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TODAY'S HEADLINES:

> Afghanistan Humanitarian Disaster Warning
> Global Warming Not A Priority For Business, Confirms Survey
> Impoverished Timber Workers Accuse Employer
> Charities 'Overwhelmed' by Kenya Violence
> Sri Lankan Mine Clearance Continues
> 'Journalist Seyoum Tsehaye Is in Cell No. 10, Block A01'
> UN Security Council Loses Credibility Over Iran, Israel
> 90,000 Chadians to Return Home
> New Mozambique Flood Warning

> Peace icon’s ashes scattered at sea
> Aghanistan’s war widows face desperation

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AFGHANISTAN HUMANITARIAN DISASTER WARNING
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(31 jan 2008) A change of direction is needed in Afghanistan to avert
a humanitarian disaster, a leading international charity warned world
leaders today, as another report said six years of international
engagement was under threat and the country was at a crossroads.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157369/7263/230668
From: Oxfam Great Britain
http://www.oxfam.org.uk

GLOBAL WARMING NOT A PRIORITY FOR BUSINESS, CONFIRMS SURVEY
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(31 jan 2008) Nearly nine in 10 corporations do not rate it as a
priority, says the study, which canvassed more than 500 businesses in
Britain, the US, Germany, Japan, India and China.

From: A World To
Win
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157312/7263/230668

IMPOVERISHED TIMBER WORKERS ACCUSE EMPLOYER
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(31 jan 2008) PUCALLPA, Peru, Jan 30 (IPS) - Residents of the Amazon
jungle town of Orellana in Peru have filed a complaint against a
logging company for using their identity documents to commit tax
fraud in illegal timber sales worth more than $200,000.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157352/7263/230668
From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
http://www.ipsnews.net

CHARITIES 'OVERWHELMED' BY KENYA VIOLENCE
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(31 jan 2008) Thousands of streetchildren are caught up in Kenya's
post-election violence, according to a consortium of British
charities who say they are totally overwhelmed by events.

From
Consortium for streetchildren
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157351/7263/230668

SRI LANKAN MINE CLEARANCE CONTINUES
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(31 jan 2008) Landmine clearance in Sri Lanka since the Mines
Advisory Group restarted operations there in September 2007 will
allow more then 30,000 internally displaced persons to return to
their communities, the organisation said.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157343/7263/230668

'JOURNALIST SEYOUM TSEHAYE IS IN CELL NO. 10, BLOCK A01'
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(31 jan 2008) News at last of Eritrean journalist Seyoum Tsehaye, who
is being held in cell 10, block A01 of the secret prison camp,
Eiraeiro. And with the sighting comes more details of the prison.

OneWorld Guide to Eritrea
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157342/7263/230668
From: Reporter Senza Frontiere
http://www.rsfitalia.org/

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/157315/7263/230668
From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
http://www.ipsnews.net

90,000 CHADIANS TO RETURN HOME
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(30 jan 2008) Chadian President Idriss Deby has affirmed that nearly
half of the 180,000 displaced people in Chad will return to their
homes by July. Local and UN officials believe this may be possible if
security requirements are met.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157344/7263/230668
From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
http://www.irinnews.org

NEW MOZAMBIQUE FLOOD WARNING
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(30 jan 2008) Mozambique could face a massive food crisis later in
the year unless action is taken to support farmers hit by the
continuing floods, an international anti-poverty charity said today.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157345/7263/230668

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OneWorld South Asia

PEACE ICON’S ASHES SCATTERED AT SEA
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(31 jan 2008) As India paid its homage to Mahatma Gandhi on January
30, the 60th anniversary of his assassination, his
great-granddaughter poured his ashes into the Arabian Sea off Mumbai.
Gandhi was shot dead on January 30, 1948 at a prayer meeting in New
Delhi.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157371/1893/230668

AGHANISTAN’S WAR WIDOWS FACE DESPERATION
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(31 jan 2008) Over 1.5 million young women have been widowed in
Afghanistan owing to armed conflicts over the last two decades. Food,
shelter and social protection are the most pressing needs for these
women and their children with most of them lacking the economic means
to earn a decent living.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157358/1893/230668

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