Full Coverage: Geopolitics
April 2008
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28.04.2008
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.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [Agriculture] [Aid] [Energy] [Food] [Trade] [Nutrition/malnutrition] [Globalisation] Image: Honduran farmer. © Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy
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25.04.2008
This week's alert on the growing global food crisis is perhaps the most worrying one we've ever sent, says OneWorld's managing editor in the United States.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [Agriculture] [Aid] [Emergency relief] [Food] [Poverty] [Economy] [Nutrition/malnutrition] [Globalisation] Image: Children at a rural Nepal school enjoy a meal as part of the World Food Programme's feeding program. © Naresh Newar / United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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24.04.2008
WASHINGTON, Apr 24 (OneWorld) - Recording artist Shakira and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown joined forces this week with millions of students and teachers around the globe calling for redoubled efforts to allow children to attend school.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [United States] [Education] [MDGs] Image: Shakira is the honorary chair of this year's Education Action Week. © Global Campaign for Education
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19.04.2008
NEW YORK, Apr 19 (OneWorld) - The current food crisis causing hunger and starvation for millions of people across the world is not going to end as long as those who dominate the international grain markets remain unwilling to change their behavior, according to experts specializing in international trade and environmental economics.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [Agriculture] [Food] [International cooperation] [Land] [Population] [Poverty] [Trade] [Nutrition/malnutrition] Image: Chinese rice farmer. © kevsunblush (flickr)
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14.04.2008
SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 14 (OneWorld) - Long-time critics of corporate-friendly free trade agreements are applauding House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for effectively putting the brakes on a deal with the South American nation of Colombia.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [United States] [Colombia] [Labour] [Economy] [Trade] Image: Colombian farmers stood to lose a lot from the trade deal, said anti-poverty groups. Image © Lutheran World Relief
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14.04.2008
NEW YORK, Apr 14 (OneWorld) - The U.S. House of Representatives is likely to endorse a legislative proposal this week calling for the cancellation of debts owed by some of the world's poorest countries.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [United States] [International cooperation] [Poverty] [Debt] Image: © American Friends Service Committee
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10.04.2008
"Show your support of trade agreements that assure job security and decent livelihoods, and take a stand against the NAFTA model that displaces millions from their homes and jobs and furthers environmental destruction," urges a group advocating fairer globalization.
more...From: Global Exchange Related topics/regions: [United States] [South Korea] [Peru] [Panama] [Colombia] [Agriculture] [International cooperation] [Labour] [Trade] [Environmental activism] Image: © American Friends Service Committee
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08.04.2008
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 7 (IPS) - The United Nations remains virtually crippled as two proposed peacekeeping missions -- one in Darfur and the other in Somalia -- are making little or no progress.
more...From: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related topics/regions: [Africa] [Somalia] [Sudan] [International cooperation] [Arms & military] [Conflict] [Conflict resolution] [Peace] [Security] [United Nations] Image: © Christophe Boulierac / DPI / United Nations
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07.04.2008
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 7 (IPS) - The United Nations remains virtually crippled as two proposed peacekeeping missions -- one in Darfur and the other in Somalia -- are making little or no progress.
more...From: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related topics/regions: [Africa] [Somalia] [Sudan] [International cooperation] [Arms & military] [Conflict] [Conflict resolution] [Peace] [Security] [United Nations] Image: UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. © Christophe Boulierac / DPI / United Nations
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05.04.2008
BANGKOK, Apr 5 (IPS) - Negotiators from the developing world won a significant first round at talks here to shape a new pact to curb global warming. Key among them was the backing to make green-friendly technology and financial assistance priority in a program leading to the pact to be endorsed in 2009.
more...From: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related topics/regions: [International cooperation] [Climate change] Image: Climate justice? © World Development Movement Scotland
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02.04.2008
NEW YORK, Apr 1 (OneWorld) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has drawn fire from one of the world's most prominent rights advocacy groups for not speaking out about the human rights situation in China.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [China] [Human rights] [Culture] Image: Sophie Richardson, Asia advocacy director for Human Rights Watch. © Human Rights Watch
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