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TODAY'S HEADLINES:

> ICT Now 'A Basic Necessity' for Africa
> India's Poor Demand Share of Country's Prosperity
> Innovative Peace Makers Honored
> Immigrants Targeted by U.S. 'Anti-Gang' Efforts
> Stop Bribing Doctors, Pharmaceutical Companies Urged
> Anti-GMO Activist Killed
> Shoring Up Riverbanks – and Confidence
> Food Force Video Game: Help Feed the Hungry
> Biofuel Project Could Be Boon for E. Africa
> Benazir Bhutto Urged to Stop Party Showing Guns

> Urban residents of Rajasthan to benefit from ADB project
> Indian job market caste-ridden
> Locals help run vulture ‘restaurant’ in Nepal

> Dry Clean Green!

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ICT NOW 'A BASIC NECESSITY' FOR AFRICA
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(31 oct 2007) Rwanda's president urged African heads of state and
industry leaders at a major conference to promote the development of
their continent through home-grown information and communications
industries, saying that "in just ten years...the mobile phone has
become a basic necessity in urban and rural Africa."

From: New
Times (Rwanda)
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/154672/7263/207344

INDIA'S POOR DEMAND SHARE OF COUNTRY'S PROSPERITY
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(31 oct 2007) While the richest man in the world may boast being
Indian, almost half a billion Indians live on less than a dollar a
day and are now demanding a bigger share of the country's economic
pie.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/154673/7263/207344
From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
http://www.ipsnews.net

INNOVATIVE PEACE MAKERS HONORED
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(31 oct 2007) A foundation dedicated to nonviolent social change
honors an outspoken conscientious objector, a prison gardener, and an
organization that gives kids an alternative to gang-membership.

From: New America Media
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/154666/7263/207344

IMMIGRANTS TARGETED BY U.S. 'ANTI-GANG' EFFORTS
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(31 oct 2007) Under the pretense of locating criminal fugitives, U.S.
immigration officers are raiding, without search warrants, the homes
of American citizens and legal residents that they believe may be
illegal immigrants, writes Henry Fernandez.

From: Center for
American Progress
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/154667/7263/207344

STOP BRIBING DOCTORS, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES URGED
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(31 oct 2007) Pharmaceutical companies must halt gifts to doctors,
says a new report, Drugs, Doctors and Dinners: How drug companies
influence health in the developing world.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/154694/7263/207344
From: Consumers International
http://www.consumersinternational.org/

ANTI-GMO ACTIVIST KILLED
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(31 oct 2007) An activist protesting the illegal development of
genetically modified seeds was shot and killed at point blank range
by armed gunmen allegedly linked to the multinational corporation
Syngenta.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/154664/7263/207344
From: North American Congress on Latin America
http://www.nacla.org

SHORING UP RIVERBANKS – AND CONFIDENCE
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(31 oct 2007) Twice a year the Juba River overflows, flooding the
surrounding Somali villages and farmlands, inciting hunger, and
pushing people out of their homes. With the help of a Kenyan engineer
and a disaster relief organization, however, villagers have learned
to replace their ineffective sand bags with clay-based levees.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/154665/7263/207344
From: Mercy Corps
http://www.mercycorps.org

FOOD FORCE VIDEO GAME: HELP FEED THE HUNGRY
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(31 oct 2007) Help the United Nations' World Food Program avert a
food crisis on an island in the Indian Ocean in this exiting and
informative online video game.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/154682/7263/207344
From: United Nations
http://www.un.org/

BIOFUEL PROJECT COULD BE BOON FOR E. AFRICA
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(31 oct 2007) PARIS, October 30 (IPS) - A new project to develop an
integrated sugarcane facility in Kenya could be a boost for biofuels
production in east Africa.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/154683/7263/207344
From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
http://www.ipsnews.net

BENAZIR BHUTTO URGED TO STOP PARTY SHOWING GUNS
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(31 oct 2007) An Asian rights group has urged former Prime Minister
Benazir Bhutto to stop her Pakistan People's Party's security
organisation from displaying guns at public meetings, which it says
is encouraging other parties and groups to arm themselves.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/154668/7263/207344
From: Asian Human Rights Commission
http://www.ahrchk.net/

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URBAN RESIDENTS OF RAJASTHAN TO BENEFIT FROM ADB PROJECT
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(31 oct 2007) The Asian Development Bank’s urban development
programme in Indian state of Rajasthan will improve the living
conditions of 1.6 million urbanites. Better quality of drinking
water, public health, sewerage, drainage and solid waste management
systems are expected from the project.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/154705/1893/207344

INDIAN JOB MARKET CASTE-RIDDEN
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(31 oct 2007) Employers are practicing social favouritism by shunning
dalits and Muslims with matching qualifications in favour of those
with upper-caste Hindu names. A recent study provides sufficient
evidence on the discriminatory character of the Indian job market.

http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/154702/1893/207344

LOCALS HELP RUN VULTURE ‘RESTAURANT’ IN NEPAL
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(31 oct 2007) To help save vultures from drugged carcasses, Bird
Conservation Nepal (BNC) has set up a ‘restaurant’ that will supply
the birds with uncontaminated food. The vulture population in Nepal
has dwindled sharply in recent times due to eating dead cattle that
were administered with an anti-inflammatory drug called Diclofenac.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/154687/1893/207344

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DRY CLEAN GREEN!
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(30 oct 2007) Get the lowdown on which dry cleaning methods are best
for people and the p***t from an association of sustainable
environment advocates.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/154635/2332/207344
From: Co-op America
http://www.coopamerica.org/

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