Overseas news archive

26.10.2006 Four U.S. institutions of higher learning now offer MBAs that infuse sustainability concepts throughout the entire curricula, and many others require at least one course in ethics, corporate social responsibility, sustainability, or business and society.

26.10.2006 MySpace bands, through a partnership with Oxfam, are raising money and awareness for Darfur; an online MySpace.com page and movie theatre public service announcements are highlighting the campaign.

25.10.2006 Since Kofi Annan assumed leadership of the United Nations 10 years ago, aid and debt relief have increased, the world has scaled up its response to HIV/AIDS, there are fewer wars between states, many civil wars have ended, and more governments are elected by, and accountable to, the people they govern. But many threats to prosperity and security remain.

25.10.2006 Fifteen Nobel Peace Prize winners have endorsed a treaty at the United Nations to "halt the abuses arising from the trading and irresponsible use of arms."

25.10.2006 Attacks by Janjawid militias and Chadian rebels have surged in recent days in the part of Chad closest to Sudan's restive Darfur province. While publics around the world continue to press for a UN peacekeeping force in Darfur, Chad's president has asked for his country's protection too.

24.10.2006 Seventy-seven foreign non-governmental organizations operating in Russia, including many critical of the government, have been forced to suspend their activities after their registrations were rejected Thursday.

24.10.2006 Leading Black and Asian professional women in Britain have called on their peers to "storm the doors" of blue chip companies, following a report this week that shows that a form of employment apartheid is rife in Britain.
From: Times of India

24.10.2006 Even though local authorities have been asked to prepare to accommodate thousands of Indian children expected to be freed from their jobs by raids conducted on homes and restaurants, activists say scant attention has been paid to how they will be rehabilitated.

24.10.2006 Bridgeton, New Jersey is a multi-ethnic town, but the infusion of an international team of leaders brought a week of frank discussion and soul searching on issues of diversity and respect.

21.10.2006 An oil company exploring for oil in the Peruvian Amazon has announced that it will not enter the territory of an uncontacted Indian tribe, even though the land was inside its concession.

21.10.2006 Ashoka supports remarkable leaders finding creative solutions to society's toughest problems--poverty, corruption, instability, and more. Discover their stories.

21.10.2006 Lack of rainfall is impacting all aspects of society in six Afghan provinces--from food shortages and crop prices to livestock rearing, out-migration, long-term development projects, and more.

21.10.2006 The run up to Diwali festivities has seen the launch of a unique campaign in Bangalore, as anti-poverty campaigners ask consumers to spare a thought for India's underprivileged when they splurge on their Diwali shopping this year.
From: NDTV (India)

21.10.2006 Several states still have not addressed serious election problems and, in some cases, have erected complex rules and requirements that could disenfranchise many in the upcoming midterm elections, according to a consortium of civil rights groups.

21.10.2006 WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (OneWorld) - The United States, in a twist on social Darwinism, maintains protection standards so low that they shield only the strongest people from cancer-causing radiation. So say scientists whose conclusions are propelling a new campaign to provide greater safety for women, children, and others at greatest risk.

19.10.2006 ActionAid cautiously welcomed Wednesday's announcement that each of the Group of 8 industrialized nations is expected to forge a partnership with an African country in 2007, but warned that the other 35 African countries should not be sidelined in the process.
From: ActionAid

19.10.2006 Christian Aid is crediting the efforts of thousands of activists for prompting the UK's change of heart on trade policy--British ministers have asked the EU's trade commissioner to stop forcing developing countries to open up their markets.

19.10.2006 The international community should support Liberia's emerging democracy by forgiving the country's odious and burdensome debt, an Africa campaigning group said Wednesday as Liberia's leader visited Washington.

18.10.2006 A UN-led grassroots campaign set a world record for most people to stand up against poverty this week. The effort was intended to press world leaders to break the world's record of breaking promises and ignoring the poor, said campaign coordinator Eveline Herfkens.

18.10.2006 Rebuilding will take years, but health care for many mothers and infants is already better than before the disaster struck. A multimedia presentation offers a glimpse at life in the Kashmiri quake zone one year on.