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RENEWABLE ENERGY ACCELERATES METEORIC RISE
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(3 mar 2008) The tremendous growth of renewable energy markets,
policies, industries, and rural applications around the world is
catapulting the industry into the mainstream of the energy sector,
concludes a new collaborative report by energy and environmental
groups.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158442/7263/238592
NIGERIA'S 'AIDS GENERATION'
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(3 mar 2008) The head of a Nigerian organization seeking to empower
people through sustainable development among youth and in rural areas
discusses the history of the AIDS epidemic in Nigeria, the "AIDS
generation" in this country, and ongoing awareness and prevention
campaigns.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158443/7263/238592
COMMEMORATING THE HUMAN COST OF WAR
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(3 mar 2008) Peace advocates are calling on Americans to hold events
in their hometowns the day after the 4,000th U.S. military death in
Iraq is announced.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158441/7263/238592
TEXAS: THE CO2 STATE
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(3 mar 2008) Texas produces more carbon emissions than most
countries, but the state government and business community don't seem
too concerned, says Matthew Philips.
From: Newsweek
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158405/7263/238592
CONFERENCE CONSIDERS HEALTH WORKER SHORTAGE
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(3 mar 2008) The shortage of health workers that is said to be
holding back the achievement of international health goals is the
subject of an international conference that opens in Uganda today.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158434/7263/238592
GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS IN SEARCH OF CLEAN ENERGY
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(3 mar 2008) Ecuador has taken the first step towards ending the oil
dependence of its Galápagos Islands, in the eastern Pacific Ocean,
with the official opening of a 10.8 million dollar wind energy
facility on the island of San Cristóbal.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158403/7263/238592
FAILURE OF MATERNAL MORTALITY DRIVE CONDEMNED
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(2 mar 2008) Lack of political will is a key factor in the
international failure to improve the health of women, according to a
report by a group of British MPs.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158398/7263/238592
THE GREENING OF LONDON
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(2 mar 2008) The Mayor of the UK's capital city, Ken Livingstone, has
announced the start of a groundbreaking programme to cut carbon
emissions from London's buildings. Carbon emission savings could
amount to 3.6 million tonnes each year.
From: GLA
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158354/7263/238592
U.S. DEBTS HURTING UN PEACEKEEPING, SAY ANALYSTS
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(1 mar 2008) UNITED NATIONS, Mar 1 (OneWorld) - Further delay in the
payment of past U.S. dues to the United Nations could lead to
negative consequences for global peacekeeping operations and
development programs, independent groups are warning.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158389/7263/238592
GAS & GANGSTERS
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(1 mar 2008) Energy is the key to Europe's new relationship with
Russia - and supposedly Moscow's weapon of choice in its plan for
European domination. Yet this new Cold War is not inevitable, says
Misha Glenny.
From: New Statesman
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158379/7263/238592
KENYA WATER CRISIS LOOMS
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(29 feb 2008) As Kenyans celebrate the political breakthrough over
power-sharing, a crisis posing a risk to 35,000 people is looming in
the north and south-east over water scarcity and pressure on grazing
pastures.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158378/7263/238592
GOOD NEWS FROM LIBERIA [PDF]
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(29 feb 2008) Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf and senior development
analyst Steven Radcliffe look "at the growth of democracy and
economic activity in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly the case of
Liberia, and offers recommendations for how progress can be sustained
and consolidated."
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158377/7263/238592
AFRICANS VOICES OF OPPOSITION TO AFRICOM
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(29 feb 2008) African rights advocates challenge President Bush's
establishment of U.S. military forces in Africa by citing the
opposition of various African heads of states and representatives of
the Southern African Development Community, who maintain such a force
"would have a negative effect."
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158375/7263/238592
ARAB LEAGUE TO MONITOR REGIONAL SATELLITES
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(29 feb 2008) The 22-member Arab League recently introduced a
regional policy to regulate satellite television broadcasting
services that will "restrict freedom of expression and information,"
writes an international human rights watchdog.
From: Human Rights
Watch
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158374/7263/238592
HEALTH EDUCATION FROM WITHIN
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(29 feb 2008) A program in the poverty-stricken Central Terai region
of Nepal seeks to improve women's and girls' health by training young
people as peer educators, community activists, and counselors in the
fields of health, family planning, and HIV/AIDS.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158372/7263/238592
THE CAR IS DOOMED, SAY PROFESSORS
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(29 feb 2008) Car travel must be cut by at least 80 percent, road
construction halted and public transport boosted if Australia is to
have any hope of meeting carbon emission targets to avoid dangerous
climate change, according to two professors at an Australian
university.
From: Green Car Congress
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158346/7263/238592
SUMATRAN VILLAINS: PULP AND PALM OIL
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(29 feb 2008) Turning just one Sumatran province's forests and peat
swamps into pulpwood and palm oil plantations is generating more
annual greenhouse gas emissions than the Netherlands and rapidly
driving the province's elephants into extinction, a new study by WWF
and partners has found.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158313/7263/238592
CHINA'S NEW INTELLIGENTSIA
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(29 feb 2008) Despite the global interest in the rise of China,
no-one is paying much attention to its ideas and who produces them.
