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TODAY'S HEADLINES:

> Marking Six Years of Illegal US Detentions
> Bush Administration Fails Polar Bear Deadline
> Kenya Peace Talks Deadlock
> Meet the Third World Think-Tanks
> Environmental Action Driving Global Economy - Report
> Nuclear Blow to UK Climate Policy
> Arab League Funding Drive for Iraqi Refugees
> South Carolinians Press Republicans on Climate Change
> Iraq Death Toll Tops 151,000
> Zimbabweans Fear 'Kenya Syndrome' in Coming Elections

> More microfinance initiatives key to financial inclusion
> Afghanistan asks WFP help to ward off food shortage fears
> Bangladesh to adopt urea fertiliser technique

> Rwanda’s Mayors Promise ICT for All in 2008

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OneWorld U.S./UK

MARKING SIX YEARS OF ILLEGAL US DETENTIONS
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(11 jan 2008) On the sixth anniversary of the US detention centre at
Guantánamo, thousands of Amnesty International members and supporters
are taking action around the world calling on the US government to
end illegal detentions at Guantánamo and elsewhere.

+ Call for
closure and release of Al-Jazeera cameraman

http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156745/7263/226030
From: Amnesty International - International Secretariat
http://www.amnesty.org/
Reporter Senza Frontiere
http://www.rsfitalia.org/

BUSH ADMINISTRATION FAILS POLAR BEAR DEADLINE
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(11 jan 2008) The Bush Administration has missed the deadline to
decide whether or not polar bears will be listed under the Endangered
Species Act due to global warming. Environmental groups in the US are
taking legal action.

From: Center for Biological Diversity

http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156722/7263/226030

KENYA PEACE TALKS DEADLOCK
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(11 jan 2008) The anticipated face-to-face talks between President
Kibaki of Kenya and opposition leader Raila Odinga failed to take
place yesterday.

+ World Bank Memo Supporting Kibaki Stirs
Controversy
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156729/7263/226030

MEET THE THIRD WORLD THINK-TANKS
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(11 jan 2008) Are think-tanks staffed by scientists a luxury that
only rich nations can afford? Ehsan Masood meets the founders of four
institutes that set out to help developing countries to think for
themselves.

From Nature News
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156705/7263/226030

ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION DRIVING GLOBAL ECONOMY - REPORT
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(10 jan 2008) WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (OneWorld) - Business and
governments are vastly increasing their investments in solutions to
climate change and other environmental problems that threaten the
global economy, says a new report from a leading environmental think
tank.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156724/7263/226030
From: OneWorld US
http://us.oneworld.net

NUCLEAR BLOW TO UK CLIMATE POLICY
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(10 jan 2008) The UK government has made much of its green
credentials, boasting that it leads the world in tackling climate
change. So what does it do? Give the green light to a new generation
of nuclear power stations that will cost billions, eventually deliver
only tiny cuts in carbon emissions and leave future generations with
a legacy of nuclear waste to clean up.

+ Mind the Gap
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156719/7263/226030
From: Greenpeace International
http://www.greenpeace.org

ARAB LEAGUE FUNDING DRIVE FOR IRAQI REFUGEES
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(10 jan 2008) The League of Arab States will launch a massive
fund-raising and public awareness campaign on Friday to help hundreds
of thousands of Iraqi refugees.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156718/7263/226030

SOUTH CAROLINIANS PRESS REPUBLICANS ON CLIMATE CHANGE
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(10 jan 2008) SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 10 (OneWorld) - Coastal residents
and students from all over South Carolina are planning to picket this
evening's Republican Party Presidential Candidates Debate.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156714/7263/226030
From: OneWorld US
http://us.oneworld.net

IRAQ DEATH TOLL TOPS 151,000
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(10 jan 2008) About 151,000 violent deaths have occurred in Iraq
between the US-led invasion in March 2003 and June 2006, according to
a new estimate by a prestigious US medical journal.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156706/7263/226030

ZIMBABWEANS FEAR 'KENYA SYNDROME' IN COMING ELECTIONS
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(10 jan 2008) Many poverty-stricken and repressed Zimbabweans are
stockpiling food and planning to move to safer areas as they
anticipate that the country's March elections will result in a crisis
similar in scope to Kenya's.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156699/7263/226030
From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
http://www.irinnews.org

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OneWorld South Asia

MORE MICROFINANCE INITIATIVES KEY TO FINANCIAL INCLUSION
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(11 jan 2008) The recent Annual Micro Finance Colloquium 2008 at
Jaipur underlined the need for more initiatives for the financial
inclusion of the poor in India’s western state of Rajasthan. A report
released at the meeting highlights future opportunities and
challenges for scaling up the sector.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156739/1893/226030
From: OneWorld South Asia
http://southasia.oneworld.net

AFGHANISTAN ASKS WFP HELP TO WARD OFF FOOD SHORTAGE FEARS
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(11 jan 2008) The Afghan government has asked the World Food
Programme to increase its food aid in 2008 following soaring food
prices and concerns about food shortages, and distribute it in the
inaccessible areas. However the government also claims it has
multiple strategies in place to avert food shortages in the winter
months.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156736/1893/226030

BANGLADESH TO ADOPT UREA FERTILISER TECHNIQUE
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(10 jan 2008) The use of urea deep placement (UDP) increases rice
yields by 25 per cent while using up less quantities of urea. The
Bangladesh government now plans to extend this technique to various
sub-districts for effective fertiliser usage and increased food
production.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156712/1893/226030

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OneWorld Africa

RWANDA’S MAYORS PROMISE ICT FOR ALL IN 2008
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(11 jan 2008) All Rwandans at the cell level could have access to ICT
facilities by the end of next year if plans presented by district
mayors yesterday are implemented. A cell is the second lowest
administrative level.
http://africa.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156735/610/226030

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