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POPE TO MAKE CLIMATE ACTION A MORAL OBLIGATION
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(24 sep 2007) The Pope is expected to use his first address to the
United Nations to deliver a powerful warning over climate change in a
move to adopt protection of the environment as a "moral" cause for
the Catholic Church and its billion-strong following.
From: Climate
Ark
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153441/7263/196379
DONORS URGED TO TREBLE GLOBAL FUND CONTRIBUTIONS
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(24 sep 2007) Donors need to treble their contribution to meet the
$18 billion target for the Global Fund's fight against HIV, TB and
malaria, a leading development charity said today ahead of a Fund
meeting in Germany.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153474/7263/196379
LARGE INCREASE IN IRAQI ASYLUM PLEAS TO WEST
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(24 sep 2007) As Iraqis leave their war-torn homeland in droves, the
pressure of refugee resettlement has shifted from Iraq’s neighbors to
industrialized countries farther afield, new statistics show.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153423/7263/196379
UNSURE WHAT TO RECYCLE? HERE'S SOME HELP
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(24 sep 2007) Co-op America has compiled a list of 21 recyclable
items, including eyeglasses and household appliances, which most
people wouldn’t think of tossing into their recycle bins.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153431/7263/196379
MYANMAR PROTESTS GROW TO TENS OF THOUSANDS
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(24 sep 2007) Buddhist monk-led protests against the military
dictatorship of Myanmar -- formerly Burma -- have grown to include
record numbers of civilians Monday, according to local sources in the
tightly controlled country. It's unclear why the junta has not
forcibly put down these protests, or why the jailed opposition leader
Aung San Suu Kyi was allowed to greet protesters over the weekend.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153473/7263/196379
DNA BARCODES 'TACKLE DISEASE, PROTECT BIODIVERSITY'
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(24 sep 2007) DNA 'barcoding' offers rapid and low cost ways to
monitor human disease vectors and biodiversity in developing
countries, scientists told a conference this week.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153476/7263/196379
U.S. OFFERS LEGAL STATUS TO IMMIGRANT WOMEN CRIME VICTIMS
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(24 sep 2007) After seven years of bureaucratic delays, the "U Visa"
will now allow victims of crimes like domestic violence to seek help
from U.S. law enforcement without the fear of deportation.
From:
New America Media
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153425/7263/196379
JENA SHOWS UNITED STATES' TRUE COLORS
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(24 sep 2007) The implication of racially motivated injustice that
drove thousands of protesters to the small town of Jena, Louisiana
last week is but a small crack in the system-wide failures found
across the United States, comments British columnist Gary Younge.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153424/7263/196379
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES SEE RISE IN HATE CRIMES
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(24 sep 2007) A rise in hate crimes, especially targeted at Jews and
Muslims, is being seen in countries across Europe, according to a
report published last week.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153445/7263/196379
GREENHOUSE EARTH: METHANE POWERED RUNAWAY GLOBAL WARMING
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(24 sep 2007) Methane released from wetlands turned the Earth into a
hothouse 55 million years ago, according to new research that could
shed light on a worrying aspect of today's climate-change crisis.
From: Terra Daily
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153430/7263/196379
DEMAND FOR 'GREEN' GOLD FUELS COMPANY'S RECORD GROWTH
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(24 sep 2007) BOGOTA, Sep 23 (OneWorld) - An environmental
gold-mining initiative is set to double its production this year in
an attempt to keep up with increasing national and global demand.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153442/7263/196379
'HISTORIC' DEAL REACHED ON CUTTING OZONE THREATS
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(24 sep 2007) Nearly 200 countries have agreed to accelerate the
elimination of chemicals that threaten the ozone and exacerbate
global warming.
From: AFP
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153437/7263/196379
AGROFUELS - ANOTHER SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA?
