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TODAY'S HEADLINES:

> East African Lawmakers Form Coalition for Peace
> Northern Niger on Verge of Humanitarian Crisis
> Human Rights - The Economics Connection
> Ciivilians Still Hit By Conflict In Eastern Congo
> New Zealand Plans to Be First Carbon Neutral Nation
> Global Water Partnership Launched
> Indigenous Bolivians Content with Land Title [Photo Essay]
> What 'Hotbed' of Terrorism?
> Burmese Dissidents Question UN Envoy Visit
> U.S. Imports, Chinese Die

> Food for work program helps rebuild rural Pakistan
> SAARC meet today on tackling cross-border crime
> Villages relocate to give tigers a home

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EAST AFRICAN LAWMAKERS FORM COALITION FOR PEACE
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(25 oct 2007) Parliamentarians from 11 East African countries have
formed a peace team that "intend[s] to meet all warring parties in
the region," beginning with those in Darfur.

From: New Times
(Kigali)
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/154487/7263/205338

NORTHERN NIGER ON VERGE OF HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
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(25 oct 2007) Limited access to food, health care, and outside
assistance, compounded with recent bouts of ethnic violence and
government and militia reprisals, has led a UN agency to warn that
northern Niger may be on the brink of a humanitarian crisis.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/154488/7263/205338
From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
http://www.irinnews.org

HUMAN RIGHTS - THE ECONOMICS CONNECTION
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(25 oct 2007) The violence that constitutes the majority of human
rights abuses is a result of the dominant powers using force to
maintain a status quo of vast inequality, says Michael Leung.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/154514/7263/205338
From: Share The World's Resources
http://www.stwr.net

CIIVILIANS STILL HIT BY CONFLICT IN EASTERN CONGO
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(25 oct 2007) Despite an overall decrease in conflicts in the Ituri
district of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, civilian
populations there are still subjected to high levels of violence,
says a leading medical charity.

http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/154512/7263/205338
From: Médecins sans frontières
http://www.paris.msf.org/

NEW ZEALAND PLANS TO BE FIRST CARBON NEUTRAL NATION
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(25 oct 2007) New Zealand has set landmark goals to become the
world's first carbon neutral nation in electrical, stationary
manufacturing, and transport energy by 2040. WorldChanging reporter
Josie Howitt says the timetable can be met.

From: World Changing
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/154485/7263/205338

GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP LAUNCHED
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(25 oct 2007) A new partnership has been launched to address the
declining state of the world's fresh water supply and the lack of
access to clean water services by the world's poorest people.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/154511/7263/205338
From: International Institute for Environment and Development
http://www.iied.org

INDIGENOUS BOLIVIANS CONTENT WITH LAND TITLE [PHOTO ESSAY]
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(25 oct 2007) Although a forest fire burned some of the crops Lorenzo
Charupá's cooperative expected to use to feed their cattle, he is not
overly concerned because, as of June, he knows that at least his land
can no longer be taken away.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/154490/7263/205338
From: Oxfam America
http://www.oxfamamerica.org

WHAT 'HOTBED' OF TERRORISM?
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(25 oct 2007) A zone on the frontiers of Argentina, Brazil, and
Paraguay has been portrayed by the U.S. media and government as a
"hotbed" "teeming with Islamic extremists and their sympathizers,"
but a group of reporters found these claims inaccurate as they
traveled into the region.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/154484/7263/205338
From: North American Congress on Latin America
http://www.nacla.org

BURMESE DISSIDENTS QUESTION UN ENVOY VISIT
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(25 oct 2007) A network of former Burmese political prisoners who
have fled the country are raising concerns that the upcoming visit of
a UN envoy formerly barred from the country "will help to ease the
international pressure on the regime and nothing more."
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/154489/7263/205338
From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
http://www.ipsnews.net

U.S. IMPORTS, CHINESE DIE
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(25 oct 2007) A century ago, working conditions in U.S. factories
were extremely poor and death and injury were a part of everyday
life. A slideshow reveals that while the United States has solved
this problem on its own soil, it persists in the land of America's
factory, China.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/154483/7263/205338
From: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
http://www.pulitzercenter.org

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OneWorld South Asia

FOOD FOR WORK PROGRAM HELPS REBUILD RURAL PAKISTAN
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(25 oct 2007) A Food for Work initiative by the World Food Rogramme
(WFP) has helped rebuild more than 1,300 kms of rural roads and
almost 9,000 kms of bridle paths in quake-affected North Pakistan.
Rural roads and pathways connecting the mountainous terrain were
destroyed by the 2005 earthquake, cutting people off from relief
supplies and medical aid.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/154515/1893/205338

SAARC MEET TODAY ON TACKLING CROSS-BORDER CRIME
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(25 oct 2007) When Home Ministers of SAARC countries meet today in
New Delhi, they will try to build consensus upon reaching an
agreement on cooperation in tackling crimes. At a time when
terrorists seem to be better coordinated in carrying out cross-border
crimes, the importance of such a convention assumes greater
significance.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/154498/1893/205338

VILLAGES RELOCATE TO GIVE TIGERS A HOME
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(25 oct 2007) Following reports of tigers vanishing from the Sariska
Tiger Reserve in the western state of Rajasthan, the state forest
department and the Ministry of Environment and Forests have worked
out voluntary relocation packages for families living in 11 villages
in Sariska. The move will hopefully help bring India’s national
animal back to the reserve.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/154497/1893/205338

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