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Although Cadbury's new program bodes well for many rural farmers, the autonomous, indigenous Zapatista-governed villages in Chiapas, Mexico -- which also prioritize sustainable economic and social development -- are once again threatened by violent forces linked to the government. That's in features. Plus, the president of a peace foundation is calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons in today's lead analysis, noting that the U.S. can no longer rely on mutual assured destruction as a viable defense against a nuclear weapons attack.
An Asian rights group has criticised President Musharraf for telling a gathering of 800 Pakistanis in London to "put one, two or three punches" to Pakistani journalists who he said were destroying the country's image and for endangering a named journalist by accusing him of being an anti-state element.
From:
Asian Human Rights Commission
An initiative "to secure the economic, social and environmental sustainability of around a million cocoa farmers and their communities in Ghana, India, Indonesia and the Caribbean" was unveiled by chocolate manufacturer Cadbury and the UN Development Programme today.
From Cadbury Scweppes Image: Cadbury Cocoa Partnership
The world's largest society of Earth and space scientists has released an uncompromising new statement on climate change.
From: Fox News Image: It's official: the p***t is warming and we are the cause
David Krieger, president of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, writes that we can no longer rely on mutual assured destruction as a viable defense against a nuclear weapons attack and we must move towards "a world free of nuclear weapons."
From:
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Image: A nuclear weapons test in 1951. © Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
As he toured China and India, touting Britain as the ultimate capitalist destination, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown dispensed with ethical values and returned to mercantile Elizabethan times.
From New Statesman Image: UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown © CAFOD
Since early 2007, dozens of the autonomous, indigenous Zapatista communities in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas have endured near-daily attacks, land invasions, and death threats, primarily from government-endorsed paramilitary groups.
From:
In These Times
Image: Zapatista activists, 2006. © Independent Media Center
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