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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
> My Experience: Peace Begins With Hope
> World Bank accused of deception over malaria funding > Future of Nepal's monarchy questioned > Honours for 'the most important people you've not heard of before' > Over 200 child fighters demobilised in Sudan > Sri Lanka pressed to respond to anti-Tamil violence - then suicide bomber strikes
> UN demining agency rings out alarm bell over funds > Computer education in 10,000 schools more > World Bank urged to fund clean energy in South
> Take Care of Our Planet - the Earth
> Discrimination Against 'Non-Indigenes' Threatens Civil Peace
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MY EXPERIENCE: PEACE BEGINS WITH HOPE ------------------------------------- (24 apr 2006) There are times when a handful of dedicated men and women can work together to stop campaigns of terrorism and to remedy the intractable poverty that leads to massive violence.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/130667/7263/77188 From: Asia America Initiative http://www.asiaamerica.org
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WORLD BANK ACCUSED OF DECEPTION OVER MALARIA FUNDING ---------------------------------------------------- (25 apr 2006) AFRICAN MALARIA DAY, 25 APRIL: The World Bank, a leader in the global effort to control malaria, has been accused of deception and medical malpractice by a group of public health doctors for failing to carry out its funding promises and wrongly claiming its programmes have been successful at cutting the death toll from the disease. + Failure to fund combination drug treatment shows an emphasis on saving money rather than saving lives
http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131574/7468/77188 From: Guardian Unlimited http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk
FUTURE OF NEPAL'S MONARCHY QUESTIONED ------------------------------------- (25 apr 2006) The Nepali people's victory in forcing the king to reinstate parliament may lead to the end of the monarchy, says a statement by a leading Asian rights group. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131569/7468/77188 From: Asian Human Rights Commission http://www.ahrchk.net/
HONOURS FOR 'THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE YOU'VE NOT HEARD OF BEFORE' ------------------------------------------------------------------ (25 apr 2006) A Vietnam veteran battling to ensure safe disposal of US chemical weapon stockpiles, a Liberian who explosed the illegal logging that funded his country's civil war and a Brazilian behind the creation of the world's largest area of protected rainforest are among the six winners of this year's Goldman Environmental Prize. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131555/7468/77188 From: Environment News Service (ENS) http://ens-news.com
OVER 200 CHILD FIGHTERS DEMOBILISED IN SUDAN -------------------------------------------- (25 apr 2006) The demobilisation of about 250 children in Sudan's Upper Nile State is the biggest of its kind since the January 2005 peace agreement that commits both government and rebels to child demobilisation throughout the country. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131552/7468/77188 From: United Nations Children's Fund http://www.unicef.org
SRI LANKA PRESSED TO RESPOND TO ANTI-TAMIL VIOLENCE - THEN SUICIDE BOMBER STRIKES --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (25 apr 2006) Hours before a suicide bomber blew herself up inside Sri Lanka's army headquarters today, seriously wounding the country's army commander, the government was accused by an international rights group of failing to respond adequately to recent attacks by armed groups on ethnic Tamils and their homes and businesses. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131551/7468/77188 From: Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/
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UN DEMINING AGENCY RINGS OUT ALARM BELL OVER FUNDS -------------------------------------------------- (25 apr 2006) After benefiting from a surge in funding following the fall of the Taliban at the end of 2001 and consequently clearing over half the minefields in Afghanistan, the United Nations Mine Action Programme for the country (MAPA) is currently projecting a funding shortfall in 2006. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131590/1893/77188
COMPUTER EDUCATION IN 10,000 SCHOOLS MORE ----------------------------------------- (25 apr 2006) Encouraged by the rapid strides in the Information Technology sector, the Andhra Pradesh State Government is chalking out plans to introduce computer education in 10,000 zilla parishad and Government high schools. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131588/1893/77188
WORLD BANK URGED TO FUND CLEAN ENERGY IN SOUTH ---------------------------------------------- (25 apr 2006) A World Bank report published on Sunday 23 April suggests a shift in policy towards more funding to help developing countries generate power more cleanly and efficiently. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131578/1893/77188
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TAKE CARE OF OUR PLANET - THE EARTH ----------------------------------- (24 apr 2006) Last Friday, April 21, Tirana celebrated the "EARTH day", with numerous activities taking place in the park in front of the National Bank in Tirana. To take care of our planet - the EARTH is a joint initiative of Tirana Municipality and EDEN center. http://see.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131514/3260/77188
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DISCRIMINATION AGAINST 'NON-INDIGENES' THREATENS CIVIL PEACE ------------------------------------------------------------ (25 apr 2006) The Nigerian government must take the lead in ending discrimination against millions of "non-indigenes" -- citizens who cannot show that their family roots are native to the community in which they live -- in part to better secure the country's increasingly fragile unity, according to a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) released here (Washington)Tuesday. http://africa.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131531/610/77188 From: Inter Press Service (IPS) http://www.ipsnews.net
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