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OneWorld Daily Headlines
News & views from over 1600 organizations worldwide.
28 November 2007
 

Mahmoud Abbas.
© Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
Yesterday, Palestinian President Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Olmert met at an international conference hosted by the United States government in an effort to establish a lasting Israeli-Palestinian peace. The meeting has drawn much international attention and support, notably from the diplomatic Quartet on the Middle East, made up of the United Nations, European Union, Russian Federation and United States. However, the negotiations have also provoked much criticism, as many feel the Arab states involved came to the negotiating table already at a disadvantage. Find out why in today's analysis section.

Turning to the ever-pressing issue of climate change, our top feature story presents nine first-hand accounts of people whose communities endured the devastating impacts of climate change. Meanwhile, today's news looks at the overwhelming death and destruction that climate change could force upon Africa.
 
 
 
News
 

The number of natural disasters worldwide has increased from about 120 to 500 a year since the 1980s, according to a new study by an international aid organization, which faults climate change for the new and dangerous weather patterns.
From: OneWorld US
 
Climate change results in more floods, 2007
The adverse effects of climate change pose a much greater threat to Africa than to the developed world and could induce an increase in malnutrition, disease, and destitution in the region, states a new UN report.
From: allAfrica.com
Image: Climate change results in more floods, 2007 © Manoocher Deghati/IRIN

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The Security Council should target people and organisations that help violate UN arms embargoes and strengthen action against arms brokers, according to the first analysis of the world body's 27 embargoes since 1990.
From: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
 
A young Indian man lighting a cigarette.
Easily preventable diseases, such as heart disease and diabetes, kill more than twice as many people as HIV/AIDS. Over the next decade most of these deaths will be in the developing world, warns a new report.
From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Image: A young Indian man lighting a cigarette. © Television Trust for the Environment

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Responding to the UK government chief scientific adviser's claim that there is a moral case for GM crops, an environmental group said such crops are not needed to deal with growing populations and climate change.
From: Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland

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Analysis/Opinion
 

"By their very presence [at the Middle East Peace Conference to be held in Annapolis, MD], the Arab states are signaling they are willing to normalize ties with Israel without receiving any concessions on borders, East Jerusalem or refugees," says Jalal Ghazi.
From: New America Media

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Renewable energy from wind turbines play an important role in Brown's 'Plan B' economy.
Lester Brown dissects the changes necessary to construct an alternative world economy that can sustain progress in an environmentally friendly manner.
From: Earth Policy Institute
Image: Renewable energy from wind turbines play an important role in Brown's 'Plan B' economy. © Network for New Energy Choices

  

The Zionist Power Configuration defeats Big Oil, the Military Industrial Complex, the White House, and the Pentagon, says James Petras.
From: Share The World's Resources
Image: Aim higher for tough arms controls © Oxfam GB
 
Features
 

Jacabamba Glacier, Peru, in 1980 (left) and 2002 (right) © Lynas
A new report provides nine testimonies from people around the world who have dramatic first-hand experience of the devastating impacts of climate change.
From: Friends of the Earth International
Image: Jacabamba Glacier, Peru, in 1980 (left) and 2002 (right) © Lynas
 
A photo-journalist captures on film the tales of women around the world overcoming discrimination, violence, and poverty to solve the challenges faced by their communities.
From: Women's Edge Coalition

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About OneWorld Daily Headlines

The articles for the OneWorld Daily Headlines are compiled by the following OneWorld editors around the world. To read all the stories from each center, please visit their Web site:

OneWorld Africa, Kelvin Chibomba
OneWorld Canada, Lila Train
OneWorld Finland, Mirva Viitanen
OneWorld Latin America, Carolina Flores
OneWorld South Asia, Rahul Kumar
OneWorld Southeast Europe, Dejan Giorgievski
OneWorld UK, Bry Lynas, Daniel Nelson
OneWorld US, Jeffrey Allen
OneWorld TV, Jamie Walker

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