Full Coverage: Europe
January 2008
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29.01.2008
A leading conservation group has called on more retailers to boycott Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna until the imperilled species is out of danger.
more...From: WWF International Image: Frozen tuna at Tsukiji fish market, Tokyo © WWF-Canon / Michel Gunther
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28.01.2008
Ten journalists and two human rights defenders were arrested this Saturday during a violent protest against government repression and corruption in Ingushetia, an autonomous Russian republic bordering Chechnya.
more...From: Human Rights Watch Related topics/regions: [Russian Federation] |
27.01.2008
As he toured China and India, touting Britain as the ultimate capitalist destination, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown dispensed with ethical values and returned to mercantile Elizabethan times.
more...From New Statesman Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] Image: UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown © CAFOD
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27.01.2008
Its not just a Birds Eye View: its a window on the world, with films from Afghanistan, Argentina, Brazil, India, Israel, Mozambique and Pakistan.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] Image: View From A Grain of Sand
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22.01.2008
Calling all VSO volunteers since 1958...join the celebrations to mark the organisation's 50th anniversary. Events include a panel debate at London's Festival Hall in March featuring Trevor Phillips, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Harriet Lamb of the Fairtrade Foundation, CBI director general Richard Lambert, activist Peter Tatchell and Africa expert Richard Dowden.
more...From: Voluntary Service Overseas Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] |
21.01.2008
Nathalie Rothschild argues that there's one way to stop illegal immigration: stop making immigration illegal.
more...From Spiked Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] Image: Barbed wire fence around Campsfield Immigration Detention Centre © Close Campsfield Campaign
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21.01.2008
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has backed calls for a permanent place on the UN Security Council for India as he prepares to announce measures designed to modernise international institutions.
more...From: Guardian Unlimited Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [India] |
20.01.2008
VSO is trying to reconnect with the 33,000 people who have volunteered since the organisation's inception in 1958, in the hope that many will attend the 50th anniversary at the Royal Festival Hall in London.
more...From: Voluntary Service Overseas Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] |
18.01.2008
NEW YORK, Jan 18 (OneWorld) - London and Paris were given a prestigious award this week for their innovative citywide programs to improve public transit and reduce traffic congestion and greenhouse gas emissions.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [France] [Cities] [Transport] [Climate change] Image: City of London representative (left) receives the 2008 Sustainable Transport Award. © Environmental Defense
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10.01.2008
The UK government has made much of its green credentials, boasting that it leads the world in tackling climate change. So what does it do? Give the green light to a new generation of nuclear power stations that will cost billions, eventually deliver only tiny cuts in carbon emissions and leave future generations with a legacy of nuclear waste to clean up.
more...+ Mind the Gap From: Greenpeace International Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] Image: Sellafield nuclear plant (Photo: Greenpeace)
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10.01.2008
A small exhibition, Outside Edge, is a journey through black British lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history of the last 30 years. It opens at Museum in Docklands on 7 February.
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10.01.2008
With half of British Muslims describing their background as Pakistani, events on the subcontinent resonate here, says Shiraz Maher.
more...From Prospect Related topics/regions: [Pakistan] [United Kingdom] |
08.01.2008
Ladbroke Grove FILM WRITE is a monthly film night showcasing groundbreaking films/authors/poets. Free film screenings, incredible authors and poets reading from their recent publications, local filmmakers discussing what brought them to achieve their works and discussions with figures from the community participating.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] |
08.01.2008
Global retail giant Wal-Mart is selling products made from illegally logged timber in turn threatening the habitat of the highly endangered Siberian tiger, according to new evidence from an environmental activism group.
more...From: Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) Related topics/regions: [Russian Federation] |
07.01.2008
LYRICAL MC is a show about young people in a multicultural world: it illuminates the sophisticated, lyrical cultural exchange that is happening between young people in urban schools, every day. It opens on 5 February
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04.01.2008
One of many projects launched as part of the 2008 International Year of Sanitation is a wastewater treatment project that reduces the amount of raw sewage flowing into the Russian Volga River basin.
more...From: Environment News Service (ENS) Related topics/regions: [Russian Federation] |
04.01.2008
Staff training at immigration detention centres must be improved, says an official report which recorded a catalogue of racist behaviour in the system.
more...+ Immigration detention report From: Guardian Unlimited Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] |
03.01.2008
David Young outlines the diplomatic wranglings the U.S. and E.U. will have to engage in during the next three months before they "give Kosovo the green light to unilaterally declare its independence."
more...From: Foreign Policy In Focus Related topics/regions: [United States] [Serbia and Montenegro] [Russian Federation] |
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