Overseas news archive
June 2006
02.06.2006
As soccer fans around the globe eagerly anticipate next week's opening whistle of the 2006 World Cup, Mercy Corps is using the drawing power of the world's most popular sport to reach young people with information about HIV and AIDS.
more...From: Mercy Corps Related topics/regions: [Liberia] |
02.06.2006
Darfur, Somalia, northern Uganda and Iraq are singled out as particular causes for concern in the International Committee of the Red Cross's new annual report.
more...From: International Committee of the Red Cross Image: The president of the ICRC, Jakob Kellenberger ©ICRC/T. Gassmann/cer-e-00229
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02.06.2006
The diversity of Europes wildlife and habitats continues to be lost at a dramatic rate, according to a series of surveys presented in Brussels today in the closing stages of the European Commissions Green Week.
more...From: WWF International Related topics/regions: [Europe] |
01.06.2006
The Kalahari Bushmen in Botswana have sent a desperate plea for help to actress Angelina Jolie, who gave birth to a daughter in neighbouring Namibia at the weekend.
more...From: Survival International Related topics/regions: [Botswana] |
01.06.2006
The latest version of the statement to be issued at the end of the current international meeting on HIV and AIDS is very disappointing and lacks any commitment to universal access to treatment, lobbyists said today.
more...* Conference webcasts * International community must do more to treat HIV-positive children From: International HIV/AIDS Alliance Image: HIV/AIDS: No mention of universal access © UNAIDS / United Nations
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01.06.2006
Spain's eight nuclear plants will be phased out in favour of clean, renewable energy, the President announced, despite industry lobbying for new plants and for legislation to allow existing plants to operate past their planned retirement dates.
more...From: Greenpeace International Related topics/regions: [Spain] |
01.06.2006
Industrialised countries should take into account the concerns of indigenous communities within their borders and not treat the Millennium Development Goals as a foreign policy issue, indigenous leaders said in a statement.
more...From: Child Rights Information Network |
01.06.2006
Pro-democracy campaigners voiced disappointment with the Security Council's failure to take concrete action on Burma and its failure to give UN Secretary General Kofi Annan the mandate he had asked for to pursue discussions with the regime.
more...From: Burma Campaign Related topics/regions: [Myanmar] |
01.06.2006
Satellite images of the wholesale destruction of a large community in Zimbabwe provide more evidence of the devastating impact of the government's policy of house demolitions.
more...From: Amnesty International - International Secretariat Related topics/regions: [Zimbabwe] |
01.06.2006
The African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights should consider moving out of The Gambia because of threats to free expression and to civil and political liberties, an international media watchdog said today.
more...From: Reporter Senza Frontiere Related topics/regions: [Gambia] Image: Reporters Without Borders
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01.06.2006
Gaps remain in the care being offered after the Indonesian earthquake, and some people continue to wait in the rain without shelter, food or basic survival items, according to an international medical group.
more...* Death toll tops 5,900 * UNICEF opens first child protection centre in quake zone From: Médecins sans frontières Related topics/regions: [Indonesia] |
01.06.2006
Nepals Bardia National Park has seen a decline in rhino and tiger populations, indicating widespread poaching.
more...From: WWF International Related topics/regions: [Nepal] |
01.06.2006
After years of decline, global concentrations of ozone in a key region of the stratosphere have held steady for the past eight to nine years, according to two new studies.
more...From: Christian Science Monitor |
01.06.2006
Students from sub-Saharan Africa seeking higher education are the most mobile in the world, with one out of 16 studying abroad, according to a study carried out by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
more...Related topics/regions: [Africa] Image: African students: on the move
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