http://uk.oneworld.net/article/archive/6159 en_GB_uk http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83555 Endangered Languages Week, 30 April-8 May, is based on the fact half the 7,000 languages spoken on earth today are under threat from larger languages and are not being passed on to children. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/159556/1/6159 A forthcoming international conference on improving aid effectiveness that looked as though it would be ignored as just another meeting on development is suddenly beginning to hot up. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82957 Meet the great writers you know and the great writers you don't ... in a weekend of events that promises to engage with stories from all over the globe in unexpected and extraordinary encounters. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/158604/1/6159 For the first time since the assassination of Al-Ali, 50 of his original illustrations are being exhibited at the Political Cartoon Gallery in London. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/158400/1/6159 As the annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival returns to London (12-21 March), the event’s acting director, John Biaggi, talks about what’s in and what’s out when it comes to topics chosen by film-makers. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/158390/1/6159 It has been estimated that around one in every twenty people living in London is a refugee or asylum seeker - but they are rarely heard and often misrepresented in the popular media. Increasingly, museums are exploring how culture and heritage can promote greater intercultural understanding. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/158151/1/6159 Architects could have a major influence on reducing carbon emissions, so three cheers for the Royal Institute of British Architect's programme of talks on climate change and the role of the built environment. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/158126/1/6159 A season of films celebrating the diversity and breadth of cinema from China comes to the ICA in London, 20 March-10 April. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/158125/1/6159 After 40 years of building a home in London, Agnes is retiring and moving back to Ghana. But her eldest, Sol, is living with a girlfriend Agnes loathes, and he won't move home until Agnes accepts her. Meanwhile, younger brother Caleb will do whatever it takes to inherit the house, except share it with Sol. Will she trust her 21st century boys and finally allow them to be men? Who will own the House of Agnes? http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/157922/1/6159 It's Oral History Day, Saturday 1 March, which brings together scholars, filmmakers and oral history specialists to reflect on the 1948 Nakba. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/157886/1/6159 To celebrate the advances in solar technology, the Science Museum will be showcasing the next generation of solar-powered cars in a three-day event during half-term. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/157557/1/6159 US female soldiers in combat in Iraq, Ariel Dorfman looking back to the bloody coup in Chile, American artist Steve Kurtz facing 20 years in prison for having test tubes in his apartment, extraordinary interviews with 14 survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: some of the 25 films from 19 countries that form the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in London, in March. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/157503/1/6159 Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Brazil, Chad, Chile, China, Democratic Republic of Congo, former Yugoslavia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Lebanon, Liberia, Nepal, Palestine, Sudan, Uganda and USA feature in the forthcoming Human Rights Watch International Film Festival (12-21 March). http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82332 Enjoy a fairground with a difference at the launch of Fairtrade Fortnight 2008 at London’s South Bank on Sunday 24 February. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/157232/1/6159 It’s not just a Birds Eye View: it’s a window on the world, with films from Afghanistan, Argentina, Brazil, India, Israel, Mozambique and Pakistan.