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28.02.2008 BROOKLIN, Canada, Feb 27 (IPS) - Free, authoritative and online: 1.8 million species.

27.02.2008 SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 26 (OneWorld) - Most of California's furniture contains toxic chemicals that have been linked to cancer, birth defects, hormone disruption, and neurological and reproductive dysfunction, according to a report released today.

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.

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.

23.02.2008 The Ugandan government and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army have signed a deal declaring a "permanent ceasefire" at peace talks in Juba, southern Sudan.
From Sunday Monitor

23.02.2008 Tate & Lyle says it intends to move its entire retail cane sugars range to Fairtrade, marking the largest-ever switch to the ethical labelling scheme by any major UK food or drink brand.

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.

22.02.2008 One million Indians will die every year in the 2010s as a result of tobacco consumption, a study predicts.

22.02.2008 The U.S. Department of Defense has confirmed that its military is holding Canadian Television journalist Jawed Ahmad, but refused to disclose any further information.
From Committee to Protect Journalists

21.02.2008 A call concerted action to protect linguistic diversity and promote multilingualism was made today to mark International Mother Language Day.
From WACC

21.02.2008 NEW YORK, Feb 21 (OneWorld) - Graphic images of animal cruelty and this week's record recall of U.S. beef have spurred fresh demands to expand a ban on killing sick animals for food consumption.

20.02.2008 NEW YORK, Feb 19 (IPS) - As the United States moves towards holding death-sentence trials for six Guantanamo Bay detainees alleged to have plotted the Sep. 11 attacks, legal scholars and human rights advocates are questioning not only the six-year-long process and timing of the charges, but also whether the accused could ever receive fair trials.

18.02.2008 DENVER, Feb 18 (OneWorld) - Whatever today's election tallies show, the period of instability and government restrictions leading up to the vote in Pakistan ensure that the results will not reflect the will of the country's people, said human rights groups in the United States and Asia this weekend.

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.

14.02.2008 MANILA, Feb 14 (IPS) - Non-government organizations (NGOs) opposed to the presence of United States troops in the country are calling for a suspension of U.S.-Philippine joint military exercises scheduled for Feb. 18.

12.02.2008 NEW YORK, Feb 12 (OneWorld) - Some of the nation's top jewelers declared Tuesday they were ready to dump gold miners who abuse indigenous communities and their environment.

10.02.2008 UNITED NATIONS, Feb 9 (OneWorld) - Efforts to restore peace in Kenya will be doomed to failure if women are not invited to the negotiating table, civil society activists warned international mediators this week.

08.02.2008 NEW YORK, Feb 8 (OneWorld) - A much-delayed U.S. government report has been obtained by journalists, raising allegations that officials may be suppressing politically inconvenient data that, if released, could help protect the health of millions living in the Great Lakes region of the country.

07.02.2008 NEW YORK, Feb 7 (OneWorld) - Environmental campaigners scored a major victory this week as some of the nation's top banks agreed to link energy sector investment with initiatives to combat climate change.

07.02.2008 KARACHI, Feb 6 (IPS) - Saifullah Paracha, a Pakistani national incarcerated in the United States military prison in Guantanamo, Cuba since September 2004, suffers from a serious heart condition and may not live unless provided special care, says his lawyer.

06.02.2008 BOGOTA, Feb 5 (OneWorld) - An estimated 2 million Colombians marched here Monday in a show of opposition to the FARC guerrillas. Worldwide, solidarity protests organized through the Facebook online platform spanned 193 cities in Latin America, North America, Europe, and Asia.

05.02.2008 SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 4 (OneWorld) - Tuesday's election contests across the United States will offer voters some clear choices on controversial issues like water boarding, secret trials of terrorism suspects, and the future of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, say analysts.

01.02.2008 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 31 (OneWorld) - State legislators in Vermont introduced legislation Wednesday demanding the state's National Guard troops return from Iraq. Lawmakers in Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania are poised to push similar legislation.