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12 May 2008
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HIV, stigma, animation, music.
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From: Christian Aid
Related topics/regions: [Sierra Leone] [AIDS]
Free Burma
Take action on behalf of Burmese democracy activist Min Ko Naing, who is being held in Rangoon's notorious Insein Prison and may go blind because he is being denied treatment for an eye infection..
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Related topics/regions: [Myanmar]
Image: Free Burma
Anti-poverty charity War on Want has appointed John Hilary as its new executive director.
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From: War on Want
Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Civil society]
United Nations
Allegations of corruption and trafficking in gold and guns by the UN are met by an airy dismissal from within the world organisation. But the claims may not be dismissed so easily.
On the From Our Own Correspondent page, click Listen: World Service edition. Also, watch Panorama this evening.
+ UN peacekeepers 'traded gold and guns with Congolese rebels'
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Related topics/regions: [Media] [Corruption & transparency] [United Nations]
Image: United Nations
Running Side by Side Healing Marathon
Kenyan marathon champion Paul Tergat is to take part in a 15km race - "Running Side by Side for Peace" - in Nairobi on Sunday 27 April.
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Related topics/regions: [Kenya] [Conflict resolution]
Image: Running Side by Side Healing Marathon
Red Cross bednets in Niger
The first World Malaria Day hears a call for action by UK civil society.
+ A long way to go
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Malaria]
Image: Red Cross bednets in Niger © International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
It's the usual story: big promises and grandiose plans for Africa - this time for the world's largest hydroelectric project. Then reality sets in: as discussions begin, the host country, Congo, isn't there.
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Related topics/regions: [Congo (Democratic Republic of)] [Energy]
Gordon Brown
A "silent tsunami" unleashed by costlier food threatens 100 million people, the UN said on Tuesday, as UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Britain would seek changes to EU biofuels targets if it was shown that planting crops for fuel was driving up food prices.
+ ODI evidence on WFP and Global Food Security to the International Development Committee
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Aid] [Food]
Image: Gordon Brown
Plants that repel mosquitoes
A young British entrepreneur, a global health think-tank and an African medical research institute have teamed up to launch an initiative to raise money for the fight against malaria.
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Image: Plants that repel mosquitoes
olimpiadi in Cina - da Olympicswatch.org
As the New Economics Foundation cast doubts on London's promise of a legacy for the poor from the 2012 Olympics, Nepali soldiers were told to shoot if necessary to "protect" the Olympic torch from pro-Tibet demonstrators.
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Related topics/regions: [Nepal] [Tibet] [United Kingdom] [Politics]
Image: olimpiadi in Cina - da Olympicswatch.org
Rifle
Wherever you live, this year's Stop the Arms Trade Week (1-8 June) is a great opportunity to take coordinated local action against the weapons trade.
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Arms & military]
Image: Rifle © Oxfam Great Britain
Campaigners dressed as pirates stage a demonstration against moves by UK-based multinational corporation BP to control the development, production and depletion of Iraq’s oil reserves.
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From: War on Want
Related topics/regions: [Iraq] [United Kingdom] [Energy] [Corporations]
Climate change rally, London
A new platform for information, knowledge and networking on gender and climate change is launched.
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Related topics/regions: [Climate change] [Gender]
Image: Climate change rally, London
Protest at Anglo American AGM, London, April 2008
War on Want, the London Mining Network and ActionAid demonstrated outside British mining giant Anglo American's AGM today. ActionAid challenged the company's board to drink water from villages close to platinum mines in the Limpopo region of South Africa. .
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From: War on Want, ActionAid International USA
Image: Protest at Anglo American AGM, London, April 2008
Viewing refugees
You can now zoom into displacement camps in Darfur, Chad, Iraq, Colombia and elsewhere in a new online programme unveiled by Google and the UN refugee agency.
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Related topics/regions: [Refugees] [Internet] [United Nations]
Image: Viewing refugees
Nuclear weapons test, 1951
Make a short video about why US leadership is necessary to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and win $1,000.
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From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Related topics/regions: [Nuclear Issues] [Media]
Image: Nuclear weapons test, 1951 © Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
A change of government in Zimbabwe could mean a change in the status of thousands of refugees in Britain.
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Zimbabwe] [Refugees]
Enter the OneWorld Citizen Journalism Awards. The winning report will be featured on OneWorld’s unique syndication service on Yahoo! News.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Media]
Molly Melching and women from the village of Malicounda Bambara gather with thousands of others to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the village's decision to abandon female genital cutting; August 2007.
Put your questions to Molly Melching and the women of Senegal, OneWorld's People of the Year.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Senegal] [Gender]
Image: Molly Melching and women from the village of Malicounda Bambara gather with thousands of others to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the village's decision to abandon female genital cutting; August 2007. © Tostan
About 60 per cent of annual turnover in UK retailing occurs during the Christmas period. A new briefing, The Carbon Cost of Christmas, exposes some of the biggest festival 'No-nos' followed by some big Christmas ‘Yes-yeses'.
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From: New Economics Foundation
Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Energy] [Consumption]
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