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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
> Call For Medical R&D Shake-Up
> Is Flying Unethical?
> Food Crisis Adds to Women's Burden in Asia
> Making A Killing From the Food Crisis
> New Fish Farms Move Indoors
> Applauding Carter's Peacemaking in Palestine
> Studying Against the Odds
> 'Safer' Malaria Solutions
> Beetles, Trees And Climate Feedback
> Leading oil and gas companies lack transparency, says report
> India readies for one of world’s biggest census
> Two villages in eastern India gobbled up by sea
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CALL FOR MEDICAL R&D SHAKE-UP
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(30 apr 2008) Medical research and development largely disregards the
health needs of millions of people in developing countries and needs
a complete overhaul, according to a leading international medical
charity.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/160286/7263/252862
IS FLYING UNETHICAL?
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(30 apr 2008) Why some say travelers should think twice before
boarding.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/160247/7263/252862
From: Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com
FOOD CRISIS ADDS TO WOMEN'S BURDEN IN ASIA
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(30 apr 2008) BANGKOK, Apr 29 (IPS) - As if the burdens they shoulder
are not enough, Asia's women are being compelled to bear the
additional weight of rising food prices, say women's rights activists
from across the region.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/160255/7263/252862
From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
http://www.ipsnews.net
MAKING A KILLING FROM THE FOOD CRISIS
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(30 apr 2008) The world food crisis is hurting a lot of people, but
global agribusiness firms, traders and speculators are raking in huge
profits.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/160231/7263/252862
From: GRAIN
http://www.grain.org
NEW FISH FARMS MOVE INDOORS
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(29 apr 2008) 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.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/160242/7263/252862
From: Worldwatch Institute
http://www.worldwatch.org
APPLAUDING CARTER'S PEACEMAKING IN PALESTINE
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(29 apr 2008) 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.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/160239/7263/252862
From: CODEPINK: Women for Peace
http://www.codepinkalert.org
STUDYING AGAINST THE ODDS
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(29 apr 2008) 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.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/160238/7263/252862
From: Centre for Development and Population Activities
http://www.cedpa.org
'SAFER' MALARIA SOLUTIONS
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(29 apr 2008) 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.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/160237/7263/252862
From: Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)
http://www.panna.org
BEETLES, TREES AND CLIMATE FEEDBACK
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(29 apr 2008) 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
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/160232/7263/252862
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OneWorld South Asia
LEADING OIL AND GAS COMPANIES LACK TRANSPARENCY, SAYS REPORT
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(30 apr 2008) Transparency International’s new report calls on
leading oil and gas companies for greater transparency in payments
made to governments of resource-rich countries. Host governments need
to enforce and enact regulations for an equitable exploitation of
their oil and gas wealth to help fight poverty, the report adds.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/160285/1893/252862
INDIA READIES FOR ONE OF WORLD’S BIGGEST CENSUS
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(30 apr 2008) Millions of volunteers will visit every household in
the country in the coming years to gather information on changing
demographics, in a census that will reveal how economic growth has
affected its people. India’s population is expected to climb to 1.19
billion in 2011 from 1.13 billion in 2008, say officials.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/160274/1893/252862
TWO VILLAGES IN EASTERN INDIA GOBBLED UP BY SEA
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(30 apr 2008) Villages in Orissa on the eastern coast of India are
sinking into the sea. In last four months many families have been
forced to flee as rising waters have submerged their homes and
farmlands. Despite assurances from government, the displaced families
are yet to be resettled.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/160270/1893/252862
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