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05 July 2009
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When you put money into the bank, do you expect it to be
fuelling climate change? People & Planet didn't think so. So it is campaigning against the Royal Bank of Scotland, which owns
NatWest, and which specialises in investing in oil, coal and
gas projects and companies.
04.07.2009 Costa Rica is the "greenest and happiest" country on the planet, according to the 'Happy Planet Index': Britain is ranked 74th.
From: New Economics Foundation
03.07.2009 Britain’s largest retailer Tesco today comes under fire over 7p-an-hour garment workers in Bangladesh as shareholders prepare to hail the company’s record £3 billion profits at its annual meeting.
From: War on Want
President Obama: common platform with China?
02.07.2009 Attempts to agree global measures to tackle climate change at a summit in Copenhagen in December are faltering, David King, former chief scientific adviser to the British Government, warned yesterday.
+ Amazon squatter law fuels deforestation worries
From: OneWorld UK
Image: President Obama: common platform with China? © Barack Obama (flickr)
03.07.2009 Washington must cut the umbilical cords that ties it to Tel Aviv. If it doesn’t, the conflict in the Middle East will hasten American decline, argues Martin jacques.
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05.07.2009 Background and news on US and global migration issues as well as personal stories from immigrants: OneWorld.net's Perspectives Magazine: "Migration - How Free Is Our Freedom to Move?"
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Demonstration in Burma (Burma Campaign UK)
The nationwide UK "saffron premiere" of Burma VJ, a documentary about the courageous young citizens who kept up the flow of news during a period of protest and repression in 2007, is on 14 July.

As well as the main London events page, check out Events Covered by OneWorld and Recommended Events.
Image: Demonstration in Burma (Burma Campaign UK)

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