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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
> Action on warming could curb nightmare impacts
> Haiti’s Children Get Fighting Chance from New Vaccine Program
> British Fingerprint Plan to Nab Nation's Fingerpainters
> Millions of Afghan Children Head Back to School
> Global Ruling Class: Billionaires and How They Made It
> The Farce of School Choice
> Delhi Govt to take over MCD schools
> India looks big on alternative energy
> Roma Information Centre Opens in Kumanovo
> European Court of Human Rights Adopts First Judgement against Serbia
> Action on warming could curb nightmare impacts
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OneWorld U.S./UK
ACTION ON WARMING COULD CURB NIGHTMARE IMPACTS
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(22 mar 2007)
Cuts in emissions of greenhouse gases can mute the
worst impacts of global warming, such as water shortages for billions
of people or extinction of almost half of Amazonian tree species, a
draft U.N. report shows.
Image: Brush fire in California
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/147424/7263/148071
HAITI’S CHILDREN GET FIGHTING CHANCE FROM NEW VACCINE PROGRAM
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(22 mar 2007) Brazil and Canada have helped launch a new vaccine
program in Haiti, hoping to drastically improve the country's child
survival rate. Haiti's vaccination coverage has been rising since
2002, but it still ranks behind most of its neighbors and much of
sub-Saharan Africa.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/146769/7263/148071
From: United Nations Children's Fund
http://www.unicef.org
BRITISH FINGERPRINT PLAN TO NAB NATION'S FINGERPAINTERS
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(22 mar 2007) The British government may fingerprint children as
young as 11 for the country’s National Identity register. Fingerprint
IDs will be cross-checked against prints from 900,000 unsolved
crimes.
From: Child Rights Information Network
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/146883/7263/148071
MILLIONS OF AFGHAN CHILDREN HEAD BACK TO SCHOOL
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(22 mar 2007) More than six million children in Afghanistan are
heading back to school this week, as the UN Children's Fund and
partners distribute essential school supplies and teaching materials
around the country to meet their needs.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/147388/7263/148071
From: United Nations Children's Fund
http://www.unicef.org
GLOBAL RULING CLASS: BILLIONAIRES AND HOW THEY MADE IT
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(22 mar 2007) Countries designated "emerging markets" should be
called "surging billionaires" because it is the power of the new
super-rich that dictates their policies, says James Petras.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/147364/7263/148071
From: Share The World's Resources
http://www.stwr.net
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OneWorld South Asia
THE FARCE OF SCHOOL CHOICE
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(22 mar 2007) Anyone who knows even a little bit about school
education in India knows that it is largely about exclusion. Only a
tiny minority of children in our country get anything resembling a
decent schooling - the rest are either excluded altogether, or
provided very poor quality education with weak infrastructure and
inadequate pedagogic attention, which in turn encourages high rates
of dropout.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/147417/1893/148071
DELHI GOVT TO TAKE OVER MCD SCHOOLS
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(22 mar 2007) The Delhi High Court gave its approval of the Delhi
government's suggestions to take over all municipality-run schools in
a move to bring about qualitative improvement in teaching in those
schools.A division bench of Chief Justice M.K. Sarma and Justice
Sanjiv Khanna directed the government to take a formal decision in
this regard and submit a plan-of-action by March 28.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/147405/1893/148071
INDIA LOOKS BIG ON ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
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(22 mar 2007) Imagine running your computer on a solar energy backup
for five hours a day! It's possible, says an expert who sees India as
a promising destination for alternative sources of power.Terence
"Terry" J Hart, vice chairman and technical director of IT Power
India Pvt Ltd, sees states like Karnataka and West Bengal ahead in
the use of alternative energy.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/147403/1893/148071
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OneWorld South East Europe
ROMA INFORMATION CENTRE OPENS IN KUMANOVO
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(22 mar 2007) Last week (March 14, 2007) the Roma Information Centre
(RIC) was officially opened, located in the facilities of the DROM
Roma Centre. RIC will work under the sponsorship and patronage of the
Ministry of Labour and Social Policies.
http://see.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/147446/3260/148071
EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS ADOPTS FIRST JUDGEMENT AGAINST SERBIA
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(22 mar 2007) The YUCOM committee of human rights lawyers of Serbia
won its first litigation against the state of Serbia in front of the
European Court for Human Rights.
http://see.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/147425/3260/148071
From: Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights - YUCOM
http://www.yucom.org.yu
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Climate Justice News & Comment
ACTION ON WARMING COULD CURB NIGHTMARE IMPACTS
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(22 mar 2007)
Cuts in emissions of greenhouse gases can mute the
worst impacts of global warming, such as water shortages for billions
of people or extinction of almost half of Amazonian tree species, a
draft U.N. report shows.
Image: Brush fire in California
http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/147423/246/148071
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