Overseas news archive

08.11.2006 "Sometimes I walk a long way to visit with women in their camps, but they don't always want to listen and sometimes they don't have time to talk. But I keep going--now we know things we didn't know before and we can be healthier," says Saida.

08.11.2006 "A small group of people from around the world, willing to travel together, actually can change a piece of this world," said Selly from Senegal as the ACTION team visited Dayton and Cincinnati, teaching and learning about community development, tolerance, and other issues.

06.11.2006 "Africa has seen many assistance packages with benefits that never reached the poor," said Action Aid Sunday after China announced a massive new aid plan for the continent, urging the Asian giant to ensure this effort is different.
From: Action Aid

06.11.2006 The latest Changemakers competition is seeking innovative ideas to help conflict resolution organizations spot and act upon windows of opportunity before situations spiral out of control. Discover some great projects, or submit your own.

06.11.2006 As rebel and government negotiators continue to discuss peace terms for northern Uganda, a prominent international group has sent representatives to the country to determine if the humanitarian and protection situation in has improved.

06.11.2006 In a country as large as India, statistics collected on a national basis frequently generate shocking stories of disparity. Never has this been more clear than in the case of the state of Muslim development in India.
From: NDTV

06.11.2006 The Internet should be "accessible, usable and safe for all," the UN's Special Adviser on Internet Governance said at the end of a four-day event in Athens, which dealt with freedom of expression, access, multilingualism, cyber-crime, and a host of other issues.

04.11.2006 Nine groups joined Bill Clinton Tuesday to release a report on how organizations can improve their response to large-scale emergencies. Building partnerships, putting local people in the lead, and improving professional standards were among the major recommendations.

04.11.2006 Sudan's president massively played down the severity of the conflict in his country's western region of Darfur Thursday, comparing a proposed UN peacekeeping force to the U.S. presence in Iraq.

04.11.2006 Nearly a month after Russia began deporting Georgian citizens, the Georgian government is scrambling to offer assistance to the reported 1,000 deportees who have returned home.

03.11.2006 Calls for tougher action on global warming are intensifying as policy makers embark for Kenya, where weeklong talks on climate change are due to start Monday.

03.11.2006 Though Latin American migrants sent nearly $50 billion back to their home countries in 2005, an in-depth World Bank study shows that these money transfers are no substitute for sound development policies.

03.11.2006 Central African Republic rebels have offered to sit down with the country's president--who they accuse of ruling on an ethnic basis--to resolve the country's problems and avoid "useless bloodshed."

03.11.2006 In an evenly divided election, rural America could once again decide the political fate of the United States, and a new poll conducted for the Center for Rural Strategies shows that segment of the country leaning Democrat.

01.11.2006 Many African countries have lifted significant percentages of their citizens above the poverty line and might well be on course to halving poverty by 2010, according to a World Bank report released this week.

01.11.2006 The Zimbabwean government has intensified its campaign to suppress peaceful dissent, according to a new report out Wednesday that highlights the tactics used against civil society activists in the past year.
From: Human Rights Watch

01.11.2006 As one in seven on the planet still go to bed hungry every night, George W. Bush is being asked to join hundreds of thousands of his countrymen and women in skipping a meal the Thursday before the U.S. holiday of Thanksgiving.

01.11.2006 "Civil rights benefit all Americans and they should know where their member [of Congress] stands on issues important to them and their families," said the president of a U.S.-based rights coalition Monday at the launch of a new report.

01.11.2006 Chanda Shroff has received a Rolex Award for Enterprise for her ambitious plan to ensure the survival of a local form of artistic expression, hand embroidery, while empowering women financially. She is the first Indian ever to receive the award.

01.11.2006 India is a country that has, through revolutionary legislation, attempted to undo the life of secondary citizenship that its women lead. The Aagaz Foundation has started an initiative to support women in communities that continue to experience oppression of various kinds.