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Rising up to a very distinct challenge, the daughters of migrant workers in China are using education to overcome political and social barriers to success. That's in features, and in analysis, a women-for-peace group defends former U.S. President Carter's peace efforts in the Middle East.
Scientists at a U.S. university are developing indoor fish farming techniques that may prove "a sustainable answer to the world's growing fishery crisis," reports an environmental research institute.
From:
Worldwatch Institute
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Chevron’s ongoing role in financing and profiting from the military regime in Myanmar (Burma) is documented in a report released today that alleges continued human rights violations by pipeline security forces, including murder, rape, torture and forced labour.
From EarthRights International Image: Burmese military © The Burma Campaign UK
World leaders at a UN meeting in Switzerland must go beyond immediate aid to address the root causes of the global food price crisis, an international charity said before UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched an appeal for $755 million to help the starving and said he would chair a new task force on the issue.
From:
Oxfam International
Image: Food aid, Zimbabwe © IRIN
A new campaign has been launched targeting British company Vedanta over its plans to mine a sacred mountain in India.
From:
Survival International Italia
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
It is impossible to promote a lasting Israeli-Palestinian peace without engaging Hamas, says a women-for-peace group referring to former U.S. President Carter's talks with the governing political party in Palestine, which is considered a terrorist organization by the U.S. government.
From:
CODEPINK: Women for Peace
Image: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
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In the wake of World Malaria Day, an anti-pesticide advocacy organization discusses the danger of spraying DDT to kill mosquitoes carrying the disease and promotes malaria prevention alternatives.
From:
Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)
Image: Malaria sign, Kenya. © Peter Armstrong
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Kenyans talk about how they feel they are denied basic human rights - views that are particularly revealing given the violence that followed the country's disputed election results.
From:
Panos London
Image: Helen: "Now if we had water, there wouldn't be a problem - one would farm, and sell the produce, and get money to pay school fees." (Panos)
Despite the multitude of political and social barriers they face, the daughters of migrant workers in China are determined to change the course of their lives by securing solid educations and careers.
From:
Centre for Development and Population Activities
Image: Girls in one of the migrant schools surrounding Beijing. © Centre for Development and Population Activities
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The bark beetle is devastating North American trees because global warming has created a perfect climate for them. The ability of northern forests to take up and store atmospheric carbon is not just compromised; it is reversed.
From: Climate Progress Image: Pines damaged by pine beetle in Canada. Credit: Yai&JR
Arctic scientists are preparing for the possibility that the North Pole could lose all its ice cover for a time in 2008.
From: New Scientist Image: Broken sea ice in the Arctic, but it's the multi-year ice that's the concern. Image by kenyai
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