Yet China has a surprisingly lively intellectual class whose ideas
may prove a serious challenge to western liberal hegemony, says Mark
Leonard.
From Prospect
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158315/7263/238592
ANTI-HIV PROGRAMS MISSING KEY OPPORTUNITY
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(28 feb 2008) A large number of HIV+ women who get pregnant say they
didn't intend to, but U.S.-funded programs to prevent HIV, which got
a boost in spending yesterday, do not provide contraceptions.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158327/7263/238592
CUBA AND U.S. DIPLOMACY
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(28 feb 2008) The United States should follow the example set by
other nations around the world and normalize relations with Cuba, "a
country that continues to expand its influence as a leader in public
health in developing nations," writes JoJo Farrell.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158341/7263/238592
News from OneWorld South Asia
http://southasia.oneworld.net
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9% FOR HEALTH AND EDUCATION STILL A DISTANT DREAM
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(3 mar 2008) There was a clear absence of vision in the union budget
presented to Indian Parliament on February 29, says Wada Na Todo
Abhiyan – a national campaign by civil society organisations. It says
that the government has once again sidestepped the crucial issues of
health and education.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158438/1893/238592
SLOW MARCH TO THE GALLOWS FINALLY HALTED
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(3 mar 2008) Found guilty of espionage, Kashmir Singh, an Indian
national was awarded capital punishment by a Pakistan court in 1973.
Having remained on death row for 35 long years, he has been recently
granted clemency by President Pervez Musharraf. He is now all set to
return and reunite with his family.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158437/1893/238592
AVIAN INFLUENZA: GOOD JOB INDIA, SAYS FAO
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(3 mar 2008) UN Food and Agriculture Organisation is all praise for
authorities in India for taking swift and comprehensive steps to curb
bird flu in the state of West Bengal. Measures included prompt
compensation to farmers, culling of infected chickens and effective
collaborations among concerned departments.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158435/1893/238592
VILLAGERS SCRIPT CORBETT’S SUCCESS STORY
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(3 mar 2008) When local populace and officials work in tandem, the
chances of any conservation efforts succeeding are more. This became
clear when villagers in the hilly state of Uttarakhand in northern
India and forest department came together to help protect wildlife in
the famous Jim Corbett National Park.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158421/1893/238592
INDEBTED SMALL FARMERS IN INDIA GET A REPRIEVE
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(29 feb 2008) India has announced its budget for the next financial
year. In a move to provide a major relief to the small farmers, the
government has decided to cancel their entire debt. It may be noted
that for past many years now the farmers have been committing
suicides due to indebtedness and other related reasons.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158364/1893/238592
NGOS FEELING UNSAFE IN PAKISTAN
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(29 feb 2008) International non-governmental organisations in
Pakistan have come under considerable pressure after an attack on a
UK-based Plan International office in Mansehra near Islamabad, in
which four people had died. In recent years, threats have been
directed against NGOs and their staff, particularly women.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158363/1893/238592
AFGHANISTAN: SCARS OF VIOLENCE
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(28 feb 2008) Hundreds of children who had witnessed a blast in
Afghanistan’s Baghlan city last November are still traumatised,
suffering from paranoia, dizziness, stress and sleeping disorders.
Health experts are of the view that children in the conflict-affected
country are at risk of suffering deep scars of war.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158326/1893/238592
GOVERNMENT SCHEMES NOT REACHING THE DISABLED
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(28 feb 2008) There are approximately 60 million persons with
disabilities in India. Most of them are poor, living in rural areas.
It is pity that only 1.5% of them are the beneficiaries of various
poverty alleviation and welfare schemes.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158325/1893/238592
BANGLADESH: PEOPLE SUFFERING DUE TO EMERGENCY
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(27 feb 2008) It’s been more than a year now since the State of
Emergency was imposed in Bangladesh. More than 250,000 people have
faced arrests during this period. The Asian Legal Resource Centre has
documented numerous cases of arbitrary arrests, often carried out at
a scale that is difficult to fathom in many other countries.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158300/1893/238592
A CASE OF LEGAL ELIGIBILITY VERSUS SOCIAL INELIGIBILITY
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(27 feb 2008) When a dalit widow was appointed as cook in a
government-run school in northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, no
one was ready to eat the food cooked and served by her. Everyone
conspired to sack her and saw to it that she was never reinstated.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158298/1893/238592
News from OneWorld Africa
http://africa.oneworld.net
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ZIMBABWE’S GOVERNEMENT TO PROMOTE SOLAR ENERGY FOR COMPUTERS
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(26 feb 2008) In the absence of a reliable supply of other energy
sources, the Zimbawean Government has launched a programme to promote
the use of solar energy as an alternative source of energy for
computers in schools around the country, in conjunction with
Mukonitronics Private Limited. The programme to be spread to all the
country's provinces is also being implemented with the Zimbabwe
Academic Research Network.
http://africa.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/158227/610/238592
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