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February 2008

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UN Plans to Resume Capital Punishment Debate

Lethal injection kit used to implement the death penalty.

25.02.2008 UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (IPS) - The contentious debate on the death penalty -- which split the 192-member UN General Assembly last December -- is refusing to die.

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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related topics/regions: [Civil rights] [Justice and crime] [Law]

Image: Lethal injection kit used to implement the death penalty. © Amnesty International USA

U.S. Military Plan for Africa Panned

U.S. President Bush and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Monrovia Thursday.

24.02.2008 NEW YORK, Feb 24 (OneWorld) - While in Africa this week, George W. Bush drew fire for his plans to expand the United States' military presence on the resource-rich but economically strapped continent.

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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Africa] [United States] [Development] [Aid] [Debt] [Arms & military]

Image: U.S. President Bush and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Monrovia Thursday. © Eric Draper - White House

Make Foreign Aid 'Smarter,' Next President Told

22.02.2008 SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 22 (OneWorld) - Humanitarian workers are calling on the major presidential candidates to invigorate U.S. efforts to end global poverty by reforming the way foreign aid is allocated.

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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [United States] [Aid]

Image: Oxfam's 'Smart Development' Report. © Oxfam America

India and China - Time for Cooperation not Competition

21.02.2008 It is high time for India and China to move beyond conflicts and start cooperating politically, economically, and technologically for mutual benefits, says Dr. Aqueil Ahmad.

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From: Share The World's Resources
Related topics/regions: [India] [China]

Darfur Investors Take Heat

15.02.2008 UNITED NATIONS, Feb 15 (OneWorld) - Steven Spielberg and human rights groups ratcheted up the pressure on China this week while nearly 100,000 activists turned their sights on Wall Street's biggest investment firms, urging them all to wield their power to help bring peace to the strife-torn Darfur region of Sudan.

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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [China] [Sudan] [Business] [Corporations] [Credit and investment] [Conflict] [Security]