http://uk.oneworld.net en_GB_uk Showcasing the most important news and views on human rights and development worldwide. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83719 Dick Olver and the BAE Board should ask themselves whether it is possible to be an ethical company and operate in the arms business, argues Andrew Feinstein. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83694 Why do some people continue to hold Rachel Carson responsible for millions of malaria deaths, ask John Quiggin and Tim Lambert. From Prospect magazine http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83693 A study by the world's leading experts has revealed that airlines are pumping 20 per cent more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than estimates suggest. From: The Independent http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160445/1/ 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. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83691 President Bush asked last week that the United States give $770 million in emergency food aid to afflicted regions, but this only amounts to an imperfect first step to confront the global food crisis, says economist Arvind Subramanian. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83690 Global warming will take its biggest toll on insects in the tropics--home to more than half the world's species, scientists predict. From: ScienceNow http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83685 Jesus León Santos, the leader of a democratic farmer-to-farmer network, recently received a prestigious environmental award for promoting sustainability through traditional agriculture in Oaxaca, Mexico. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83684 Zimbabweans are increasingly harnessing new technologies -- notably cell phones and the internet -- to challenge the ever more dictatorial nature of Mugabe's regime. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160430/1/ Sri Lanka’s worsening human rights record and failed promises for improvement undermine its claim for a place on the UN Human Rights Council, a coalition of national and international NGOs said in a letter released today. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83692 NGO representatives in Chad are mourning the killing by bandits of Pascal Marlinge, the country director of Save the Children UK. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83672 Like Kiribati and Tuvalu, the islands of the Torres Strait are slowly being submerged. But unlike their Pacific neighbours, the plight of their inhabitants is being overlooked. From: The Independent http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160421/1/ NEW YORK, May 6 (OneWorld) - Women's rights advocates in the United States have launched a novel global initiative aiming to help millions of women across the world who face violence at the hands of men. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83683 The West is projecting not only its own spiritual fantasies on Tibet, but its own economic fears on China, imagining a power struggle quite different from that which has actually happened in Tibet. We have to learn to look at Tibet as it is – and China too, says Slavoj Zizek. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83682 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." http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83681 Coca-Cola is looking to make huge profits as one of the three primary sponsors of the Olympic Torch Relay despite flagrant human rights abuses perpetrated by China, writes grassroots activist Amit Srivastava.