http://uk.oneworld.net/article/archive/1913 en_GB_uk http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83919 Two extra cents for every $1 that the G8 countries have spent bailing out the banking industry would relieve the suffering of the 290 million people hit hardest by today’s food crisis. + Three nails in the coffin http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83916 Emphasising the neutrality of aid workers may not halt the rise in violent attacks on aid workers in such countries as Afghanistan and Iraq, especially when humanitarianism has become increasingly politicised and 'militarised', argues Laura Hammond. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83901 The lives of humanitarian aid workers will be in the spotlight on 11 and 12 July, when the curtain goes up on Think global, f**k local at London’s Royal Court Theatre. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160755/1/1913 The lives of humanitarian aid workers will be in the spotlight on 11 and 12 July, when the curtain goes up on Think global, fuck local at London’s Royal Court Theatre. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83863 Criticisms of the G8 by the organisation set up by Bob Geldof and Bono, and reports that UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to press European countries to step up aid follow Kofi Annan's call for rich countries to honour pledges made at their Gleneagles Summit three years ago. Watch the video blog of the former UN Secretary-General's press conference. + http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160445/1/1913 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://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160423/1/1913 Five days after Cyclone Nargis hit parts of Myanmar, international aid has begun to arrive. Latest estimates claim over 22,000 people have perished and twice as many gone missing, leaving a million people homeless. The Irrawaddy delta still remains cut off from the world. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160361/1/1913 The devastating Cyclone Nargis that struck Myanmar early Saturday has claimed 350 lives, as death tolls mount. While aid operations were restricted by the military junta in the outskirts of capital Yangon, the state media announced the country will go ahead with the constitutional referendum on May 10. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160207/1/1913 WASHINGTON, Apr 28 (OneWorld) - Far away and close to home the growing world food crisis is taking a toll. While Americans are increasingly shocked at their rising grocery bills, hunger threatens lives and stability in several developing countries. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160187/1/1913 Continuing food crisis in Afghanistan is frustrating people as several cities witness protests, riots and looting. While people blame government for this crisis, experts attribute it to both local and global factors. The country would need over half-a-million tonnes of imported wheat to meet the current demand. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160171/1/1913 WASHINGTON, Apr 27 (OneWorld) - Occasionally, OneWorld.net will put out an alert when many of the NGOs we work with are taking on a breaking issue. Over the past year, we've done this for the crisis in Kenya, Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh, and the earthquake that struck Peru in August. But this week's alert on the growing global food crisis is perhaps the most worrying one we've ever sent. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160149/1/1913 This week's alert on the growing global food crisis is perhaps the most worrying one we've ever sent, says OneWorld's managing editor in the United States. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83538 With the emergence of the Maoists as the largest party in Nepal's Constituent Assembly, the group today held consultations with donor agencies about aid for the government the party will lead. From Kantipur.com http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160054/1/1913 UNESCO’s Global Monitoring Report: Education for All by 2015? Will we make it? provides a mid-term assessment of where the world stands on its commitment to provide basic education for all. The report stresses on the need to make education more inclusive through adequately financed and targeted measures. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/159973/1/1913 Millions of hungry people the world over will be at risk, if the UN food agency is not able to collect upwards of $750 million to buy food from international market. The rising food prices have caused this shortfall.