http://uk.oneworld.net/article/archive/2000 en_GB_uk http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/86007 Avoiding failure in Afghanistan means embracing its patronage politics—bribes and all, argues Alex De Waal. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/164062/1/2000 A group of NGOs has lodged a legal complaint claiming that one of the world's leading timber wholesalers bought timber from Liberian companies that provided support to Charles Taylor's brutal regime. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85989 Is brutality in the name of patriotism more justified than violence in the name of parallel ideologies, be it Maoism, communalism, or Hindu nationalism, asks Dilip Simeon. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85955 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown jhas been asked to undertake an investigation into the death of Afghan journalist Sultan Munadi, the New York Times reporter killed during a British military operation that rescued reporter Stephen Farrell from Taliban captors. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163097/1/2000 Africa has entered a new stage – of state-making, French academic Gerard Prunier told a meeting in London last week. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85238 More than 400 war-wounded patients arrived in Vavuniya hospital in a government-controlled area of northern Sri Lanka in a 36-hour period, says an international medical charity. + 40,000 more flee battle zone – UN + The Tamil diaspora: solidarities and realities http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/162244/1/2000 Mobile phone manufacturers must audit their supply chains in order to exclude minerals financing the armed conflict and atrocities in eastern Congo, say activists as the Mobile World Congress opens in Barcelona. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84931 Pankaj Mishra grapples with the contemporary conundrum of democracy. Why did voters re-elect Bush and Blair? He fears for the outcome of the Indian election. Guardian http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84807 No journalists are allowed into Gaza and my colleagues at OneWorld US have done a great job in collating these disturbing accounts by aid workers inside the enclave. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/161448/1/2000 Waltz with Bashir is about director Ari Folman's search for the missing memories of his experiences in the Israeli army in Lebanon in the early 1980s. It is a brilliant film about appalling events. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/161361/1/2000 Forced displacement is on the increase around the world, with the number of refugees now topping 11.4 million and internally displaced people at 26 million, says the head of the UN refugee agency. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/161294/1/2000 Refugees who have been disabled by the war in northern Uganda are confronting food shortages and inaccessible public services in government-run camps, as well as being under growing pressure to return home, even though they lack the resources to resume a normal life. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160779/1/2000 A new project is being launched to support conflict survivors in Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160302/1/2000 Sri Lankan government’s decision to ease restrictions on fishing in Eastern Province, a territory hitherto controlled by LTTE rebels, will give much needed fillip to the industry – a major source of revenue for the country’s exchequer and livelihood for people. It will also help people recover from 2004 tsunami disaster. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160230/1/2000 A new UN report released less than two weeks after the Maoists’ victory in the Nepal polls, says children are still being recruited by armed groups and used for political demonstrations. The report calls for enhanced legal protection of minors, in line with international standards.