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31.01.2007 The Sri Lankan government should allow newsprint and ink to be transported into Jaffna to enable the city’s publications to function, two freedom of expression groups have urged.

31.01.2007 Campaigners are to protest outside of the French embassy in London on Friday to urge the government to stop representatives of the Zimbabwean government attending a forthcoming Franco-African summit.
* Zimbabwe organisation faces charges after pro-democracy church service

30.01.2007 African leaders yesterday picked Ghana as the new chair of the African Union, turning down Sudan's bid because of the government's failure to end the conflict in Darfur.

30.01.2007 The British MP who founded the All Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group announced today that he will not seek re-election, in order to concentrate on campaigning for a new international agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocol on global warming.
+ Challen's website

29.01.2007 Unless action is taken on Darfur at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa this week it will be too late, aid agencies warned.
+ AU in strongest test yet
+ Populations displaced by violence remain isolated and deprived of assistance

24.01.2007 Eleven environmental groups, with millions of members worldwide, are demanding action from the President of Honduras following the alleged murder by state police of two Honduran activists.

24.01.2007 Farmers in the developing world are increasingly turning to genetically modified crops, with planting up 21 per cent in 2006 according to a new report.

08.01.2007 A six-hour blockade of Faslane nuclear base by students and academics on Sunday forced operations at its main gate to a halt.

26.08.2006 from Green Car Congress:
"The [independently-monitored BP] scheme should help raise awareness of the links between driving and climate change," claims Jonathon Porritt, director of Forum for the Future.

21.08.2006 NEW YORK, Aug 21 (OneWorld) - The Bush administration is facing fierce criticism across India for backing the Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola companies in their fight with local authorities and consumer groups.