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21 November 2009

Simon Mahood, member of the WWF rhino project in Vietnam, with dog 'Chevy', who is trained to detect dung of the rare Javan rhino in the forests of Vietnam.(© WWF Greater Mekong Programme)
20.11.2009 Detection dogs are helping track and count Javan rhino in Vietnam, in an attempt to save one of the world’s rarest mammals from extinction.
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From: WWF International
Related topics/regions: [Vietnam] [Animals] [Conservation]
Image: Simon Mahood, member of the WWF rhino project in Vietnam, with dog 'Chevy', who is trained to detect dung of the rare Javan rhino in the forests of Vietnam.(© WWF Greater Mekong Programme)
Child survival (UNICEF)
20.11.2009 The annual number of deaths of children under five has fallen from around 12.5 million in 1990 to an estimated 8.8 million in 2008, says a new UN Children's Fund report.
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From: United Nations Children's Fund
Related topics/regions: [United Nations] [Infant mortality] [Children]
Image: Child survival (UNICEF)
Newcastle (Photo: Forum for the Future website)
19.11.2009 Newcastle tops Britain's latest Sustainable Cities Index, knocking the previous two winners – Bristol and Brighton – into second and third places respectively.
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Environment] [Cities]
Image: Newcastle (Photo: Forum for the Future website)
19.11.2009 Raúl Castro's government has locked up scores of people for exercising their fundamental freedoms and allowed scores more political prisoners arrested during Fidel Castro's rule to languish in detention, says a new report.
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Related topics/regions: [Cuba] [Freedom of expression] [Civil rights]
Global Witness
18.11.2009 A group of NGOs has lodged a legal complaint claiming that one of the world's leading timber wholesalers bought timber from Liberian companies that provided support to Charles Taylor's brutal regime.
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From: Greenpeace International
Related topics/regions: [Liberia] [Conflict] [Law] [Forests] [Corporations]
Image: Global Witness
President Lula of Brazil receives boxing gloves from ActionAid Award for making efforts to knock out hunger, during the World Summit on Food Security
18.11.2009 The UN World Food Summit threw away a great chance to stop more than one billion people going hungry, according to a prominent development charity.

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From: ActionAid UK
Related topics/regions: [Food] [Agriculture]
Image: President Lula of Brazil receives boxing gloves from ActionAid Award for making efforts to knock out hunger, during the World Summit on Food Security
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Bangladeshi farmer on his 'floating garden.'
16.04.2008 DHAKA, Apr 16 (OneWorld) - Although illiterate Bangladeshi villagers don't know the climate change lingo, many have shown an awareness of the situation, using local knowledge to innovate and adapt to the natural changes.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Bangladesh] [Agriculture] [Emergency relief] [Food] [Climate change] [Rivers]
Image: Bangladeshi farmer on his 'floating garden.' © Siraj / Machizo
Leaving Kisumu under police protection.
01.02.2008 As January comes to a close, over 800 Kenyans have been killed and at least 255,000 displaced by the violence that erupted after President Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of allegedly faulty elections held in late December 2007. Here's what others are doing, and how you can help.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Kenya]
Image: Leaving Kisumu under police protection. © Lutheran World Relief
19.12.2007 Grassroots International, a OneWorld partner that builds alliances and provides grants to progressive movements worldwide, is one of three finalists for the MySpace Impact Awards. The final vote takes place on Dec. 24.
From: MySpace.com
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From: Grassroots International
Rally participants hold a sign, "Bring the Olympic Dream to Darfur."
17.12.2007 At a recent rally calling for an end to the violence in Darfur, genocide survivors, religious leaders, Olympic medal winners, and others participated in a symbolic Olympic torch relay ending at the Chinese embassy in Washington, DC, highlighting China's role as the main economic and political supporter of the Khartoum regime.
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From: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Related topics/regions: [China] [Sudan] [United States] [Activism] [Governance] [Conflict] [Conflict resolution]
Image: Rally participants hold a sign, "Bring the Olympic Dream to Darfur." © Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Rasid Naim.
14.12.2007 When Rasid Naim, a young Filipino man from a family of rice farmers, applied organic farming techniques to his land, he not only saved money from mixing his own pesticides and fertilizers, but also saw his crops grow more resilient to drought and flash floods.
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From: Oxfam America
Related topics/regions: [Philippines] [Agriculture] [Capacity building] [Climate change]
Image: Rasid Naim. © Oxfam America
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ANALYSIS/OPINION
Petraeus and Bush.
General David Petraeus' new job may put him in position to follow through on his saber-rattling against Iran, says a Washington think tank.
From: Institute for Policy Studies
Related topics/regions: [Iran] [United States]
Image: Petraeus and Bush. © Eric Draper - White House
Children at a rural Nepal school enjoy a meal as part of the World Food Programme's feeding program.
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.
From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Agriculture] [Aid] [Emergency relief] [Food] [Poverty] [Economy] [Nutrition/malnutrition] [Geopolitics] [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
Blanca Ovelar represents change for Paraguay, but how much?
ASUNCION, Apr 10 (IPS) - For the first time in Paraguayan history, a woman is running for president in the elections on Apr. 20, as the candidate of the Colorado Party, which has governed this country continuously for 61 years.
From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related topics/regions: [Paraguay] [Gender] [Politics] [Democracy]
Image: Blanca Ovelar represents change for Paraguay, but how much? © Blanca Ovelar official Web site
Zambia has been forced to reallocate resources intended for poverty alleviation to pay a "vulture fund," a company that scammed the impoverished nation to make millions off its cancellation of a 1999 debt, writes an organization promoting African development.
From: Africa Action
Related topics/regions: [Zambia] [Poverty] [Corporations] [Debt] [Finance] [Health] [Corruption & transparency]
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.
From: Share The World's Resources
Related topics/regions: [India] [China] [Geopolitics]
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