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An election campaign poster for Morgan Tsvangirai
13.10.2008 Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai threatened on Sunday to pull out of a fragile power-sharing deal if President Robert Mugabe moved ahead with plans to hand key ministries to his own party.
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From: Daily Mail & Guardian
Related topics/regions: [Zimbabwe] [Politics]
Image: An election campaign poster for Morgan Tsvangirai © frontlineblogger (flickr)
'Our appetite for fish is exceeding the oceans' ecological limits with devastating impacts on marine ecosystems' (© Greenpeace)
13.10.2008 The world’s largest food fishery - the pollock from the Bering Sea used to make McDonald’s fish sandwiches, frozen fish sticks, fish and chips and imitation crabmeat - has seen a population decrease of 50 per cent since last year, warns a leading environmental organisation.
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From: Greenpeace International
Related topics/regions: [Fisheries]
Image: 'Our appetite for fish is exceeding the oceans' ecological limits with devastating impacts on marine ecosystems' (© Greenpeace)
Family collecting water from an Oxfam well in Hadawe, Ethiopia
10.10.2008 The number of Ethiopians needing emergency assistance has leapt from 4.6 million to 6.4 million since June, according to the government and the UN, but cereal rations have been cut by a third because not enough food is reaching the country.
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From: Oxfam International
Related topics/regions: [Ethiopia] [Food] [Aid]
Image: Family collecting water from an Oxfam well in Hadawe, Ethiopia © Rachel Stabb / Oxfam Great Britain
Stop the death penalty
10.10.2008 At least 1,252 people were executed in 24 countries last year - though the real figure is certainly higher - with 88 per cent occurring in China, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the US.
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Related topics/regions: [China] [Iran] [Pakistan] [Saudi Arabia] [United States] [Justice and crime]
Image: Stop the death penalty © Amnesty International - International Secretariat
John Studzinski
09.10.2008 Major donors and grant-making charitable trusts will cut their donations as their wealth and dividend incomes fall and the decline in corporate support for the charity sector will be particularly marked, hundreds of charity leaders were told in London yesterday.
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Civil society]
Image: John Studzinski
Aim higher for tough arms controls
09.10.2008 Global commitments to reduce poverty and improve lives cannot be reached unless the international community makes urgent progress towards controlling the arms trade, according to a new report.
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From: Oxfam International
Related topics/regions: [Arms & military]
Image: Aim higher for tough arms controls © Oxfam GB
09.10.2008 A major power shift is needed in the way the planet's biological resources are managed, from top-down systems that marginalise the poor to community-centred approaches that sustain local livelihoods, says a report out today.
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From: International Institute for Environment and Development
Related topics/regions: [Conservation]
09.10.2008 Malaysian palm oil is finding its way into British petrol tanks despite concerns about its carbon balance and the rainforest being destroyed to produce it, claims a new report.

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From: Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Related topics/regions: [Philippines] [United Kingdom] [Energy] [Agriculture]
Sir Nicholas Stern
08.10.2008 Failure to factor climate change into the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) was a major mistake, Lord Stern told a meeting in London this week.
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From: OneWorld UK
Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Climate change] [MDGs]
Image: Sir Nicholas Stern
Congo conflict (François Dumont)
08.10.2008 Violence in Congo's North Kivu province has reached its highest levels in years, while assistance is hardly reaching those most in need, according to an international medical organisation.
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Related topics/regions: [Congo (Democratic Republic of)] [Conflict]
Image: Congo conflict (François Dumont)
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