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21 September 2007
 
International Day of Peace logo © United Nations
International Day of Peace logo.
© United Nations
Cote d'Ivoire is taking steps to reconcile the factions that have been holding the north and south of the country in a low-level state of conflict for the past five years. A peacekeeping mission is headed for Darfur, and the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has renewed his efforts to bring peace and stability to the restive parts of that central African nation. However, not all the news is so optimistic on the International Day of Peace. Find out more from OneWorld's Ida Wahlstrom in today's news section.

In analysis, Erin Wiegand examines the consequences of the media and activists overusing the veil to symbolize Islam, while today's action alert focuses attention on the shocking cost -- in dollars -- of maintaining U.S. troops in Iraq. One day of the war, for example, could provide four-year university scholarships for nearly 35,000 people, says a U.S. social justice group.

 
 
 
 
News
 

On this year's International Day of Peace the majority of news streams in from Africa, and it is not all bad.
OneWorld US
Image: © Human Rights Education Associates
 
The wall dividing Israel and Palestine.
Israel is hovering on the verge of implementing additional sanctions on the Hamas-governed Gaza Strip, including a cut in fuel supplies and further restrictions on the flow of goods and people. Such a move would violate the laws of war, a human rights watch dog reports.
OneWorld US: Human Rights Watch
Image: The wall dividing Israel and Palestine. © Solidaridad Internacional

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Announcing the closure of the bluefin tuna fisheries in the Mediterranean and East Atlantic, the European Commission has recognised that European fleets overfished their quota last year and acknowledged failings in the reporting of catch data and illegal fishing.
OneWorld UK: World Wide Fund for Nature - Switzerland
 
Philippe Testot-Ferry, Unicef regional education advisor, and Maria Calivis, regional director for CEE/CIS, at launch of education report
Education systems in countries of the former Soviet bloc are leaving millions of children behind each year, the UN Children's Fund warned.
OneWorld UK: United Nations Children's Fund
Image: Philippe Testot-Ferry, Unicef regional education advisor, and Maria Calivis, regional director for CEE/CIS, at launch of education report
  
 
The use of violence and censorship against Burmese journalists trying to cover the protests that began a month ago is a “detestable strategy” aimed at preventing them from doing their jobs, media freedom groups said.
OneWorld UK: Reporter Senza Frontiere

  
 
Analysis/Opinion
 

An Iranian woman wearing hijab.
Governments, feminists, and the media perpetuate dangerous stereotypes as they regularly invoke Muslim women's dress to symbolize the state of Islam, says Erin Wiegand.
OneWorld US: In These Times
Image: An Iranian woman wearing hijab. © In These Times

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Greenpeace blogger Nathan explains why Greenpeace has complained to the Market Research Standards Board about the role of the pollsters employed by the government to conduct a public consultation on nuclear power.
OneWorld UK: Greenpeace UK

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Action Alert
 

A social justice organization is launching a new campaign to press for the $720 million the United States spends each day in Iraq to be redirected to fund human needs at home and "real solutions" in Iraq.
OneWorld US: American Friends Service Committee
Image: © American Friends Service Committee

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