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Human rights are also at stake in Indonesia, where the European Union's targets to increase the use of biofuels is driving palm oil companies to violently infringe on indigenous communities' land. That's in analysis, and in features, Oregon's environmentally friendly bus rapid transit system is recognized by the 2008 Sustainable Transit Awards. 
The chairman of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights discusses the political nature of the post-election violence, insists that a calm in the flurry of post-election violence must not be mistaken for lasting peace, and asserts the country's need for a new constitution.
From:
allAfrica.com
Image: Looting has been profuse throughout the post-election crisis in Kenya. © Global Giving
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Somalia's tenuous security situation got even worse Monday as attacks on the UN compound in Mogadishu compelled the world body and some humanitarian groups to suspend aid operations.
From:
allAfrica.com
Image: Somalis. © Zoe Daniels / Mercy Corps
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Public officials around the world - and the spinelessness of some Western countries and major international bodies - are harming press freedom, according to a new report.
From:
Reporter Senza Frontiere
Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, has given the green light to the world's most ambitious scheme to reduce the contribution of urban traffic to the greenhouse gas emissions which cause global warming.
From: GLA Image: Ken Livingstone
Planting genetically modified (GM) crops is causing an increased use of harmful pesticides in major biotech crop producing countries, according to a new report.
From:
Friends of the Earth International
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's "lack of a real national development plan and the government's growing disregard for democratic institutions hamper efforts to address challenges like rising inflation and a serious energy shortage," writes Alan B. Cibils.
From:
Americas Policy Program
Image: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who proceeds her husband, President Nestor Kirchner
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Palm oil production for food and biofuels is resulting in widespread human rights abuses in Indonesia according to a report released by a coalition of international environmental groups.
From:
Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Image: Fruit from the oil palm © Greenpeace/Solness
Thanks to its recently launched bus rapid transit (BRT) system -- a fleet of 63-foot hybrid-electric buses operating in exclusive bus ***s and servicing passengers every 10 minutes -- Eugene, Oregon became the only city in the U.S. to be recognized by the 2008 Sustainable Transport Awards.
From:
Worldwatch Institute
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