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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
> NGOs Cautiously Optimistic About New Emergency Response Fund > The Real Solutions to America's Oil Addiction > IMF, World Bank to Talk Trade, Aid and Energy > Coke Slammed at Shareholders Meeting for Practices in India
> Laughing-stock > Nepal on the spot > Call for suspension of Russian oil and gas project > Darfur relief efforts 'near collapse' > US urged to lean on Japan over whaling
> Nepalese turn out in large numbers against monarchy > Rajasthan women to run info kiosks with state help > Discrimination in the name of inclusion
> UNHCR Denies Plans for Deportation of Serbs from Kosovo > NO to 60 EUR! Campaign
> Coke Slammed at Shareholders Meeting for Practices in India
> March for Peace, Justice and Democracy in NYC
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NGOS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT NEW EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND ------------------------------------------------------------ (21 apr 2006) While it's still too early to draw conclusions, key NGOs have expressed cautious optimism about the new fund designed to respond to sudden disasters and neglected crises, although some are concerned it may actually slow humanitarian relief efforts. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131340/7263/76379 From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network http://www.irinnews.org
THE REAL SOLUTIONS TO AMERICA'S OIL ADDICTION --------------------------------------------- (21 apr 2006) Our planet is in a visible crisis, says Global Exchange, and we must take dramatic steps to end our addiction to oil. Global Exchange has the low down on the alternative fuels and technologies that are improving fuel efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131342/7263/76379 From: Global Exchange http://www.globalexchange.org
IMF, WORLD BANK TO TALK TRADE, AID AND ENERGY --------------------------------------------- (21 apr 2006) While the IMF and World Bank convene for their annual spring meeting this weekend in Washington DC, civil society activists will be highlighting the damaging effects their economic policies. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131338/7263/76379 From: World Bank http://www.worldbank.org
COKE SLAMMED AT SHAREHOLDERS MEETING FOR PRACTICES IN INDIA ----------------------------------------------------------- (20 apr 2006) As the level of anger and resentment against Coca Cola touches new heights throughout India, rights activists in the U.S. have increased pressure on the company to mend its ways of doing operations in rural areas. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131329/7263/76379 From: OneWorld US http://us.oneworld.net
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LAUGHING-STOCK -------------- (21 apr 2006) People in parts of the Nepalese capital have found a new form of peaceful protest: they are standing on their roofs, laughing loudly and making fun of the "King's wisdom". http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131372/7468/76379
NEPAL ON THE SPOT ----------------- (21 apr 2006) "Ordinary citizens (housewives, children, elderly, youth) have supported ongoing movement and protested king's regime by chanting anti-monarch slogans and striking household utensils from their respective houses in Anamnagar, Ghatekula, Baneshwor in Kathmandu." The news as it unfolded in Kathmandu yesterday.
http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131370/7468/76379
CALL FOR SUSPENSION OF RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS PROJECT -------------------------------------------------- (21 apr 2006) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development should not fund Shell's proposed construction of the world's largest hydrocarbon project in Russia's Far East without improved environmental mitigation measures, says a leading environmental group. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131368/7468/76379 From: World Wide Fund for Nature - Switzerland http://www.panda.org
DARFUR RELIEF EFFORTS 'NEAR COLLAPSE' -------------------------------------- (21 apr 2006) A disastrous combination of a worsening humanitarian situation, Government obstruction, rebel violence and weakened support of the international community has left relief operations in Sudan’s Darfur region on the verge of breakdown, placing millions of people at risk, the top UN humanitarian official told the Security Council yesterday. * Coming weeks crucial for international action * Refugee voices: abduction and displacement in Sudan
http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131365/7468/76379 From: United Nations http://www.un.org/
US URGED TO LEAN ON JAPAN OVER WHALING --------------------------------------- (21 apr 2006) A coalition of conservation organisations is calling on the US Administration to vigorously oppose Japanese efforts to gain international approval for whaling at the forthcoming meeting of the International Whaling Commission. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131343/7468/76379 From: Environment News Service (ENS) http://ens-news.com
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NEPALESE TURN OUT IN LARGE NUMBERS AGAINST MONARCHY --------------------------------------------------- (21 apr 2006) International Nepal Solidarity Network narrates, in detail, the demonstrations that rocked Nepalese capital Kathmandu on Thursday against the rule of king Gyanendra. Three protestors were killed in clashes with security forces. Follow the link for a detailed account. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131383/1893/76379
RAJASTHAN WOMEN TO RUN INFO KIOSKS WITH STATE HELP -------------------------------------------------- (21 apr 2006) Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister, Vasundhara Raje Scindia,announced the launch of a thousand rural knowledge centres (RKCs) in Rajastan, to be managed entirely by women and women’s groups. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131367/1893/76379 From: OneWorld South Asia http://southasia.oneworld.net
DISCRIMINATION IN THE NAME OF INCLUSION ---------------------------------------- (21 apr 2006) 25 per cent of the seats in Delhi private schools are reserved for poor students, to be provided free. But this provision is dodged in numerous ways; schools claim ignorance of the law, that they can't find poor students, that poor students have to be educated separately even if admitted, and so on. Deepa A reports. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131364/1893/76379
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UNHCR DENIES PLANS FOR DEPORTATION OF SERBS FROM KOSOVO ------------------------------------------------------- (21 apr 2006) In a press conference organized yesterday in Belgrade, representatives of Kosovo Serbs, Milan Ivanovic and Marko Jaksic declared that UNHCR and WHO are compiling a plan in Denmark for settling of more than 40.000 Kosovo Serbs in Central Serbia after the solution of Kosovo’s status. http://see.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131374/3260/76379
NO TO 60 EUR! CAMPAIGN ---------------------- (21 apr 2006) The Citizens’ Pact for SEE and the EXIT Festival call for action against the rise of Schengen Visa Fees from 35 to 60 EUR. They call on all people of good will in the European Union to assist the campaign againt the announce price hike by recording the sentence “No to 60 Euro!” in their own language and send it to not60euros@citizenspact.org.yu. http://see.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131373/3260/76379 From: Gradjanski pakt za Jugoistocnu Evropu http://citizenspact.org.yu
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COKE SLAMMED AT SHAREHOLDERS MEETING FOR PRACTICES IN INDIA ----------------------------------------------------------- (20 apr 2006) As the level of anger and resentment against Coca Cola touches new heights throughout India, rights activists in the U.S. have increased pressure on the company to mend its ways of doing operations in rural areas. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131329/4536/76379 From: OneWorld US http://us.oneworld.net
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MARCH FOR PEACE, JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN NYC --------------------------------------------- (21 apr 2006) On Saturday, April 29th a mass mobilization will be hitting the streets of New York to say YES to peace, justice, democracy, and environmental, civil and human rights! It's time to recommit to the values of respect for all people, all communities and the planet, say Codepink and others. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131335/2332/76379 From: CODEPINK: Women for Peace http://www.codepinkalert.org
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