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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
> Anti-Poverty Coalition Sets Sights on Governments in 2006 > Health Workers: Our Most Precious Resource for Health > Radio Interview: The Effects of Population Growth > North Carolina 'Guest Workers' to Get Deducted Wages Back > Touch the Names
> Rescue - but it's still risky for aid workers > Improved diarrhoea treatment 'will save children’s lives' > Water conference dilutes right to access > Meat-Industrial Complex - how factory farms undercut public health > Southern Somalia food alert
> India: Fighting female foeticide with Ganga Yatra > Indian Government asked to update divorce law > UNESCO literacy initiative launched in Islamabad
> Best Visa Line Stories at the European Parliament > CDHRF: Actual situation of Kosovo Serbs similar to the one of Albanians in 1990s
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ANTI-POVERTY COALITION SETS SIGHTS ON GOVERNMENTS IN 2006 --------------------------------------------------------- (23 mar 2006) The largest citizen-led anti-poverty coalition in history has decided to shift its focus this year from global events to pressuring national governments in rich and poor countries to keep their promises to the world's poor. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/129700/7263/70479 From: Millennium Campaign http://www.millenniumcampaign.org
HEALTH WORKERS: OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE FOR HEALTH ----------------------------------------------------- (23 mar 2006) This year's World Health Day--April 7th--will celebrate all those who protect and promote the health of others. Campaigners will also call on politicians to provide greater support to those working in the healthcare sector so they can continue to do their jobs effectively. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/129694/7263/70479 From: Pan American Health Organization http://www.paho.org
RADIO INTERVIEW: THE EFFECTS OF POPULATION GROWTH ------------------------------------------------- (23 mar 2006) Washington, D.C. radio host Kojo Nnamdi recently interviewed CEDPA president Yolonda C. Richardson and Population Action International's Bob Englman. Listen to the discussion to find out how population growth impacts the global environment, economy, and public health. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/129688/7263/70479 From: Centre for Development and Population Activities http://www.cedpa.org Population Action International http://www.populationaction.org
NORTH CAROLINA 'GUEST WORKERS' TO GET DEDUCTED WAGES BACK --------------------------------------------------------- (23 mar 2006) A court ruling has awarded some 1,500 migrant workers compensation for the visa and travel fees their employers charged, which illegally dropped their wages below the federal minimum. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/129698/7263/70479 From: Oxfam America http://www.oxfamamerica.org
TOUCH THE NAMES --------------- (23 mar 2006) A visitor to one war memorial sits thinking about another--a current--war. Attorney, political scientist, and poet David Krieger transports us there. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/129697/7263/70479 From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation http://www.wagingpeace.org
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RESCUE - BUT IT'S STILL RISKY FOR AID WORKERS --------------------------------------------- (23 mar 2006) Despite news of the rescue of one British and two Canadian peace activists held hostage in Iraq for almost four months, NGO officials in the country warn of an increase in threats against local and international aid workers. The death toll so far is over 50. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/129745/7468/70479 From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network http://www.irinnews.org
IMPROVED DIARRHOEA TREATMENT 'WILL SAVE CHILDREN’S LIVES' --------------------------------------------------------- (23 mar 2006) A new formula for oral rehydration salts will help combat acute diarrhoeal disease - the second leading cause of child deaths worldwide - and advance the goal of reducing child mortality by two-thirds before 2015, the UN said today.
http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/129742/7468/70479
WATER CONFERENCE DILUTES RIGHT TO ACCESS ---------------------------------------- (23 mar 2006) The assertion that access to water is a human right was not included in the ministerial declaration adopted at the Fourth World Water Forum in Mexico.
http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/129741/7468/70479 From: Inter Press Service http://www.ips.org
MEAT-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX - HOW FACTORY FARMS UNDERCUT PUBLIC HEALTH ------------------------------------------------------------------ (23 mar 2006) The US food system may be looking at a doomsday denouement as water runs out, the land is unable to cope with the nutrient waste spread on it, and over-bred, antibiotic and hormone-injected animals succumb to their natural limitations, says Mark Winne. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/129737/7468/70479 From: In These Times http://www.inthesetimes.com
SOUTHERN SOMALIA FOOD ALERT --------------------------- (23 mar 2006) The deterioration of the food security situation in crisis areas of Somalia is gathering momentum.
http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/129736/7468/70479 From: ReliefWeb UN OCHA http://www.reliefweb.int
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INDIA: FIGHTING FEMALE FOETICIDE WITH GANGA YATRA -------------------------------------------------- (23 mar 2006) As L K Advani gets busy scoring political points over the Varanasi blasts with his Ekta Yatra, a similar, though silent, yatra along the Ganga has completed its halfway mark and reached this holy city. And it has come armed with nothing but an indelible zeal to fight female foeticide and other women’s issues. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/129723/1893/70479
INDIAN GOVERNMENT ASKED TO UPDATE DIVORCE LAW ---------------------------------------------- (23 mar 2006) The Supreme Court has asked the government to consider updating the divorce law as it exists today to include a no-fault, irretrievable breakdown clause that will facilitate divorce in cases where the marriage had collapsed and beyond retrieval. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/129717/1893/70479
UNESCO LITERACY INITIATIVE LAUNCHED IN ISLAMABAD ------------------------------------------------ (23 mar 2006) Pakistan is to benefit from accelerated financial and technical assistance under the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) new literacy initiative to speed up efforts to realise the Education For All (EFA) goal of a 50 percent improvement in adult literacy levels by 2015. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/129714/1893/70479
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BEST VISA LINE STORIES AT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ------------------------------------------------- (23 mar 2006) Best Stories from Visa Queues, a collection of stories published by the Citizens’ Pact for the SEE, will be presented to the Members of the European Parliament. The authors of the stories included in the compilation - Vitomirka Trebovac, Ivan Branisavljevic, Nemanja Kuzmanovski and Barbara Pavljasevic - will read excerpts from their works. http://see.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/129731/3260/70479 From: Gradjanski pakt za Jugoistocnu Evropu http://citizenspact.org.yu
CDHRF: ACTUAL SITUATION OF KOSOVO SERBS SIMILAR TO THE ONE OF ALBANIANS IN 1990S -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (22 mar 2006) The latest report from the Council for Defense of Human Rights and Freedoms – CDHRF titled situation of Serb Minority in Kosova describes situation of Serb minority in Kosova similar to the one the Kosova Albanians during ‘90s, while it gives 12 recommendation to local and international authorities for improvement of this situation. http://see.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/129667/3260/70479 From: Council for the Defence of Human Rights and Freedoms http://www.cdhrf.org
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