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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
> Strange Bedfellows Unite to Pressure Oil Giants
> Al-Nakba and Israel's 60th Anniversary
> Asian Leaders Urged to Pressure Myanmar into Action
> The Bride Price
> A 'Landmark' Win for South Africans
> Solar Power Brighter than Ever
> Third World unhappy with EU carbon tax
> Women's groups want end to gender bias in world economies
> UN committee castigates India for its pathetic show
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OneWorld U.S./UK
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS UNITE TO PRESSURE OIL GIANTS
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(15 may 2008) WASHINGTON, May 14 (OneWorld) - Americans -- from
nonprofit groups to the Rockefeller family -- are starting to fight
back against the petroleum industry, which is earning record profits
as consumers face spiraling gas prices.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/160548/7263/257390
From: OneWorld US
http://us.oneworld.net
AL-NAKBA AND ISRAEL'S 60TH ANNIVERSARY
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(14 may 2008) This month marks the 60th anniversary of Israel's
existence, but the organization Jewish Voice for Peace says it will
not celebrate the establishment of a Jewish state until Palestinians
are granted their fundamental human rights.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/160546/7263/257390
From: Jewish Voice for Peace
http://www.jvp.org
ASIAN LEADERS URGED TO PRESSURE MYANMAR INTO ACTION
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(14 may 2008) Asian governments -- seen to have greater leverage with
Myanmar authorities -- are being asked to increase the pressure on
the military junta to effectively address the humanitarian crisis
caused by Cyclone Nargis.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/160545/7263/257390
From: Amnesty International - International Secretariat
http://www.amnesty.org/
THE BRIDE PRICE
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(14 may 2008) A photoessay including award-winning photographs
depicts the lives of girls in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, and Nepal who
marry as children.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/160544/7263/257390
From: International Center for Research on Women
http://www.icrw.org
A 'LANDMARK' WIN FOR SOUTH AFRICANS
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(14 may 2008) A South African High Court judge took "a brave step
forward" when he recently ruled that the state's public water
distribution system denies people their constitutional right to "a
dignified life," blogs Rebecca Brown.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/160542/7263/257390
From: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
http://www.uusc.org
SOLAR POWER BRIGHTER THAN EVER
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(14 may 2008) Global production of photovoltaic or solar cells --
which convert the sun's light directly to electricity -- increased 51
percent in 2007, reports an environmental research institute.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/160541/7263/257390
From: Worldwatch Institute
http://www.worldwatch.org
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OneWorld South Asia
THIRD WORLD UNHAPPY WITH EU CARBON TAX
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(15 may 2008) The European Union’s plan for “carbon equalisation” by
imposing carbon tax on all imported items from countries not bound by
Kyoto Protocol has not gone down well with countries like India. They
see it as a new tariff barrier that will severely hamper
international trade.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/160552/1893/257390
WOMEN'S GROUPS WANT END TO GENDER BIAS IN WORLD ECONOMIES
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(15 may 2008) Ever since it was first introduced in 1984 by the
Australian government, the concept of gender-sensitive budget has
spread far and wide with more than 50 countries embracing it,
including India and Bangladesh. Women’s groups now want it to be
extended to more countries.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/160551/1893/257390
UN COMMITTEE CASTIGATES INDIA FOR ITS PATHETIC SHOW
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(15 may 2008) At a recent review meeting of the United Nations
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights held in Geneva
after 17 years, India was adjudged a poor performer. A panel of
observers found the progress in critical human development areas such
as food, health, housing and education as ‘unsatisfactory’.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/160549/1893/257390
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