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07 November 2009

World AIDS Day
07.11.2009 A proposed Ugandan law on HIV/AIDS promotes dangerous and discredited approaches to the AIDS epidemic and would violate human rights, a group of more than 50 Ugandan and international organisations and individuals says in a new report.
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Related topics/regions: [Uganda] [AIDS]
Image: World AIDS Day
06.11.2009 Ways of using DNA barcoding on issues ranging from protecting health to prosecuting smugglers of bushmeat, endangered birds and plants are to be discussed at an international meeting in Mexico.
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Related topics/regions: [Mexico] [Science] [Biodiversity]
06.11.2009 Campaigners have appealed to the UN to intervene to halt the evictions of thousands of families from their ancestral home in a Kenyan forest.
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Related topics/regions: [Kenya] [United Nations] [Indigenous rights] [Forests]
05.11.2009 British chancellor Alistair Darling and finance ministers from the world’s leading economies are accused of sticking to policies which threaten higher unemployment and climate chaos.
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From: War on Want
Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Climate change] [Labour]
05.11.2009 Countries meeting in Brazil this week should agree a temporary fishing ban for the beleaguered Atlantic bluefin tuna, as an essential measure to avoid imminent stock collapse, says an international environmental group.
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From: WWF International
Related topics/regions: [Conservation] [Fisheries]
Punishing Success? Early Signs of a Retreat from Commitment to HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment
05.11.2009 A retreat from international funding commitments for AIDS threatens to undermine the dramatic gains made in reducing AIDS-related illness and death in recent years, according to a new report.
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From: Médecins sans frontières
Related topics/regions: [AIDS]
Image: Punishing Success? Early Signs of a Retreat from Commitment to HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment
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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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