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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
> Urban Boom Needs 'Revolution in Thinking', Says UN
> Bush’s Failed Freedom Agenda
> Sudan To Launch '1,000 Wells For Darfur'
> River Engineering Threat To The Poor
> Europe Urged To End Aviation Subsidy
> First-Ever U.S. Social Forum Begins
> Torture Continues, But It Needn't
> China's Rural Youth Caught in (Lack of) Education Trap
> Zoellick's Confirmation Provides 'Vital Opportunity' for World Bank
> Nepal's Dalits Turn Down Assembly Seats Offer
> India’s Nirmal Gram leading way to cleanliness
> BBC reality show on HIV/AIDS wins award
> Nepalese court orders action on ‘Disappearances’
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OneWorld U.S./UK
URBAN BOOM NEEDS 'REVOLUTION IN THINKING', SAYS UN
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(27 jun 2007) Humanity will have to undergo a "revolution in
thinking" in order to deal with the doubling of urban populations in
Africa and Asia by 2030, the United Nations Population Fund warns
today.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150658/7263/171376
BUSH’S FAILED FREEDOM AGENDA
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(27 jun 2007) The Bush administration's aggressive ideological
promotion of a link between unfettered capitalism and democracy is
damaging the world and undermining the United States' own interests,
argues Bob Burnett.
From openDemocracy
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150693/7263/171376
SUDAN TO LAUNCH '1,000 WELLS FOR DARFUR'
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(27 jun 2007) The President of Sudan, Omar Al Bashir, has agreed to
an initiative to tackle the problem of water shortage in the
north-west.
+ Crisis update
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150691/7263/171376
From: SciDev.Net
http://www.scidev.net
RIVER ENGINEERING THREAT TO THE POOR
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(27 jun 2007) Massive engineering schemes to divert and even reverse
the flow of rivers undermine entire ecosystems and can damage the
livelihoods of the very poor, an international environmental
organisation warns.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150689/7263/171376
From: World Wide Fund for Nature - Switzerland
http://www.panda.org
EUROPE URGED TO END AVIATION SUBSIDY
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(27 jun 2007) Until the aviation industry - the fastest growing
source of greenhouse gas emissions - pays the full price of carbon,
it is being subsidised to pollute the p***t, says a new report.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150687/7263/171376
From: World Wide Fund for Nature - Switzerland
http://www.panda.org
FIRST-EVER U.S. SOCIAL FORUM BEGINS
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(27 jun 2007) SAN FRANCISCO, Jun 27 (OneWorld) - Thousands of social
activists from across the United States are descending on Atlanta,
Georgia this week.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150671/7263/171376
From: OneWorld US
http://us.oneworld.net
TORTURE CONTINUES, BUT IT NEEDN'T
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(27 jun 2007) Torture is considered by many to be one of the world's
worst crimes against humanity. Find out what is being done to prevent
it, what obstacles prevent its eradication, and what steps must be
taken to move forward.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150669/7263/171376
From: OneWorld US
http://us.oneworld.net
CHINA'S RURAL YOUTH CAUGHT IN (LACK OF) EDUCATION TRAP
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(27 jun 2007) China's booming economy has spurred a massive
village-to-city youth migration. But Li Qiang -- and so many others
without a college education -- now find themselves forced to head
back to the village.
From: New America Media
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150659/7263/171376
ZOELLICK'S CONFIRMATION PROVIDES 'VITAL OPPORTUNITY' FOR WORLD BANK
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(27 jun 2007) Robert Zoellick should begin his first 100 days as
World Bank president creating a "new deal" between the Bank and the
world’s poor, says Oxfam.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150660/7263/171376
From: Oxfam International
http://www.oxfam.org
NEPAL'S DALITS TURN DOWN ASSEMBLY SEATS OFFER
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(27 jun 2007) A conference of Nepalese Dalit ("Untouchables") has
rejected a government offer to give them 6 percent of the seats in
the new Constituent Assembly, putting them on a collision course
with Nepal's main political parties.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150662/7263/171376
From: The Advocacy Project
http://www.advocacynet.org
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OneWorld South Asia
INDIA’S NIRMAL GRAM LEADING WAY TO CLEANLINESS
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(27 jun 2007) Recipient of this year’s Nirmal Gram Puruskar for 100%
sanitation coverage, this village in Rajasthan’s Alwar region is
paving the way for achieving the Millennium Development Goals
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150700/1893/171376
BBC REALITY SHOW ON HIV/AIDS WINS AWARD
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(27 jun 2007) An ambitious and innovative reality TV show - Haath se
Haath Milaa (Let’s Join Hands) – by BBC World Service Trust, that
played a vital role in India’s largest mass media campaign on HIV and
AIDS, has won a World Award at the Asia Media Summit 2007.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150678/1893/171376
NEPALESE COURT ORDERS ACTION ON ‘DISAPPEARANCES’
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(27 jun 2007) The Supreme Court of Nepal has established a Commission
of Inquiry to investigate the thousands of enforced disappearances in
Nepal during civil conflict and ordered the government to comply with
international human standards.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150677/1893/171376
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