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(24 sep 2007) Just as we begin to come to terms with the
colonially-sponsored corporate conquest of our oil resources, along
comes a new wave of ‘green’ companies turning fertile African lands
to Northern ‘gold’, says Trusha Reddy.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153435/7263/196379
'INCENTIVES OFFERED TO DESTROY FORESTS'
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(22 sep 2007) The world indirectly gives "perverse incentives" to
destroy tropical rainforests by demanding goods produced by intensive
logging, says a leading environmental activist.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153428/7263/196379
PROGRESS AND PERIL ON INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY
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(21 sep 2007) On this year's International Day of Peace the majority
of news streams in from Africa, and it is not all bad.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153381/7263/196379
ISRAEL'S GAZA SANCTIONS SAID TO 'VIOLATE LAWS OF WAR'
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(21 sep 2007) 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.
From: Human Rights Watch
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153377/7263/196379
EU ADMITS TO ILLEGAL TUNA FISHING
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(21 sep 2007) 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.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153396/7263/196379
UNVEILING MUSLIM FEMINISM
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(21 sep 2007) 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.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153376/7263/196379
EDUCATION FAILING MILLIONS IN EAST EUROPE, SAYS UN
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(21 sep 2007) Education systems in countries of the former Soviet
bloc are leaving millions of children behind each year, the UN
Children's Fund warned.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153395/7263/196379
BRITAIN'S NUCLEAR STITCH-UP
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(21 sep 2007) 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.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153394/7263/196379
News from OneWorld South Asia
http://southasia.oneworld.net
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MILLION DOLLAR GRANT FOR BLINDNESS PREVENTION PROGRAMME IN INDIA
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(24 sep 2007) $1 million, out of a five million dollar grant to ORBIS
International from American International Group, Inc. (AIG), will be
utilized by ORBIS India to support programmes for eliminating
avoidable blindness in children, assist local agencies in eye banking
and enhance management skills of ORBIS partners through training and
infrastructure support.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153454/1893/196379
INDIAN DALIT RIGHTS ORGANISATION BAGS RAFTO AWARD
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(24 sep 2007) The RAFTO Prize, an international human rights prize
awarded annually to human rights defenders, has been won by Indian
organisation National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR).
Previous RAFTO laureates include Aung San Suu Kyi and Kim Dae-Jung.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153450/1893/196379
WORLD BANK UNDER SCANNER IN INDIAN CAPITAL
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(22 sep 2007) For the first time in history, activists, academicians,
policy analysts and project affected communities congregated at the
Jawarharlal Nehru University in New Delhi on the 21st of September
2007, to conduct a four day comprehensive analysis of the World Bank
and its impact on people in India.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153426/1893/196379
JAIL TERM FOR INDIAN SCRIBES
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(21 sep 2007) The Delhi High Court has sentenced four Indian senior
journalists from the evening paper Mid-Day to four months’
imprisonment for contempt of court for publishing reports against
former Chief Justice of India Y.K. Sabharwal.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153406/1893/196379
AFGHANISTAN CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
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(21 sep 2007) The Taliban has promised to support the immunization
drive against polio on the International Day of Peace, which falls on
September 21st, by letting the vaccinators do their job. As guns fall
silent, the people of Afghanistan will celebrate peace in a series of
activities planned across the country.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153392/1893/196379
HUMAN WASTE CREATING A STINK IN SRI LANKA
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(21 sep 2007) Personal hygiene may be taken seriously by the people;
yet toilet waste is finding its way into water bodies. Public
indifference and a lack of action are creating a serious health
hazard in the city of Colombo and rural areas.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153389/1893/196379
HOUSES TO HIV AFFECTED IN IAY SCHEME
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(20 sep 2007)
A recent workshop has called for concerted efforts
to prevent the spread of the dreaded disease in the state of Andhra
Pradesh, India. Houses would be provided to the HIV affected on a
priority basis under the Indira Aawas Yojana (IAY).
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153349/1893/196379
News from OneWorld Africa
http://africa.oneworld.net
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NIGERIA’S MAINSTREET TECHNOLOGIES TO BUILD NEW INTERNATIONAL WEST COAST FIBRE
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(21 sep 2007) Mainstreet Technologies threw its hat in the ring this
week to be the first to complete an African west coast fibre project
to compete with SAT3. The cable will connect 12 countries, some
already connected to SAT3, others not. Russell Southwood spoke to the
project’s CEO Funke Opeke and discovered how it intends to win the
race to complete.
http://africa.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153383/610/196379
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