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Although the United Houma Nation is the largest Native American tribe in Louisiana, few people realize that almost half of the Houma community was displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Learn about the Houma's ongoing road to recovery in today's features.
Meanwhile, in news, find out what international and citizen groups are doing to address the globally rising cost of food. And in analysis, a journalist in Moscow takes an in-depth look at Putin's legacy, which he says the former President is still developing from behind the scenes. 
WASHINGTON, Apr 28 (OneWorld) - Far away and close to home the growing world food crisis is taking a toll. While Americans are increasingly shocked at their rising grocery bills, hunger threatens lives and stability in several developing countries.
From:
OneWorld US
Image: Honduran farmer. © Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy
A bill to amend laws allowing workers to sue for pay discrimination on the basis of gender, race, or age was blocked Friday from debate in the U.S. Senate.
From:
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights/Leadership Conference Education Fund
Image: The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act will amend Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. © Leadership Conference on Civil Rights/Leadership Conference Education Fund
Hundreds of Chileans have announced their intention to leave the Catholic Church following the Vatican's involvement in a local constitutional ruling to ban free contraception.
From:
Feminist Majority Foundation
A majority of leading oil and gas companies are far from transparent when it comes to the payments they make to resource-rich countries, leaving the door open to corruption and hampering efforts to fight poverty, according to Transparency International.
Image: A crude awakening © Global Witness
Despite an arrest warrant issued a year ago by the International Criminal Court, a Sudanese minister accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur is free and is a "fugitive," the body's prosecutor said.
"After eight years of Putin, the country has a rubber-stamp parliament dominated by a single party, whose only stated policy is loyalty to the Kremlin," writes Fred Weir in Moscow.
From:
In These Times
Image: Former Russian President Putin. © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
An unreported war is being waged by the US to restore power to the privileged classes at the expense of the poor, argues John Pilger.
From New Statesman
Abahlali baseMjondolo, the South African shackdwellers' movement, gives a reminder that the structures of apartheid are still thriving in South Africa.
Few people are aware that Louisiana is home to the United Houma Nation, nearly half of whose members were displaced when Hurricane Katrina struck. They are still struggling to get their lives back.
From: Reznet Image: Marie Dean, a United Houma Nation elder. © The Udall Legacy Bus Tours: Views from the Road
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For people living in underprivileged areas of Latin America and the Caribbean, surplus medical supplies from the United States, including vaccines and hospital beds, are saving lives -- and reducing the waste in North American landfills.
Image: The shipments include equipment and medicines like needles and vaccines. © Pan American Health Organization
The significant shifts driven by climate change in the polar regions present new opportunities and pressures for development. These are challenges which demand holistic, integrated responses (PDF briefing).
From:
International Institute for Environment and Development
Image: Offshore oil and gas exploration are likely to increase © Global Witness
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