http://uk.oneworld.net/article/archive/1923 en_GB_uk http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160259/1/1923 A first batch of Bhutanese refugees living in Nepal has landed in America. Described as one of the largest resettlement programmes in the world, the US has agreed to take in 60,000 refugees. Away from sub-human conditions in the camps, they are finding their new life both strange and full of prospects. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/159936/1/1923 NEW YORK, Apr 19 (OneWorld) - The current food crisis causing hunger and starvation for millions of people across the world is not going to end as long as those who dominate the international grain markets remain unwilling to change their behavior, according to experts specializing in international trade and environmental economics. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/159785/1/1923 NEW YORK, Apr 15 (OneWorld) - A new coalition of U.S.-based rights groups says it plans to spend over $1 billion on projects to help women fight poverty in many parts of the world. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/159737/1/1923 NEW YORK, Apr 14 (OneWorld) - The U.S. House of Representatives is likely to endorse a legislative proposal this week calling for the cancellation of debts owed by some of the world's poorest countries. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/159548/1/1923 UNITED NATIONS, Apr 7 (IPS) - The United Nations remains virtually crippled as two proposed peacekeeping missions -- one in Darfur and the other in Somalia -- are making little or no progress. http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/159514/1/1923 UNITED NATIONS, Apr 7 (IPS) - The United Nations remains virtually crippled as two proposed peacekeeping missions -- one in Darfur and the other in Somalia -- are making little or no progress. http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/159461/1/1923 BANGKOK, Apr 5 (IPS) - Negotiators from the developing world won a significant first round at talks here to shape a new pact to curb global warming. Key among them was the backing to make green-friendly technology and financial assistance priority in a program leading to the pact to be endorsed in 2009. http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/158953/1/1923 http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/158797/1/1923 SAARC countries have recently launched the South Asia Food Security Programme with an estimated cost of US$ 25 million. Together Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will strive to improve crop production and nutrition in the region by pooling together scientific and natural resources. http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/158666/1/1923 http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/158501/1/1923 BOGOTA, Mar 5 (OneWorld) - People who earn their living by sorting through and reselling municipal waste have reasserted their role as garbage recyclers and productive members of the global economy at an unprecedented event here this week. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/158290/1/1923 Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies is organising a three-day event called eINDIA2008 in New Delhi in July 2008. The event will bring together representatives of the ICT industry, government, civil society, academia and private sector from across the world to share the best practices and digital opportunities for development. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/158040/1/1923 Developing countries last week hailed the WTO proposal to cut taxes on agricultural exports by a minimum of 54%, while voicing their reservations on the draft on industrial products. Launched in 2001, the Doha negotiations on multilateral trade aim at forging a North-South consensus on trade in farm and manufactured goods. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/157463/1/1923 The UN and USAID along with nine other donors have proposed a plan costing US$ 4 billion for post-cyclone reconstruction in Bangladesh. Cyclone Sidr had struck the country in November last year leaving thousands dead and causing huge economic losses. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/157296/1/1923 Hundreds of hospitals and heath facilities get destroyed every year by disasters. The UN has recently launched a global campaign to ensure that the needy are not left without vital care in the midst of an emergency.