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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
> Afghan News Program Tackles Cartoon Controversy > Mosquito Nets Help Prevent Malaria, But Are They Being Used? > Hitchhike Across Europe for the Millennium Development Goals
> India charges activists for protecting endangered turtles > Where the sound of a car makes people fear for their lives > Victory - fish pirates in deep trouble > The week Britain started eating the planet > Campaigners prepare for Bank, IMF meetings
> International press for end to media repression in Nepal > Nepal parties to hold massive rally > Microsoft displays India-specific solutions
> State Officials’ Property Cards Online
> Why are we in Afghanistan? > Study finds BC’s welfare system denying assistance to people in need, ‘diverting’ many to homelessness and hardship
> Rumsfeld Linked to Guantanamo Torture
> Unite Against Genocide on April 30th!
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AFGHAN NEWS PROGRAM TACKLES CARTOON CONTROVERSY ----------------------------------------------- (19 apr 2006) A television roundtable has brought Afghanis some crucial analysis of the Danish cartoon controversy, hoping to raise the level of debate in the country where 11 people died in riots over the issue. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131176/7263/75976 From: Internews Network, Inc. http://www.internews.org
MOSQUITO NETS HELP PREVENT MALARIA, BUT ARE THEY BEING USED? ------------------------------------------------------------ (19 apr 2006) Better understanding of why some people choose to sleep under the net while others don't is integral to fighting malaria, says a new study that presents some surprising findings on bednet use. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131177/7263/75976 From: Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org Academy for Educational Development http://www.aed.org
HITCHHIKE ACROSS EUROPE FOR THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS ------------------------------------------------------------ (19 apr 2006) Young campaigners will hitchhike through seven European countries from August 22nd to September 8th to educate the public about ending global poverty through the Millennium Development Goals. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131175/7263/75976 From: Millennium Campaign http://www.millenniumcampaign.org
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INDIA CHARGES ACTIVISTS FOR PROTECTING ENDANGERED TURTLES ---------------------------------------------------------- (19 apr 2006) India has been urged to drop "unimaginable" charges against three Greenpeace activists who have been trying to prevent the killing of endangered and protected Olive Ridley turtles. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131231/7468/75976 From: Greenpeace International http://www.greenpeace.org/
WHERE THE SOUND OF A CAR MAKES PEOPLE FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES ----------------------------------------------------------- (19 apr 2006) "Even the sound of a car made people run into the bush. This pervasive fear amongst the population is what struck me the most," says Simon Collins, a doctor working in the Central African Republic. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131227/7468/75976
VICTORY - FISH PIRATES IN DEEP TROUBLE -------------------------------------- (19 apr 2006) After a chase of over 1,000 miles, a six-day occupation and hours of diplomatic negotiations, Spain has finally agreed to declare the cargo from the "Binar 4'" - 200 tonnes of fish from West Africa - illegal. Guinean officials also announced they would be fining the owners and operators of the vessel. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131226/7468/75976 From: Greenpeace UK http://www.greenpeace.org.uk
THE WEEK BRITAIN STARTED EATING THE PLANET ------------------------------------------ (19 apr 2006) On Sunday Britain stopped relying on its own natural resources to support itself and started living off the rest of the world. * Ecological debt calendar http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131224/7468/75976 From: New Economics Foundation http://www.neweconomics.org
CAMPAIGNERS PREPARE FOR BANK, IMF MEETINGS ------------------------------------------- (19 apr 2006) Campaigners say they are trying to ensure that the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund "will result in real money to fight poverty and not aid increases based on clever accounting, politics and naked self interest.” http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131223/7468/75976 From: Oxfam Great Britain http://www.oxfam.org.uk
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INTERNATIONAL PRESS FOR END TO MEDIA REPRESSION IN NEPAL -------------------------------------------------------- (19 apr 2006) A coalition of press freedom groups, including the World Association of Newspapers (WAN), has asked the King of Nepal to end the violent crackdown on journalists and others in the recent protest demonstrations that have jolted the Himalayan nation. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131212/1893/75976
NEPAL PARTIES TO HOLD MASSIVE RALLY ----------------------------------- (19 apr 2006) Vowing to continue their anti-royal protest, political parties in Nepal will hold a massive rally on 20th April which marks the start of the third week of their pro-democracy agitation.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131205/1893/75976
MICROSOFT DISPLAYS INDIA-SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS -------------------------------------------- (19 apr 2006) Software giant Microsoft said that it would launch the latest version of its Office software suite by the end of the year and the company's India development centre has made a significant contribution to it.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131200/1893/75976
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STATE OFFICIALS’ PROPERTY CARDS ONLINE -------------------------------------- (19 apr 2006) According to Transparency International Croatia, the property cards submitted by the Croatian state officials will be published on internet later this week. The information was confirmed by Josip Leko, Chairperson of the State Commission on Conflict of Interest. http://see.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131222/3260/75976
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WHY ARE WE IN AFGHANISTAN? --------------------------- (18 apr 2006) Canada has 2250 Canadian soldiers stationed in Kandahar Afghanistan. The soldiers are fighting alongside about 8,000 U.S. soldiers and are under the command of Operation Archer in support of the U.S. led “Operation Enduring Freedom.” It is expected that command of the Canadian units will shift to NATO control by 2007. http://www.oneworld.ca/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131171/983/75976
STUDY FINDS BC’S WELFARE SYSTEM DENYING ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE IN NEED, ‘DIVERTING’ MANY TO HOMELESSNESS AND HARDSHIP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (18 apr 2006) (Vancouver) A major study released today finds that BC’s welfare system is systematically discouraging, delaying and denying assistance to many of the people most in need of help, with harmful consequences for some of the province’s most vulnerable residents. http://www.oneworld.ca/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131170/983/75976
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RUMSFELD LINKED TO GUANTANAMO TORTURE ------------------------------------- (18 apr 2006) NEW YORK, Apr 17 (OneWorld) - A leading international human rights group is calling for the Bush administration to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the alleged involvement of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other senior Pentagon officials in the torture of a prisoner at Guanatanamo Bay some three years ago. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131172/4536/75976 From: OneWorld US http://us.oneworld.net
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UNITE AGAINST GENOCIDE ON APRIL 30TH! ------------------------------------- (19 apr 2006) Thousands will march in Washington April 30th to call for immediate civilian protections in Darfur, but you don't have to wait for the 30th to take action! Help build on months of incredible momentum by sending a letter to the Bush administration today, urges Africa Action. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131174/2332/75976 From: Africa Action http://www.africaaction.org
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