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19.06.2007 Thousands of young Nigerian women are trafficked into sexual slavery each year, but European groups are working hard to support the victims and deter and arrest those who prey on young girls.

01.06.2007 The UN refugee agency has protested to the European Commission about the way boatloads of people from North Africa have recently been left stranded at sea, despite being in distress and at risk of death.

23.05.2007 Campaigners today celebrated the Italian government's withdrawal from a controversial element of the World Bank’s water privatisation agenda, on the eve of a donors' meeting in the Netherlands.

09.05.2007 The IUSS Pavia, Institute for Advance Study (Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori) announces the start of the enrolment procedure for two Master Studies: Master in Cooperation and Development and Master in Cooperation and International Economic Integration.

06.05.2007 International donors, particularly Germany, France, Japan, Italy, Spain and Australia, have been accused of an inadequate or non-existent response to the UN humanitarian appeal for Chad.

24.10.2006 NEW YORK, Oct 24 (OneWorld) - A majority of people around the world reject the use of torture even if it is supposed to extract information that could save lives from terrorism, pollsters say. The finding suggests there is little support at home and abroad for President George W. Bush's defense of the abuse of terror suspects.

15.10.2006 from GreenLivingUK:
Even with a modest diameter, KiteGen should produce half a gigawatt of energy.

03.09.2006 A video diary of the Palestinian olive harvest - repeatedly interrupted by attacks from illegal settlers - and a talk on Breaking the Silence, a group of former Israeli soldiers who question the role of the Israeli army in enforcing the occupation of Palestine: London, 12 September.

31.05.2006 Dusica Radojcic from Zelena Istra environmental NGO reports for Alert that in international conference will be held in Portoroz, Sloveni, on June 5-6, 2006. The conference, Strategy for Sustainable Development of the Adriatic is organized by the Slovenian Ministry of Environmental Protection and Urban Planning, in cooperation with UNEP/MAP INFO/RAC.

30.05.2006 The Programme “Improving the Conditions of Children and Youth in BiH” is launching this announcement for the assignment of maximum 9 scholarships for Master’s studies in: Business management; Tourism and Leisure; and, Agro-food Economy.

24.05.2006 Cel na Kampanjata Fenarete e transfer na trening metodologii koi se temelat na dvosmislena edukacija, razviena preku Proektot Leonardo Da Vinci na FENARETE. Metodo;ogijata Fenaretee nameneta za edukatori koi rabotat na resocijalizasija/vklucuvanje na lica koi se zanimavale so prostitucija, zeni zrtvi na trgovija so lugje i razni socijalno marginalizirani grupi.

24.05.2006 The objective of Fenarete Campaign is the transfer of training methodology based on peer education which was originally developed by the Leonardo da Vinci project FENARETE. The Fenarete methodology is intended for peer educators active in the field of social (re)insertion of prostitutes, trafficked women and disadvantaged/excluded groups in general.

17.03.2006 Since 2004, the ZeLIG school for documentary, Bolzano, has organized ESoDoc, a qualified professional training course on the making of social documentaries. The course is designed for audiovisual professionals attuned to social themes, as well as NGO and NPO communications specialists who wish to competently follow the production phases of multimedia content within the scope of their organizations – even if their intent is not to become actual filmmakers.

07.03.2006 The European Academy of Bolzano is launching of the fourth academic year of the Master programme in European Integration and Regionalism. The programme is offered by the University of Graz and implemented in cooperation with the European Academy of Bolzano and the European Institute of Public Administration, Antennae Luxembourg and Barcelona.

24.02.2006 They are running factories and non-profits, leading campaigns and demonstrations, and standing up to government oppression around the world. They are mothers, widows, journalists, Nobel Prize winners, peacemakers...they are just like you and me.

16.02.2006 WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb 16 (OneWorld) - Global warming watch out: Ice hockey fans are out to get you.

07.02.2006 UNIDEE in Residence is an international program open to artists, professionals, students and graduates of various university faculties from any country in the world. Application deadline: 10 April 2006.

04.02.2006 WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb 4 (OneWorld) - Water, water everywhere and we are duped into buying it bottled.

01.02.2006 According to the current Innovations Minister Stanca, ICT developments and innovation are a top priority for both standing and future governments. Stanca highlighted aims to engender further sector synergies and to define prospective applications, with an emphasis on broadband technology.

10.01.2006 The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics is organizing a Workshop on "Optimization Technologies for Low-Bandwidth Networks", to be held in Trieste, Italy, from the 9th to the 20th October 2006.