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30.05.2008 Projects in Brazil, China, Ethiopia, India, Tanzania and Uganda are named as finalists in the annual Ashden Awards for green energy.

26.05.2008 Britain and other European governments should break from the United States over the international embargo on Gaza, according to former US president Jimmy Carter.

18.05.2008 Winter Soldier was made in 1971 as a record of testimonies by men and women who has served in the US military during the still ongoing Vietnam war. Is there any point in seeing it today? There most certainly is.

07.05.2008 UNITED NATIONS, May 7 (OneWorld) - A major U.S.-based humanitarian aid group is urging the Bush administration to revise its aid policy toward Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) and provide immediate assistance to the cyclone victims in that country.

06.05.2008 The United States should repeal restrictions on humanitarian assistance to Burma and help those affected by Cyclone Nargis, said an international refugee agency yesterday, higlighting the "tremendous need inside Burma."

02.05.2008 UNITED NATIONS, May 1 (OneWorld) - The Canadian government has drawn fierce condemnation from the world's indigenous communities for its refusal to sign an international document that recognizes native people's right to self-determination.

01.05.2008 A new online game encourages greater discourse and awareness of HIV/AIDS by challenging players to look at the pictures and profiles of people from across America -- half of whom are HIV-positive -- and guess their status.

01.05.2008 The unsustainable measures used to dispose of farm animal waste must be over-hauled as they threaten both public and environmental health, says a new study on U.S. livestock production.

01.05.2008 The U.S. President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is the largest funder of global HIV/AIDS programs yet receives continuous criticism from development and rights advocates. This in-depth report gives you "The Numbers Behind the Stories."

01.05.2008 Rural health practioners in Alaska are being facilitated through videoconferencing to cater to the needs of the mentally ill. Through lectures and consultations, the health providers will build their technical skills related to nutrition and surgeries.

01.05.2008 In the United States, even the people with the lowest usage of energy are still producing, on average, more than double the global per-capita average, an MIT class has estimated.
From: Science Daily