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Former Russian President Putin.
28.04.2008 "After eight years of Putin, the country has a rubber-stamp parliament dominated by a single party, whose only stated policy is loyalty to the Kremlin," writes Fred Weir in Moscow.
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From: In These Times
Related topics/regions: [Russian Federation]
Image: Former Russian President Putin. © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
Offshore oil and gas exploration are likely to increase
28.04.2008 The significant shifts driven by climate change in the polar regions present new opportunities and pressures for development. These are challenges which demand holistic, integrated responses (PDF briefing).
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From: International Institute for Environment and Development
Related topics/regions: [Antarctica] [Canada] [Greenland] [Norway] [Russian Federation] [Energy] [Fisheries] [Climate change]
Image: Offshore oil and gas exploration are likely to increase © Global Witness
Noka Alekseyevna Kapranova (Tovarisch, I Am Not Dead)
27.04.2008 Tovarisch, I Am Not Dead is a son’s documentary about his dad. But what a dad!
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Related topics/regions: [Russian Federation] [Ukraine] [Media]
Image: Noka Alekseyevna Kapranova (Tovarisch, I Am Not Dead)
25.04.2008 Kiista palkoista Nestlén ja sen Permissä Uralilla toimivan makeistehtaan työntekijöiden välillä on kärjistynyt. Ay-johtaja on esittänyt, että Nestlén on lähdettävä Venäjältä, ellei se paranna suhtautumistaan työntekijöihinsä.
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From: Trade Union News from Finland
Related topics/regions: [Russian Federation] [Labour] [Corporations]
Image: © Geographical
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23.04.2008 Afgaanit ovat Pietarin alueen suurin pakolaisryhmä. He ovat usein entisessä Neuvostoliitossa opiskelleita ja korkeasti koulutettuja, jotka hallitsevat hyvin venäjän kielen. Afgaaninaisten tapaamispaikkana toimii Punaisen ristin ylläpitämä Naisten klubi.
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From: Ulkoministeriö
Related topics/regions: [Afghanistan] [Russian Federation] [Refugees]
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Brazil, one of the countries under review, has "serious violations of women’s sexual and reproductive rights."
18.04.2008 The UN needs to address women's reproductive rights as it conducts the first "peer reviews" of member countries' human rights records, says a coalition of 11 rights groups from around the world.
From: Center for Reproductive Rights
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Related topics/regions: [Poland] [Philippines] [India] [Ecuador] [Brazil] [Argentina]
Image: Brazil, one of the countries under review, has "serious violations of women’s sexual and reproductive rights." © International Women's Health Coalition
17.04.2008 Mielivaltaiset pidätykset ja poliisin väkivalta ovat Venäjällä arkipäivää. Suomen Rauhanpuolustajat on saanut Moskovasta pyynnön järjestää solidaarisuustoimintaa väkivallan uhrien tueksi.
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From: Suomen Rauhanpuolustajat
Related topics/regions: [Russian Federation] [Justice and crime] [Law]
Chernobyl 1986
11.04.2008 For 50 years dangerous concentrations of radionuclides have been accumulating in earth, air and water from weapons testing and reactor incidents. Yet serious studies of the effects of radiation on health have been obscured – not least by the World Health Organisation, writes Alison Katz.
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From: Le Monde diplomatique
Related topics/regions: [Ukraine]
Image: Chernobyl 1986

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