http://uk.oneworld.net/article/archive/5795 en_GB_uk OneWorld UK - UK/English/OneWorld UK/News/World News from OneWorld UK covering poverty, human rights, and the environment - the issues too often neglected in the mainstream media. Follow global issues with OneWorld UK, the voice of civil society and independent media. Doubts hit bank's corporate responsibility report http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160799/1/5795 The Royal Bank of Scotland's Corporate Responsibility Report, launched today, runs into a barrage of criticism from a coalition of NGOs who cast doubt on the bank’s green credentials because of its ongoing role in financing fossil fuel expansion around the world. 'Cereal Offenders' blames G8 for hunger threat http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83915 G8 failure on food prices, climate change and biofuels is putting 1.7 billion people at risk of hunger, a development group warns ahead of the G8 summit in Hokkaido, Japan. + to drop Africa aid pledge 87.htm + G8 leaders must take action to save most vulnerable New vision of development needed, UN told http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160794/1/5795 The world’s most critical environmental and social problems will be solved only by "a new vision of development", a development group told a meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council in New York yesterday. Exploitation of migrant workers in UK spotlighted http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83913 Some migrant domestic workers are sexually and physically abused by their employers in the UK and many are exploited and badly treated, according to new research. African doctor shortage set to continue http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83912 The number of doctors required and those available globally by 2015 will be roughly in balance, but huge disparities in distribution will mean most African countries will face shortages, according to a new study. Mugabe may target colleagues, reports newspaper http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83907 Zimabwe's President Robert Mugabe may now be setting his sights on new political opponents - this time within his own ZANU-PF party. Controls increased ahead of G8 http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160784/1/5795 Controls have been increased at Tokyo's main airport in an attempt to keep "trouble-makers" away from the forthcoming G8 Summit of industrialised countries, says a press service for the "independent radical left movement" that opposes the G8 countries. Record year for renewables http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160778/1/5795 Climate change worries, growing support from world governments, rising oil prices and energy security concerns fuelled another record-setting year of investment in the renewable energy and energy efficiency industries, according to the UN Environment Programme. Central African survivors' project under way http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160779/1/5795 A new project is being launched to support conflict survivors in Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda. UN criticises UK asylum decision-making http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160774/1/5795 The British government's emphasis on quick decisions on asylum applications means that individual cases are sometimes not given proper consideration, the UN refugee agency says in a report today. Flags of convenience slammed in fisheries row http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83893 Food security and the future of fisheries are coming under increasing threat from large trawlers and factory ships flying flags of convenience, a UN conference on the Law of the Sea was told yesterday. Europe's role in US torture policies condemned http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83881 European governments are dodging the truth about the US practice of kidnapping and illegally sending terrorism suspects for interrogation in countries with a reputation for torture, a leading rights group says in a new report. Fisheries, not whales, to blame for fish shortage http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83876 The argument that increasing whale populations are behind declining fish stocks is completely without scientific foundation, leading researchers and conservation organisations said as a meeting of the International Whaling got underway. + Conference blog Basic food crops dangerously vulnerable http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83744 As a deadly new strain of Black Stem Rust devastates wheat harvests across Africa and Arabia, and threatens the staple food supply of a billion people from Egypt to Pakistan, the areas where potentially crop and life-saving remnant wild wheat relatives grow are only minimally protected. Crisis children left waiting by UN aid hurdle http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/76866 Children caught up in crises around the world are being forced to wait for life-saving emergency relief as the introduction of the UN’s emergency fund has created an extra hurdle for aid agencies striving to reach those most in need.