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TODAY'S HEADLINES:

> U.S. Aid to Developing Countries Skyrockets...Because of Iraq > World Social Forum: China Shares Little with Developing Counterparts > Deja Vu: A Comparison of Quotes from Vietnam and Iraq > UAE: Migrant Workers Protest Abusive Labor Practices > Taylor Captured

> AIDS drug patent application opposed in India > Filling Africa's knowledge gap on GM crops > Northern Uganda death rate 'three times higher than Iraq' > Debt pressure on World Bank pays off - but further to go > HIV infection rates down one-third in south India

> Stockholm Challenge competition gets maximum entries from India > UN wants more women in peace keeping operations > Nepal scribes to fight for press freedom

> Macedonia ranked 82nd on Networked Readiness Index

> The Paper War

> U.S. Bullying Nets Liberian Ex-Warlord on War Crimes Charges

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U.S. AID TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SKYROCKETS...BECAUSE OF IRAQ ------------------------------------------------------------- (30 mar 2006) U.S. aid to developing countries leapt to nearly $28 billion last year from under $20 billion in 2004 and barely $11 billion in 2001--a fairly staggering jump. But take Iraq and Afghanistan out of the equation and the story is quite different. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130058/7263/71911 From: Center for Global Development http://www.cgdev.org

WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: CHINA SHARES LITTLE WITH DEVELOPING COUNTERPARTS -------------------------------------------------------------------- (30 mar 2006) Despite being the most populous developing country and in the middle of an enormous urbanization process, China contributed very little to the forum billed as the counterbalance to those of the economic elites. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130053/7263/71911 From: Inter Press Service (IPS) http://www.ipsnews.net

DEJA VU: A COMPARISON OF QUOTES FROM VIETNAM AND IRAQ ----------------------------------------------------- (30 mar 2006) Nearly three years after decalring the end of the war President Bush is still denying the obivous reality, says Council for a Livable World. So they've assembled a series of quotes from the Iraq War and the Vietnam War for a side by side comparison; check out the similarities and pass them along to a friend! http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130056/7263/71911 From: Council for a Livable World http://www.clw.org

UAE: MIGRANT WORKERS PROTEST ABUSIVE LABOR PRACTICES ---------------------------------------------------- (30 mar 2006) The city of Dubai is experienceing one of the largest construction booms in the history of the world--on the backs of migrant laborers who face abusive labor practices and squalid living conditions, according to Human Rights Watch. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130060/7263/71911 From: Human Rights Education Associates http://www.hrea.org

TAYLOR CAPTURED --------------- (29 mar 2006) Just hours after his disappearance was announced, Charles Taylor was caught at the northern Nigerian border Wednesday, nearly 1000 miles from his home. He was attempting to leave the country in a jeep with diplomatic plates and a trunk full of U.S. dollars. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130046/7263/71911 From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network http://www.irinnews.org

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AIDS DRUG PATENT APPLICATION OPPOSED IN INDIA --------------------------------------------- (30 mar 2006) HIV and AIDS groups today opposed an Indian patent application by Glaxo on the grounds that it would set a precedent that would hamper access to affordable AIDS medicines worldwide. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130114/7468/71911

FILLING AFRICA'S KNOWLEDGE GAP ON GM CROPS ------------------------------------------ (30 mar 2006) African farmers know little about the uses and risks of GM crops, says Ebenezer T. Bifubyeka, so he asks delegates at the Convention on Biological Diversity what they plan to do to spread awareness. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130113/7468/71911 From: Panos London http://www.panos.org.uk

NORTHERN UGANDA DEATH RATE 'THREE TIMES HIGHER THAN IRAQ' --------------------------------------------------------- (30 mar 2006) The current rate of death from the war in northern Uganda is three times higher than in Iraq, finds a report released today as a senior UN official holds meetings in Kampala to address the 20-year conflict. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130112/7468/71911 From: Oxfam Great Britain http://www.oxfam.org.uk

DEBT PRESSURE ON WORLD BANK PAYS OFF - BUT FURTHER TO GO -------------------------------------------------------- (30 mar 2006) Sustained pressure from campaigners has helped win $37 billion of cancellation of poor countries' debts to the World Bank and prevent unacceptable delays in delivering the cancellation, a debt campaign group said yesterday. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130110/7468/71911 From: Jubilee Debt Campaign http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk

HIV INFECTION RATES DOWN ONE-THIRD IN SOUTH INDIA ------------------------------------------------- (30 mar 2006) A one-third decline in HIV prevalence in the worst-affected region of India is probably the result of increased condom use by men visiting sex workers, the medical magazine The Lancet reports today. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130109/7468/71911 From: International HIV/AIDS Alliance http://aidsalliance.org

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STOCKHOLM CHALLENGE COMPETITION GETS MAXIMUM ENTRIES FROM INDIA --------------------------------------------------------------- (30 mar 2006) India has sent the maximum number of entries at the Stockholm Challenge 2006 competition that honours innovative ways of using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to improve people's lives. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130106/1893/71911

UN WANTS MORE WOMEN IN PEACE KEEPING OPERATIONS ----------------------------------------------- (30 mar 2006) Describing the current low numbers of women in United Nations peacekeeping operations as "disheartening," a United Nations-backed conference called for their number to be doubled every year for the next few years, saying this would not only improve the efficiency of peacekeeping but also its credibility. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130105/1893/71911

NEPAL SCRIBES TO FIGHT FOR PRESS FREEDOM ------------------------------------------ (30 mar 2006) Hundreds of journalists marched in the streets of Kathmandu calling for full press freedom in the country. Media personnel, rights activists and professionals joined a rally organised by the Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ) on the occasion of the 51st anniversary of the establishment of FNJ.

http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130089/1893/71911

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MACEDONIA RANKED 82ND ON NETWORKED READINESS INDEX --------------------------------------------------- (29 mar 2006) The World Economic Forum, in cooperation with INSEAD, published the “Networked Readiness Index” of the Global Information Technology Report 2005-2006. http://see.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130039/3260/71911

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THE PAPER WAR ------------- (29 mar 2006) Roadblocks on the international bridges connecting Argentina and Uruguay, carried out by the Argentine environmental movement to protest the construction of two large cellulose factories, demonstrates the social limitations of the neoliberal model and is jeopardizing the regional alliance between two governments that possess, fundamentally, the same political and ideological orientations.

http://amlat.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130061/1730/71911 From: Agencia Latinoamericana de Información http://alainet.org

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U.S. BULLYING NETS LIBERIAN EX-WARLORD ON WAR CRIMES CHARGES ------------------------------------------------------------ (30 mar 2006) WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar 29 (OneWorld) - Former Liberian strongman Charles Taylor is to stand trial nearly three years after a UN-backed court indicted him on 17 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his alleged role in West African massacres. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130071/4536/71911 From: OneWorld US http://us.oneworld.net

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