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TODAY'S HEADLINES:

> UN Security Council Loses Credibility Over Iran, Israel
> Waging Peace Through Laughter
> Kenyan Women on the Crisis
> The Sky Trust: A Cap-and Dividend System that Pays Citizens
> Corruption Summit Opens as World's 'Most Corrupt Leader' Dies
> The Argument Against Africom
> UN Refugee Agency Appeals For $90m
> 'What We Are Experiencing' in Kenya

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UN SECURITY COUNCIL LOSES CREDIBILITY OVER IRAN, ISRAEL
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(30 jan 2008) The "U.N. Security Council (UNSC) is set to lose its
credibility once again as it prepares to impose a third set of
sanctions on Iran while failing to pass any strictures on Israel for
its continued heavy-handed repression of Palestinians in Gaza," says
a research organization focused on the Middle East.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157315/7263/230417
From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
http://www.ipsnews.net

WAGING PEACE THROUGH LAUGHTER
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(30 jan 2008) Nurhikma, 8 years old, and 3,000 other Filipino
children from the war torn areas of Sulu and Basilan recently
participated in four days of fun activities for kids, a program
coordinated by local and regional actors.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157316/7263/230417
From: Asia America Initiative
http://www.asiaamerica.org

KENYAN WOMEN ON THE CRISIS
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(30 jan 2008) Statement by women's organisations on the post-election
crisis in Kenya.

From Pambazuka news
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157331/7263/230417

THE SKY TRUST: A CAP-AND DIVIDEND SYSTEM THAT PAYS CITIZENS
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(30 jan 2008) A clearly-written guide to carbon capping has been
released for free Internet distribution.

From: OnTheCommons.org
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157310/7263/230417

CORRUPTION SUMMIT OPENS AS WORLD'S 'MOST CORRUPT LEADER' DIES
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(30 jan 2008) UNITED NATIONS, Jan 29 (OneWorld) - Hundreds of
international officials, business leaders, and civil society
activists have gathered in Indonesia this week for a major UN
conference on corruption. At the same time, a week-long period of
mourning began in the country to honor a political leader deemed to
be one of the most corrupt in world history.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157321/7263/230417
From: OneWorld US
http://us.oneworld.net

THE ARGUMENT AGAINST AFRICOM
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(30 jan 2008) The Africa Command (Africom) - the US military command
headquarters for Africa - infringes on the sovereignty of the
continent's states, say Mark P Fancher, Jeffrey L Edison and Ajamu
Sankofa.

From Pambazuka News
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157319/7263/230417

UN REFUGEE AGENCY APPEALS FOR $90M
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(30 jan 2008) The UN refugee agency has asked donors to contribute
$90 million for programmes to assist millions of internally displaced
people during the coming year.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157317/7263/230417
From: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
http://www.unhcr.ch/

'WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING' IN KENYA
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(29 jan 2008) As the death toll from post-election violence in Kenya
rises to an estimated 800, we have received a moving reaction from
Father Gabriele Pipinato: "I do not want to tell you the horrors we
have witnessed, but only say a few words about what our community is
experiencing." Fr. Pipinato is a founding trustee of the OneWorld
International Foundation.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157277/7263/230417

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