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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
> Energy Pioneers In The Running For Major Award
> No Evidence Of CO2 Curbs, Says U.S. Report
> Corruption 'Undermining Judicial Systems'
> UK Energy Policy Guidelines 'A Missed Opportunity'
> Fairtrade Protest Over Conditions At UK Ripening Company
> Emergency Appeal for Darfur and Chad Launched
> McJobs? That's McMean, says McDonald's
> The Katanga Trauma Is Not Over Yet
> Free Speech in the UK? Let's Have a Law
> Dangers of Activism Put Center Stage
> Law on Volunteering Adopted
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ENERGY PIONEERS IN THE RUNNING FOR MAJOR AWARD
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(24 may 2007) Ten renewable energy pioneers from across the globe
have been selected to enter the final stage of the world's leading
green energy awards.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/149614/7263/162770
NO EVIDENCE OF CO2 CURBS, SAYS U.S. REPORT
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(24 may 2007) There is no evidence of progress in managing carbon
dioxide emissions in either developed or developing countries,
despite scientific consensus that emissions are responsible for
climate change, according to a U.S. National Academy of Sciences
report.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/149606/7263/162770
From: SciDev.Net
http://www.scidev.net
CORRUPTION 'UNDERMINING JUDICIAL SYSTEMS'
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(24 may 2007) Corruption is undermining judicial systems around the
world, denying citizens access to justice and the basic human right
to a fair and impartial trial, according to the Global Corruption
Report 2007 issued today.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/149605/7263/162770
UK ENERGY POLICY GUIDELINES 'A MISSED OPPORTUNITY'
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(24 may 2007) The UK government's new Energy White Paper is a huge
missed opportunity and should have set out tougher polices on energy
efficiency, renewable power and cleaner transport, said Friends of
the Earth. Greenpeace joined the backlash with a statement setting
out why it believes Tony Blair is wrong about nuclear power.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/149604/7263/162770
From: Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland
http://www.foe.co.uk/
FAIRTRADE PROTEST OVER CONDITIONS AT UK RIPENING COMPANY
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(24 may 2007) The Fairtrade Foundation has expressed "shock and
dismay" about conditions experienced by migrant workers employed by a
company in the UK that is licensed to ripen the bananas sold to them
by Fairtrade-certified producer groups in developing countries.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/149602/7263/162770
From: Fairtrade Foundation
http://www.fairtrade.org.uk
EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR DARFUR AND CHAD LAUNCHED
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(24 may 2007) Leading UK aid charities launched an emergency appeal
today to save lives in Darfur, Chad and the Central African Republic.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/149600/7263/162770
From: Oxfam Great Britain
http://www.oxfam.org.uk
MCJOBS? THAT'S MCMEAN, SAYS MCDONALD'S
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(24 may 2007) McDonald’s is in danger of creating a wave of new
additions to the dictionary to sit alongside the now infamous
“McJob”; words such as McPedant, McKilljoy and
McSense-of-humour-failure, says Dominic Walsh.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/149599/7263/162770
THE KATANGA TRAUMA IS NOT OVER YET
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(24 may 2007) There are gruesome stories that surpass anything you
can imagine - stories that have left scars and given rise to feelings
of revenge.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/149593/7263/162770
FREE SPEECH IN THE UK? LET'S HAVE A LAW
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(24 may 2007) Jonathan Heawood calls for active legislation for free
speech in the UK.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/149611/7263/162770
From: Index on Censorship
http://www.indexonline.org/
DANGERS OF ACTIVISM PUT CENTER STAGE
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(24 may 2007) Activists detained for their human rights work will be
profiled at a major civil society gathering in Scotland this week.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/149576/7263/162770
From: CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
http://www.civicus.org
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OneWorld South East Europe
LAW ON VOLUNTEERING ADOPTED
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(23 may 2007) On May 18, the Croatian Sabor (the Parliament) adopted
the Law on Volunteering that regulates the status of all legal and
physical persons involved in organized volunteering.
http://see.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/149565/3260/162770
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