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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
> UN Quake Relief to Benefit from Corporate Investments > U.S. Court Hits Honduran Death Squad Leader for $47 Million > Counting Babies > Uncertain 'Homecoming' for Serbia Returnees > Uniter or Divider? The Lead-Up to Thai PM's Fall
> UN to launch East Africa drought appeal > Mass arrests on first day of Nepal strike > Defence? > Hershey to be questioned on cocoa supply > Feminist activist murdered in Philippines
> Medha Patkar removed to hospital: peaceful protest continues
> 5C Corridor: Construction or Upgrading?
> Three Years On, Congressional Debate Over Iraq Policy?
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UN QUAKE RELIEF TO BENEFIT FROM CORPORATE INVESTMENTS ----------------------------------------------------- (6 apr 2006) In an effort to broaden its donor network, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has launched a new project with two Swiss investment firms to help raise funds for earthquake relief operations in Pakistan. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130402/7263/73535 From: United Nations http://www.un.org/
U.S. COURT HITS HONDURAN DEATH SQUAD LEADER FOR $47 MILLION ----------------------------------------------------------- (6 apr 2006) A federal judge in Miami has ordered Colonel Juan Lopéz Grijalba, one-time leader of the infamous death squad Battalion 316, to pay $47 million in compensation to torture survivors and relatives of those murdered by the Honduran military in the 1980s. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130400/7263/73535 From: Human Rights Education Associates http://www.hrea.org
COUNTING BABIES --------------- (6 apr 2006) Tracking and comparing the fertility rates in all countries--developed and industrialized--is not about counting people, says Population Action International, it's about helping to assure life, health, gender equality, and environmental sustainability for all. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130412/7263/73535 From: Population Action International http://www.populationaction.org
UNCERTAIN 'HOMECOMING' FOR SERBIA RETURNEES ------------------------------------------- (6 apr 2006) Thousands of people, including many Roma, who fled Serbia in the 1990s are now being forced to return home after being denied asylum in EU countries. Largely poor and illiterate, many have no home to return to and are forced to settle in hastily built 'cardboard villages.' http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130405/7263/73535 From: Inter Press Service (IPS) http://www.ipsnews.net
UNITER OR DIVIDER? THE LEAD-UP TO THAI PM'S FALL ------------------------------------------------ (5 apr 2006) Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra acquiesced to mounting popular calls for his resignation this week. Ellen Roggemann looks at the events that led to the surprising turn-about for the once-popular leader. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130403/7263/73535
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UN TO LAUNCH EAST AFRICA DROUGHT APPEAL --------------------------------------- (6 apr 2006) The UN is to launch a flash appeal for the East Africa drought on Friday, with rains showing signs of failure and livestock deaths in parts of Kenya estimated at 80 per cent. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130449/7468/73535
MASS ARRESTS ON FIRST DAY OF NEPAL STRIKE ----------------------------------------- (6 apr 2006) On the first day of a four-day general strike called by Nepal's seven-party alliance, police arrested nearly 400 activists in different parts of the country where they had gathered to take part in protests. * 12 killed, 108 inmates freed in Sarlahi attack; RNA chopper crashes * OneWorld UK Guide to Nepal
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DEFENCE? -------- (6 apr 2006) During his trial for rape this week, former South African deputy president Jacob Zuma said his accuser led him to believe she wanted sex by (a) complaining she had no boyfriend and (b) wearing a knee-length skirt when she visited his house. According to an AP report, Zuma - who used to head the country's National Aids Council - said he saw little risk in intercourse with the HIV-positive Aids activist because transmission from women to men is harder than the reverse. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130445/7468/73535
HERSHEY TO BE QUESTIONED ON COCOA SUPPLY ---------------------------------------- (6 apr 2006) A US human rights group will use Hershey's forthcoming annual general meeting to determine whether it is purchasing cocoa from three companies that are being sued for purchasing cocoa from farms using forced labour. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130441/7468/73535 From: Global Exchange http://www.globalexchange.org
FEMINIST ACTIVIST MURDERED IN PHILIPPINES ----------------------------------------- (6 apr 2006) Women's rights activist Inday Estorba was shot and killed in her home in the Philippines - the 68th woman activist to be murdered during President Gloria Arroyo's administration. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130440/7468/73535 From: Feminist Majority Foundation http://www.feminist.org
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MEDHA PATKAR REMOVED TO HOSPITAL: PEACEFUL PROTEST CONTINUES ------------------------------------------------------------ (6 apr 2006) At midnight on the 5th of April, 2006 Medha Patkar - the leader of the Narmada Bachao Aandolan (NBA), Jamsingh Nargawe, and Bhagwatibai Jatpuria have been forcibly removed from Satagraha Sthal at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. About 300 activists and supporters were also arrested from the Dharna Sthal and put in hospital. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130417/1893/73535
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5C CORRIDOR: CONSTRUCTION OR UPGRADING? --------------------------------------- (6 apr 2006) The High Working Group charged with the expansion of TEN-T (Transeuropean Transport Network) published a report in Decembre 2005, in which it identified a total of 78 priority transportation projects with a total value of 45 billion EUR. Zelena Akcija Croatian environmental organization representatives were part of the CEE Bankwatch international NGO network delegation that visited Brussels to take part in the consultations on the EU plans for expansion of TEN-T. http://see.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130448/3260/73535
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THREE YEARS ON, CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE OVER IRAQ POLICY? ------------------------------------------------------ (5 apr 2006) WASHINGTON, D.C., Apr 5 (OneWorld) - Lawmakers appealed to colleagues Wednesday to ''stop rubberstamping'' the war in Iraq and instead debate policy toward that country--37 months after the U.S.-led invasion that led to the current, bloody imbroglio. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130397/4536/73535 From: OneWorld US http://us.oneworld.net
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