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September 2004
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29.09.2004
VSO sends people - rather than food or money - to developing countries to share their skills and knowledge. Learn how to become a volunteer on their redesigned website.
more...From: Voluntary Service Overseas Related topics/regions: [Volunteering] [Internet] |
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29.09.2004
World famous photographer Don McCullin exhibits his latest collection "Life Interrupted" in London, 26 November -10 January 2005. Christian Aid is organising the event.
more...From: Christian Aid Related topics/regions: [Africa] [AIDS] [Culture] |
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29.09.2004
British taxpayers are subsidising private companies at least £7m a year to use prison labour that some even fail to pay for - Mark Barnsley of Red Pepper reports.
more...From: Red Pepper Related topics/regions: [Labour] [Business] [Civil rights] [Politics] |
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27.09.2004
WASHINGTON, D.C., Sep 27 (OneWorld) - Britain's announcement Sunday that it will pay off ten percent of billions of dollars of debt owed to international financial institutions (IFI) by the world's poorest nations is fuelling the hopes of activists worldwide that a comprehensive debt cancellation accord may be concluded on Friday this week.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [Aid] [International cooperation] [Debt] |
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27.09.2004
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From: Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep Related topics/regions: [United States] [Iraq] [Governance] [Conflict] |
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23.09.2004
In time for World Habitat Day, the Urban Poverty Group (a network of NGOs, university departments, consultants and other agencies, co-ordinated by Homeless International) invite OneWorld partners and others to participate in "a practitioners' dialogue" on Monday 4th October, London, UK. In the context of rapid urbanisation, urban poverty and local governance are key issues.
more...From: Homeless International Related topics/regions: [Population] [Shelter & housing] [Governance] Image: homeless kids, Namibia © Adrian Arbib
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21.09.2004
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From: Christian Science Monitor Related topics/regions: [United States] [Iraq] [Conflict] |
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20.09.2004
Cabinet and Foreign Office documents suggest that Tony Blair's main aim for invading Iraq really was regime change - rather than the threat of weapons of mass destruction, as he claimed.
more...From: Guardian Unlimited Related topics/regions: [Iraq] [Politics] [Conflict] |
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16.09.2004
LONDON, UK, September 15, 2004 (ENS) - Immediate action is needed to tackle global warming, "the world's greatest environmental challenge," Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday night. Blair called it a challenge "so far-reaching in its impact and irreversible in its destructive power, that it alters radically human existence."
more...From: Environment News Service (ENS) Related topics/regions: [Climate change] |
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15.09.2004
U.S. President George W. Bush's closest foreign ally, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, has pledged to press Washington to take the threat of global warming much more seriously.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [United States] [International cooperation] |
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15.09.2004
Issues surrounding internet governance will be debated in a forum jointly
Event detailsconvened by the Oxford Internet Institute and the Internet Society UK on 24 September 2004 in London. Related topics/regions: [ICT] [Governance] |
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15.09.2004
Add your voice to the millions of others calling for change in 2005. Here are three ways you can get involved with the Make Poverty History campaign.
more...From: ActionAid UK Related topics/regions: [Poverty] [Human rights] [Politics] |
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13.09.2004
London is hosting this years European Social Forum - the regional gathering of the World Social Forum, 14-17 October. Save your place.
more...Related topics/regions: [Development] [Environment] [Health] [Human rights] Image: ESF 2004
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06.09.2004
The 'McLibel' Two set off on Sunday afternoon for Strasbourg and the European Court of Human Rights. The pair famously took on food giant McDonalds in the 1990s - and on Tuesday they will be challenging the UK government: does it really protect the right of UK citizens to a fair trial and freedom of expression?
more...Related topics/regions: [Corporations] [Human rights] [Law] |
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03.09.2004
more...From: no organisation Related topics/regions: [Peace] Image: Anti-war demonstrators fill Manchester's Albert Square
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03.09.2004
Climate change has serious and long-lasting implications for us all. Listed below are some specific impacts of climate change that are affecting Britain right now, and links to more information about them.
more...From: Greenpeace UK Related topics/regions: [Climate change] |
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03.09.2004
more...From: no organisation Related topics/regions: [United States] [Cuba] Image: Manchester Camp X-Ray
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03.09.2004
Tracking garbage-collection vans using satellites and mobile phones has made
Morewaste management much easier for the Westminister city council of United Kingdom. With strict monitoring, garbage collection is frequent and overflowing bins scarce. From: Guardian Unlimited Related topics/regions: [Western Europe] [Communication] [ICT] |
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