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30.04.2007 Dear Sir:
World Bank President Wolfowitz's continued presidency of the World Bank is untenable and there must be an end to the archaic practice of leaving the leader of the world's most important development institutions in the gift of one country, the USA.

30.04.2007 Ethnic groups are much more likely to be poor than white Britons, says a new report - with people of Bangladeshi origin the poorest of all.
From Joseph Rowntree Foundation

30.04.2007 European governments are dragging their heels on a key EU initiative designed to tackle illegal logging, according to a new assessment released today.

30.04.2007 Canada's newest plan to curb greenhouse gas emissions will be much too little and too late.
From: IPS

29.04.2007 As the conflict in Darfur spreads across central Africa, with thousands more displaced and killed, Julian Borger in Chad investigates the origins and contradictions of what he describes as the first climate change war.

29.04.2007 Nigeria's elections — rife with vote-rigging, violence and intimidation — are only the latest example of the corruption and decay that characterised Obasanjo's rule, say Christopher Albin-Lackey and Ben Rawlence.
From Prospect magazine

29.04.2007 China is set to overtake the United States as the world's biggest source of greenhouse gases this year.
From: IPS

28.04.2007 The battle for public opinion on taking action on climate change is not only not won, it has not even seriously begun in the UK.
From: New Statesman

27.04.2007 A Senegalese scientist has disputed test results used by President Yayha Jammeh to support claims that the Gambian leader had found a cure for AIDS: "There is no known cure for AIDS. Under no circumstance may results conducted in my laboratory be proof of an alleged cure for HIV."

27.04.2007 Britain's National Association of Goldsmiths has pledged its support for a campaign that is calling for an to "dirty gold".

27.04.2007 The Zimbabwe government’s decision to move to cancel all NGO registration certificates is condemned by a leading freedom of expression group.

27.04.2007 More than half of the world's population will have a mobile phone before the end of this year, the world's largest mobile phone maker forecasts, with the number rising to four billion in 2010.

27.04.2007 The names of 100,000 slaves registered in Barbados in 1834 go online today on an ancestry-tracing website that by the end of the year will contain the names of three million slaves in 23 British colonies.
Ancestry
+ London events commemorating the anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade

27.04.2007 The ethical practice of medical and public health professionals is increasingly tested by situations of war and conflict. The result – from Rwanda to Abu Ghraib to Libya – can be the violation of medical neutrality. Michel Thieren considers what can be done to uphold professional and humane standards in "dark times".

27.04.2007 The IUCN has released an extensive report detailing exactly how awful climate change is going to be for women. How bad will it be? Really, really bad, says Sharon Astyk.
From: Groovy Green

26.04.2007 It has long been understood that minority ethnic groups are subject to relatively worse health conditions. A recent paper looks at historical health gaps around the world and examines the potential of new technologies to bridge -- or deepen -- the divide.

26.04.2007 Four activists have been sentenced to prison in Iran for their role in organizing a peaceful protest demanding equal rights for women. A U.S.-based group supporting their efforts is urging individuals worldwide to show their support for the women.

26.04.2007 "Shocking details" are emerging about the Pakistan government's "utter disrespect for independence of judiciary" as shown in the manner in which it sought to oust Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudry, says a leading Asian rights group.

26.04.2007 East African countries marked Africa Malaria Day by announcing a review of control strategies, ranging from the use of more effective drugs to indoor spraying with DDT.

26.04.2007 Africa should be the driver, not co-pilot, of malaria vaccine development, argues Tom Egwang.