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The organization Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres) is organizing medical relief efforts in Haiti. "The first reports are now emerging from MSF teams who were already working on medical projects in Haiti and have treated hundreds of people injured in the quake. 'The situation is chaotic. I visited five medical centers, including a major hospital, and most of them were not functioning.'" To support Doctors Without Borders’ work in Haiti, go to its website.

Talking Points Memo is reporting that big business is working to squash legislation that could save us from another financial crisis. The New Democratic Coalition, a caucus of pro-business Democrats, recently held secret meetings with current and former executives of JP Morgan/ Chase and Goldman Sachs. These are two of the largest firms that have accepted money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program. Public Citizen would like you to join in the call for true financial reform. For more information, click on the petition.

Code Pink's petition against what it's calling a HOPE-Less escalation of troops in Afghanistan, has gotten some traction. According to the organization's web site, the group has received a call from the White House confirming that it's getting too many e-mails from Code Pink supporters. The group's response: Keep the emails coming. To add your name to the electronic petition, click here.

The group Veterans for Peace is organizing a petition to stop the use of depleted uranium by the U.S. military. Up to 70 percent of the radioactive substance is burned upon impact and released into the air and soil. Rising birth defects and cancer rates among military and civilian populations have been attributed to depleted uranium. To sign the petition, click here.