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Oxfam staff and partners talk with members of a community garden in Mudzi, Zimbabwe.
Oxfam staff and partners talk with members of a community garden in Mudzi, Zimbabwe. © Emily Farr / Oxfam America
In today's lead story, an emergency relief agency gains invaluable insight by listening to what villagers around the world have to say about international aid. Indeed, communities in Cambodia, the Rift Valley region of Ethiopia, and Zimbabwe all emphasized the importance of long-term solutions as opposed to emergency aid. For more on the Listening Project, see today's features.

Meanwhile, in news, former Maoist rebels are threatening security in Nepal by refusing to engage peacefully in the political process. Plus, in analysis, an anti-AIDS advocate highlights the significant advances made in the field of HIV-prevention despite the clinical trial failure of a cream meant to reduce women's risk of acquiring HIV.
Maoist rebels in Nepal.
Despite the 2006 peace agreement and their promise to engage peacefully in politics, former Maoist rebels are threatening Nepal's fragile peace by using intimidation tactics, abductions, and extortion to express their demands.
From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Image: Maoist rebels in Nepal. © Naresh Newar / United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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Ninety per cent of farmers growing genetically modified crops are from developing countries, according to a report.
From: SciDev.Net
An indigenous language dies on average once every two weeks, reports an organisation supporting tribal peoples in a statement marking International Mother Language Day.
From: Survival International Italia
A spokesman for Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has dismissed calls for the former general to quit after his allies conceded defeat in parliamentary elections.
From Dawn
New knowledge about the mechanics of HIV transmission is already shaping new approaches to stopping the virus, says an anti-AIDS advocate reflecting on the news that a cream that was hoped to revolutionize how women protect themselves from AIDS had failed in clinical trials.
From: Global Campaign for Microbicides
Jan Oberg
Do you believe that freedom of opinion, diversity, fairness, impartiality, basic knowledge and research should be defining principles behind the news you get, asks Jan Oberg, as a result of media responses to a press release from the Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research.
From: Transnational Foundation
Image: Jan Oberg
The Egyptian police campaign against people living with HIV/AIDS endangers public health and violates basic human rights, say activists. So far 12 men suspected of being HIV-positive have been arrested.
From: Human Rights Watch
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The Listening Project visited this woman's village in the Rift Valley region of Ethiopia.
An international emergency relief agency visits communities around the world to see what villagers have to say about international aid, and how it could be improved.
From: Oxfam America
Image: The Listening Project visited this woman's village in the Rift Valley region of Ethiopia. © Gabrielle Watson / Oxfam America
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A comprehensive guide seeks to increase public exposure to and understanding of the reality of war crimes using field journalists' work on issues including child soldiers, terrorism and torture, and humanitarian intervention.
From: Human Rights Education Associates
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Opposition to coal-fired power plant projects in Greece. ©WWF-Greece
WWF-Greece and seven municipalities are joining forces to oppose several coal-fired power plant projects, on the grounds they will cause large increases of greenhouse gas emissions and cause local pollution problems.
From: WWF International
Image: Opposition to coal-fired power plant projects in Greece. ©WWF-Greece


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