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TODAY'S HEADLINES:

> The Mediterranean Faces Climate Change
> Bollywood and India's Soft Power
> The Curse of South Africa
> Act or Suffer Aid Cuts, Warn Kenya Donors
> Nutrition Publication Slammed
> A Climate For Vegetarians
> Vets Cleared to Sue U.S. over PTSD Claims
> 2007 Second Warmest Year on Record
> 2007 'Transitional Year' for South American Social Movements
> Kenyans Use 'Cyberactivism' to Report Crisis

> Bangladesh gets its first biomass plant
> Amnesty demands impartial enquiry into Nandigram atrocities
> UK to double aid to Myanmar

> Marching to a different drum – Africa enters the age of mobile content

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THE MEDITERRANEAN FACES CLIMATE CHANGE
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(17 jan 2008) Modern development is rapidly turning the cradle of
Western civilization into a dry and inhospitable place. Now, climate
change is exacerbating the situation.

From: Yahoo News
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156870/7263/227504

BOLLYWOOD AND INDIA'S SOFT POWER
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(17 jan 2008) India may be considered a world leader when held to
standards of population, military strength, or economic development,
but this country's most valuable advantage lies in its vibrant
cultural exports, comments Indian author Shashi Tharoor.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156922/7263/227504
From: Policy Innovations
http://www.policyinnovations.org

THE CURSE OF SOUTH AFRICA
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(17 jan 2008) Mineral wealth has distorted the economy for
generations. Moeletsi Mbeki, brother of South Africa's president, on
why people want jobs not handouts.

From New Statesman
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156936/7263/227504

ACT OR SUFFER AID CUTS, WARN KENYA DONORS
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(17 jan 2008) Fourteen key donors to Kenya have threatened to cut aid
to the Government if the political crisis is not resolved.

From
Daily Nation
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156933/7263/227504

NUTRITION PUBLICATION SLAMMED
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(17 jan 2008) A medical charity has accused a leading medical
magazine of undermining support for a nutritional strategy that the
charity says will save the lives of millions of young children in
developing countries.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156930/7263/227504
From: Médecins sans frontières
http://www.paris.msf.org/

A CLIMATE FOR VEGETARIANS
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(17 jan 2008) Why ex-Beatle Paul McCartney wants Laurie David to eat
her veggies.

From: Huffington Post
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156868/7263/227504

VETS CLEARED TO SUE U.S. OVER PTSD CLAIMS
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(17 jan 2008) SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 16 (OneWorld) - A federal court in
San Francisco has cleared the way for a major national class action
lawsuit on behalf of veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder (PTSD).
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156916/7263/227504
From: OneWorld US
http://us.oneworld.net

2007 SECOND WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD
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(16 jan 2008) The average global temperature of 2007 was the highest
in history, second only to that of 2005. Scientists say these
findings coincide with a pattern of steadily rising global average
temperature and account for the increasing incidence of floods, heat
waves, and polar ice melting.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156890/7263/227504
From: Earth Policy Institute
http://www.earth-policy.org

2007 'TRANSITIONAL YEAR' FOR SOUTH AMERICAN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
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(16 jan 2008) "In 2007, [South American] social movements confronted
two new fronts: the consolidation of a second and new wave of
neoliberalism...and a correlation of forces, on a regional level, in
which "progressive" governments play the dominant role," comments
researcher Raúl Zibechi.

http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156881/7263/227504
From: North American Congress on Latin America
http://www.nacla.org

KENYANS USE 'CYBERACTIVISM' TO REPORT CRISIS
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(16 jan 2008) With traditional media in many ways blocked from
covering the post-election crisis in Kenya, a host of activists and
journalists are using innovative tools from cyberspace, or Web 2.0,
to produce on-the-ground reports.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156889/7263/227504
From: Global Voices Online
http://www.Globalvoicesonline.org

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OneWorld South Asia

BANGLADESH GETS ITS FIRST BIOMASS PLANT
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(17 jan 2008) First of its kind in Bangladesh, DreamsPower is a 250
KW biomass gasification facility. Using the rice husk, this will
generate renewable electricity and is part of a rural electrification
project that will benefit hundreds and thousands of people living in
villages.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156945/1893/227504

AMNESTY DEMANDS IMPARTIAL ENQUIRY INTO NANDIGRAM ATROCITIES
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(17 jan 2008) In a recent report, Amnesty International India and
Human Rights Watch have demanded an impartial enquiry into all acts
of human rights violations that took place in the eastern India’s
Nandigram area. Local farmers protesting state acquisition of land
had clashed with ruling party supporters, leading to a spurt of
violence since early 2007.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156931/1893/227504
From: OneWorld South Asia
http://southasia.oneworld.net

UK TO DOUBLE AID TO MYANMAR
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(17 jan 2008) In wake of Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis and demands by
various activist groups, the UK’s Department for International
Development (DFID) has announced doubling its humanitarian aid to £18
million over the next three years. Around one-third of the country's
poor survive on less than US$ 1 a day.

http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156928/1893/227504

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OneWorld Africa

MARCHING TO A DIFFERENT DRUM – AFRICA ENTERS THE AGE OF MOBILE CONTENT
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(17 jan 2008) Unless something fairly radical happens in the next
12-18 months, the development of mobile content revenues on the
continent will be shaped by the “hand-me-down” attitudes and
technologies of others.
http://africa.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/156942/610/227504

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