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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
> Europe's Policy on Asylum-Seekers Lambasted
> $30 Billion Aid Shortfall Forecast
> Terror Fears Deterring Investment, Says Lloyd’s
> New Committee To Help Monitor British Aid
> A Vital Approach to the Threat Climate Change Poses to the Poor
> Starbucks On Verge of Ethiopia Coffee Deal
> Dismay over Nuclear 'Solution' to Climate Problem
> Gwangju Prize for Human Rights 2007 awarded to Indian activists
> Sting operations expose doctors in Indian states
> Citizen groups apprehensive with ADB’s role in Japan's 3R policy
> Mjaft! “Shuts Down” the Ministry of Environment
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OneWorld U.S./UK
EUROPE'S POLICY ON ASYLUM-SEEKERS LAMBASTED
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(10 may 2007) European policy towards asylum-seekers fuels racial
tensions, isolates vulnerable people and risks alienating future
citizens, a ministerial meeting in Potsdam is warned.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/149072/7263/159388
From: European Council on Refugees and Exiles
http://www.ecre.org
$30 BILLION AID SHORTFALL FORECAST
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(10 may 2007) Rich countries' target of a $50 billion aid increase by
2010 will be missed by $30 billion, warns a report that estimates
the shortfall will condem 5 million people to die needlessly from the
effects of poverty.
+ The World Can't Wait campaign
+ Blair's
legacy: generosity - not justice
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/149061/7263/159388
From: Oxfam Great Britain
http://www.oxfam.org.uk
CAFOD
http://www.cafod.org.uk
TERROR FEARS DETERRING INVESTMENT, SAYS LLOYD’S
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(10 may 2007) Increased board level concern about terrorism and
political violence is causing businesses to avoid investing in
politically sensitive areas or locating offices in large cities,
according to the world’s leading specialist insurance market.
From
Lloyd's
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/149067/7263/159388
NEW COMMITTEE TO HELP MONITOR BRITISH AID
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(10 may 2007) A new independent committee is to be set up to help
Britain's aid ministry evaluate the impact of UK assistance,
International Development Secretary Hilary Benn told parliament
yesterday.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/149063/7263/159388
A VITAL APPROACH TO THE THREAT CLIMATE CHANGE POSES TO THE POOR
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(10 may 2007) A new film and briefing paper will this week be used to
call for greater
support to help poor communities in developing
countries to adapt to climate
change.
From: IIED
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/148935/7263/159388
STARBUCKS ON VERGE OF ETHIOPIA COFFEE DEAL
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(10 may 2007) Starbucks, the world's largest coffee shop chain, and
the Ethiopian government are on the verge of unveiling a deal that
the company hopes will end attacks on the company's carefully
constructed ethical image.
From Corpwatch
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/149004/7263/159388
DISMAY OVER NUCLEAR 'SOLUTION' TO CLIMATE PROBLEM
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(9 may 2007) UNITED NATIONS, May 9 (OneWorld) - The UN's experts on
climate change are facing the wrath of many environmental groups this
week for embracing the notion that additional use of nuclear power
could be helpful in the fight against global warming.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/149031/7263/159388
From: OneWorld US
http://us.oneworld.net
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OneWorld South Asia
GWANGJU PRIZE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 2007 AWARDED TO INDIAN ACTIVISTS
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(10 may 2007) The Gwangju Prize for the promotion and protection of
human rights has been jointly awarded to two Indians this year -
namely Dr Lenin Raghuvanshi from People's Vigilance Committee on
Human Rights, who has put up vehement resistance against the Indian
caste system, and Irom Sharmila, a resident of Manipur, who continues
to be on hunger strike in a powerful protest against the
indiscriminate use of the AFSPA against civilians in Manipur.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/149090/1893/159388
STING OPERATIONS EXPOSE DOCTORS IN INDIAN STATES
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(10 may 2007) Women decoys are being used to demand sex-determination
tests in a series of recent sting operations in India. The stings
expose the medical fraternity indulging in this unlawful practice in
the states of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Delhi.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/149078/1893/159388
CITIZEN GROUPS APPREHENSIVE WITH ADB’S ROLE IN JAPAN'S 3R POLICY
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(10 may 2007) Environmentalists and public health groups across
nations expressed their concern over the future role of ADB in
Japan's 3R Initiative - reduce, reuse, recycle – at the bank’s Annual
Governors’ meeting at Kyoto. Japan’s 3R waste management policy has
been criticised for failing to hold the generators responsible for
their wastes.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/149042/1893/159388
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OneWorld South East Europe
MJAFT! “SHUTS DOWN” THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
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(10 may 2007) Last week, Mjaft! Movement’s activists, donning
surgical masks, declared the Ministry of Environment closed. During
the Ministry’s working hours the activists placed themselves outside
the Ministry walls, on “Durresi Street”, holding banners that loudly
proclaimed the following message in capital letters: “CLOSED DOWN”.
http://see.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/149050/3260/159388
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