the sounds
Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashing

Flashing for the warriors, whose strength is not to fight
Flashing for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight
And for each and every underdog soldier in the night
We gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing­-- Bob Dylan

Today is Bloggers Unite for Refugees. Across the world, millions of people have been uprooted from their homes by war, environmental catastrophe, poverty and persecution. They languish in refugee camps. They hide in forests, deserts and in the poorest districts of our great cities.

Take some time today to visit Refugees Unite­, a ­service that allows refugees to register and  find missing family members through online communication. You can make a donation to help keep their work going. ­

• Currently (2008) approximately 37 million refugees have been egistered worldwide - 13 million have escaped to another country while 24 million are internally displaced in their own country
• ­Additionally millions of refugees live illegally all over the world. Hence the actual count of refugees is unknown
• Civil wars and human rights abuses forced 3 million people, over 8,000 a day, to leave their homes and seek refuge elsewhere within their countries in 2004
• In 2006 UNHCR registered 460 urban locations and 305 refugee camps globally. On average the population-size of one camp was 8,800 individuals. 25% of the camps hosted more than 10.000 refugees