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TODAY'S HEADLINES:

> IMF to Boost Voting Share of Developing Countries > Chad's Displaced Add to Sudanese Refugees' Woes > The Cycle of Education

> Sri Lanka problem 'far greater than mere escalation of violence' > 'Brink of starvation' in Burundi > Lime juice ruled out for HIV infection > Blair's response to HIV and AIDS demand > Filipino activist killed, others wounded

> First women trade body formed in Chittagong > WB report outlines gender inequalities in Pakistan > Nepal parties want constituent assembly

> Sexist Treatment of Women in Montenegrin Media > Higher Visa Fees – Move Towards Isolation of Western Balkans

> Child Care. Kids Are Worth It. - The Canadian Labour Congress to Focus on Child Care on May Day

> Rains, disease compound misery in northern Kenya

> A Nuclear Waste: UN Condemned for Promoting 'Peaceful' Nuclear Technology

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IMF TO BOOST VOTING SHARE OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -------------------------------------------------- (26 apr 2006) A new mandate to increase representation of developing countries in decision-making fora of the IMF is expected to improve the fund's legitimacy and relevance. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131650/7263/77365 From: Center for Global Development http://www.cgdev.org

CHAD'S DISPLACED ADD TO SUDANESE REFUGEES' WOES ----------------------------------------------- (26 apr 2006) Resources are being stretched to the limits as hunger and militia attacks drive Chadians to seek international assistance in the remote border areas of eastern Chad. Refugee camps established to aid Sudanese refugees are running low on supplies due to the influx of displaced Chadians. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131648/7263/77365 From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network http://www.irinnews.org

THE CYCLE OF EDUCATION ---------------------- (26 apr 2006) Literacy and vocational training programs in Nepal, Egypt, and elsewhere are giving women and men the skills they need to advocate for more educational opportuities in their villages and nationwide. It's Global Education Action Week--find out more! http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131649/7263/77365 From: Centre for Development and Population Activities http://www.cedpa.org

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SRI LANKA PROBLEM 'FAR GREATER THAN MERE ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE' ---------------------------------------------------------------- (26 apr 2006) Sri Lanka's problems are far worse than "a mere escalation of violence" and only civil society groups, not politicians, can halt "the plunge into an abysmal crisis in all areas of life", says an Asia-wide rights group. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131698/7468/77365 From: Asian Human Rights Commission http://www.ahrchk.net/

'BRINK OF STARVATION' IN BURUNDI -------------------------------- (26 apr 2006) Several years of poor rainfall, compounded by the lack of a national food security policy and chronic poverty, have brought two million people – nearly one in three of Burundi’s population - to the brink of starvation, says a development charity. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131697/7468/77365

LIME JUICE RULED OUT FOR HIV INFECTION -------------------------------------- (26 apr 2006) Women should not use lemon or lime juice to protect themselves from HIV infection, as it could be unsafe, researchers have concluded. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131694/7468/77365 From: SciDev.Net http://www.scidev.net

BLAIR'S RESPONSE TO HIV AND AIDS DEMAND --------------------------------------- (26 apr 2006) British Prime Minister Tony Blair has replied to campaigners' demands that world leaders spend at least 12 pence in every pound of money for HIV and AIDS on services for affected children and families and that he should attend a forthcoming UN Summit on the issue. Read his reply - and the activists' response. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131692/7468/77365 From: Save the Children UK http://www.savethechildren.org.uk

FILIPINO ACTIVIST KILLED, OTHERS WOUNDED ---------------------------------------- (26 apr 2006) Another Filipino activist has been killed and several others seriously wounded, in what a rights group describes as "yet further examples of the alarming level of incidents of extra-judicial executions across the country". http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131691/7468/77365 From: Asian Human Rights Commission http://www.ahrchk.net/

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FIRST WOMEN TRADE BODY FORMED IN CHITTAGONG ------------------------------------------- (26 apr 2006) Chittagong Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCWCCI), the first women trade body outside the capital has formally launched its activities in the port city on the 25th of April 2006. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131705/1893/77365

WB REPORT OUTLINES GENDER INEQUALITIES IN PAKISTAN -------------------------------------------------- (26 apr 2006) The Country Gender Assessment 2005, report of the World Bank, was released in the capital on April 25, 2006; although noticing improvement in the quality of life for women, it has identified gender inequalities in various sectors of Pakistan. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131704/1893/77365

NEPAL PARTIES WANT CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ---------------------------------------- (26 apr 2006) Following King Gyanendra's humiliating late-night climbdown , in which he agreed to reinstate Parliament, hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of life descended on the Nepalese capital to stake their claim to the political future of the country.

http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131689/1893/77365

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SEXIST TREATMENT OF WOMEN IN MONTENEGRIN MEDIA ---------------------------------------------- (26 apr 2006) The language used by the media in Montenegro make the women invisible in public life, in violation of the media legislation, concluded the gathering in Podgorica on the implementation of “Gender Correct Language in Montenegrin Media”. The round-table discussion, intended for editors-in-chief and editorial staff in the media in Montenegro, was organized by the “Zenska Akcija” (Women Action) NGO and the Montenegro Institute for the Media. http://see.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131708/3260/77365

HIGHER VISA FEES – MOVE TOWARDS ISOLATION OF WESTERN BALKANS ------------------------------------------------------------ (26 apr 2006) The European Movement in Serbia, in cooperation with other European Movements in the Western Balkans and the International European Movement, protested the announced rise in visa fees for the citizens of the Western Balkans, to be decided at the April 27 meeting of the European Council for Justice and Internal Affairs, in Luxemburg. http://see.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131687/3260/77365

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CHILD CARE. KIDS ARE WORTH IT. - THE CANADIAN LABOUR CONGRESS TO FOCUS ON CHILD CARE ON MAY DAY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (25 apr 2006) With two-thirds of mothers with children under the age of three working outside the home to support their families; with three quarters of mothers with children between three and five working outside the home and with more than half of all Canadian children in some form of child care, governments across the country, federal and provincial, have a duty to make sure our children enjoy high-quality and safe child care,” says Ken Georgetti, president of the Canadian Labour Congress. http://www.oneworld.ca/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131614/983/77365

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RAINS, DISEASE COMPOUND MISERY IN NORTHERN KENYA ------------------------------------------------ (26 apr 2006) Sitting on thin foam mattresses sprawled across a crude cement floor in drought-stricken northern Kenya, dozens of mothers nurse emaciated babies as flies hover around mosquito netting.The odours of medicine and sweat mixed with the stench of disease hang in the foetid air under the iron roof of this hospital annex. Set up to take in overflow from the packed paediatric ward, it too is filled with infants howling and batting futilely at feeding tubes in their nostrils.

These are the latest victims of a drought that has put more than 11-million people across East Africa at risk of starvation, 3,5-million of them in Kenya, where recent heavy rains have exacerbated already dire conditions. http://africa.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131658/610/77365 From: Daily Mail & Guardian http://www.mg.co.za

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A NUCLEAR WASTE: UN CONDEMNED FOR PROMOTING 'PEACEFUL' NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY ------------------------------------------------------------------------- (26 apr 2006) UNITED NATIONS, Apr 25 (OneWorld) - A major international environmental group is demanding the United Nations stop promoting nuclear technology in the world as a useful tool to tap energy resources. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131647/4536/77365 From: OneWorld US http://us.oneworld.net

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