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In analysis, Glenn Hurowitz applauds another green decision made at the ongoing UN Conference on Climate Change to immediately give financial value to intact forests, which he notes would end their destruction almost overnight. Meanwhile, today's news highlights the continuous struggle of a Saudi lawyer that defended a woman who was convicted for 'illicit mingling' after being raped.
Abdul Rahman al-Lahem, the lawyer of a Saudi Arabian rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in prison, is being charged for negative statements he made about the Saudi judiciary's handling of the case.
From:
Amnesty International - International Secretariat
The governments of Ecuador and Peru recently approved three new major oil projects threatening biodiversity and isolated indigenous groups in the Upper Amazon Basin.
From: Environment News Service Image: Amazon Rain Forest
Rising carbon emissions from developing countries would threaten the world with severe climate change within a single generation, even if rich countries were to stop their own greenhouse gas emissions tomorrow, according to new study by an independent think tank.
From:
OneWorld US
Image: A logging truck in Indonesia. © Center for Global Development
A decision at Bali to immediately give financial value to intact forests would end their destruction almost overnight. The world's climate -- and the forests and their creatures -- can't wait for anything less, says Glenn Hurowitz.
From: Gristmill Image: Protecting remaining tropical forests makes perfect sense
The diplomats at the Bali conference should be discussing the complete decarbonisation of the global economy, says George Monbiot, showing that the latest science completely supports this view.
From: Monbiot.com Image: UN Climate Change Conference 2007: Bali, Indonesia ©UNFCCC
Major neoconservative analysts rely on three faulty assumptions of Pakistan's stability, and this could "spell disaster for Pakistan as well as for global security," explains Najum Mushtaq.
From:
Right Web
Image: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf
A Ghanaian doctor is using solar energy rather than diesel generators to attain the clean water and communication access essential to maintaining medical clinics in this African nation.
From: New America Media Image: Solar energy keeps the medical centers of Ghana running.
In past years, the HIV epidemic has ravaged the populations of many former Soviet nations, the majority of victims claimed by needle sharing and drug use. Thanks to new programs such as needle exchange and harm reduction, these countries are taking big steps in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
From:
Global Health Council
Image: IDU's as share of total HIV cases 2006-2007. © Global Health Council
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