Overseas news archive

19.12.2006 The "last cod" was presented to the British government by Greenpeace campaigners yesterday as they accused politicians across Europe of wiping out the fish.

18.12.2006 More than £500,000 was raised at a Saturday night fundraising party hosted by UNICEF UK Ambassadors Trudie Styler and Jemima Khan.

18.12.2006 Britain's aid ministry is failing to support democracy in Burma and failing to provide aid to some of the most vulnerable people in the country, according to a report launched today.
* Burma and the ICRC: a people at risk

15.12.2006 A new report outlines what U.S. foreign policy would look like if Darfur were a top priority and calls on the Bush administration to mobilize its international relationships to achieve new action on the crisis.
* he way home is peace
* International Agencies call for ceasefire

15.12.2006 Scientists at a conference in Brazil have announced dramatic new progress on vaccines that could help protect Latin American children against a disease that kills two children every hour.

15.12.2006 Citing the massive increase in greenhouse gas emissions that would result, banks around the world are being urged to reject requests to finance 11 new coal-fired power plants in Texas.
From: Rainforest Action Network

14.12.2006 Botswana's High Court ruled Wednesday that the country's indigenous Bushmen people have the right to live on their ancestral land, from which they had been evicted as diamond mining companies were allowed to move in.

14.12.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 14 (OneWorld) - Human rights advocates are cheering the genocide conviction of former Ethiopian leader Mengistu Haile Mariam.

13.12.2006 This week's "A World of Possibilities" radio show broadcasts stories and updates from the frontlines of the AIDS epidemic. Listen online.

13.12.2006 Residents in the Philippines endured yet another major storm this weekend. Barely 10 days after Typhoon Durian slammed into central parts of the country, some 89,000 households were evacuated ahead of Typhoon Utor.

13.12.2006 Provisional results are showing re-election for Madagascar's president, a former businessman who took power four years ago and has largely been considered a liberal reformer.

13.12.2006 Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania has agreed to remove all Coca-Cola products from campus as a result of the international campaign to hold the company accountable for its deeds--including toxic waste dumping and creating water shortages--in India and Colombia.

13.12.2006 A U.S.-funded initiative is helping brighten classrooms and the learning experience for Indonesia's next generation.

08.12.2006 The peace agreement recently signed in Nepal guarantees to end discrimination throughout the country. Continued advocacy at this pivotal moment--from within the country and abroad--could finally yield new opportunities and protections for Nepal's 2.8 million Dalits.

08.12.2006 One in seven British children--1.6 million overall--are growing up homeless or in bad housing, a new report finds.

08.12.2006 Leonard DiCaprio's latest blockbuster "The Blood Diamond" will opens in UK theatres in January. OneWorld offers a brief guide to the issues of conflict diamonds, child soldiering, and Sierra Leone's recovery from civil war. Find out what you can do to make a difference.

08.12.2006 A "Weekend of Prayer for Darfur" will be observed by more than 1,000 houses of worship across the United States this weekend.
From: Save Darfur Coalition

08.12.2006 The U.S.-born son of former Liberian warlord Charles Taylor has been charged with torture in a U.S. court for his actions in that war-torn country.
From: Human Rights Watch

08.12.2006 New commitments from four countries bring researchers closer to the funding they'll need to fully develop experimental new products women could use--with or without the consent of men--to protect themselves against HIV.

08.12.2006 The global diabetes epidemic is projected to affect 7 percent of the world's adult population by 2025 as developing countries embrace bad health habits associated with affluence.
From: NDTV (India)