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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
> 38 Million to Get Vaccinations in Americas This Week > 'Go-Ahead' Given for Controversial South American Gas Pipeline
> UN slashes Sudan food relief as Darfur attacks escalate > Kayapó to fight massive Brazilian dam project > Animal and plant diseases a growing threat in Africa > Freedom Day - South Africa's legacy of conflict > Sweden to press for trawling action
> Delhi NGOs petition President over country-wide displacements > Bangladesh hosts South Asian countries' meet on pressing health isuues > Reduction in HIV positive cases in Andhra Pradesh
> Metamorphosis Signs Memorandum of Understanding with CC > Objection for Peace Caravan 2006
> Rural Women Protest Against Multinational's "Green Desert" > Whose democracy is the U.S. supporting in Nicaragua?
> Eithiopian and Kenyan Forces in Boarder skirmish
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38 MILLION TO GET VACCINATIONS IN AMERICAS THIS WEEK ---------------------------------------------------- (28 apr 2006) Thirty-five countries from Canada to the tip of South America have chosen key diseases to focus on during this week's hemisphere-wide vaccination program. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131811/7263/77643 From: Pan American Health Organization http://www.paho.org
'GO-AHEAD' GIVEN FOR CONTROVERSIAL SOUTH AMERICAN GAS PIPELINE -------------------------------------------------------------- (28 apr 2006) Despite South America's numerous geopolitical conflicts, the presidents of Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela have decided to move forward with a gas pipeline that they hope will eventually include the rest of the continent. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131812/7263/77643 From: Inter Press Service (IPS) http://www.ipsnews.net
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UN SLASHES SUDAN FOOD RELIEF AS DARFUR ATTACKS ESCALATE ------------------------------------------------------- (28 apr 2006) Even as a spate of attacks in South Darfur state "seems to constitute a new military offensive by the Sudanese government", the UN World Food Programme said today that it is making drastic cuts in food rations because of shortage of funds. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131862/7468/77643 From: ReliefWeb UN OCHA http://www.reliefweb.int
KAYAPó TO FIGHT MASSIVE BRAZILIAN DAM PROJECT ----------------------------------------------- (28 apr 2006) Mebegokre Kayapó Indians have vowed to oppose the building of five dams along the Xingu River in Amazonia, which they fear will have a devastating impact on the environment and flood large parts of their land. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131861/7468/77643 From: Survival International http://www.survival-international.org/
ANIMAL AND PLANT DISEASES A GROWING THREAT IN AFRICA ---------------------------------------------------- (28 apr 2006) Animal diseases will pose a growing threat in Africa unless the continent's health and veterinary services are significantly improved, according to a UK government programme. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131859/7468/77643 From: SciDev.Net http://www.scidev.net
FREEDOM DAY - SOUTH AFRICA'S LEGACY OF CONFLICT ----------------------------------------------- (28 apr 2006) Twelve years ago on 27 April, millions of South Africans took part in the first non-racial democratic election following the end of minority white rule. Piers Pigou reflects on the unfinished business of the country's truth and reconciliation process. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131857/7468/77643 From: Fahamu - Networks for Social Justice http://www.fahamu.org
SWEDEN TO PRESS FOR TRAWLING ACTION ----------------------------------- (28 apr 2006) Sweden is to push for European Union support for a UN moratorium on high seas bottom trawling, Environment Minister Lena Sommestad announced. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131856/7468/77643 From: Deep Sea Conservation Coalition http://savethehighseas.org
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DELHI NGOS PETITION PRESIDENT OVER COUNTRY-WIDE DISPLACEMENTS ------------------------------------------------------------- (28 apr 2006) Nearly 2,000 people marched on Friday in the heart of Delhi to protest against government policies causing displacement of people all over India. They later submitted a memorandum to President APJ Abdul Kalam seeking stoppage of construction work on the Narmada dam till people are rehabilitated and making a national law that prevents displacement of people without rehabilitation. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131867/1893/77643 From: OneWorld South Asia http://southasia.oneworld.net
BANGLADESH HOSTS SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES' MEET ON PRESSING HEALTH ISUUES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (28 apr 2006) Health ministers and senior health officials from seven South Asian nations met in the Bangladeshi capital to discuss regional health issues, with focus on AIDS and bird flu. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131826/1893/77643
REDUCTION IN HIV POSITIVE CASES IN ANDHRA PRADESH ------------------------------------------------- (28 apr 2006) Efforts of the east Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh AIDS control machinery and NGOs have proved fruitful as HIV positive cases are coming down in comparison to the last two years. The prevalence rate was 4 per cent in 2004 and 2005 and the latest figures are showing the percentage as 2.75 per cent. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131824/1893/77643
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METAMORPHOSIS SIGNS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH CC ------------------------------------------------------- (28 apr 2006) The Metamorphosis Foundation for Sustainable ICT Solutions signed, on April 26, 2006, a Memorandum of Understanding with Creative Commons Corporation, for legal porting of CC licenses in Macedonia. http://see.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131860/3260/77643
OBJECTION FOR PEACE CARAVAN 2006 -------------------------------- (28 apr 2006) The peace activist Caravan entitled Objection for Peace, organized by the Regional Network of initiatives for Conscientious Objection (CO) in Southeast Europe is starting its journey through the cities of the region on Tuesday, May the 2nd and will travel until the 15th of May 2006. The Caravan will begin in Skopje and then continue to bring more culture of peace in towns of Prishtina, Belgrade, Novi Sad, Osijek, Banja Luka, Sarajevo, Mostar, Šibenik, and finally Zagreb. http://see.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131844/3260/77643
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RURAL WOMEN PROTEST AGAINST MULTINATIONAL'S "GREEN DESERT" ---------------------------------------------------------- (27 apr 2006) Last month, on International Women's Day (March 8), nearly 2,000 rural women workers marched to the Aracruz Celulose greenhouse in the state of Rio Grande do Sul and destroyed thousands of eucalyptus seedlings and the accompanying research (...) Why did the women destroy the Aracruz seedlings? The women issued the following press release explaining their actions. http://amlat.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131806/1730/77643 From: Brazil Justice Net http://www.braziljusticenet.org
WHOSE DEMOCRACY IS THE U.S. SUPPORTING IN NICARAGUA? ---------------------------------------------------- (27 apr 2006) In Nicaragua, the US government continues to flex its muscles to achieve an electoral defeat of Daniel Ortega in the November presidential elections. Ortega, president during the Sandinista revolution in the 1980s, is running for president for the fourth time since his first defeat in 1990. http://amlat.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131805/1730/77643 From: ZNet
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EITHIOPIAN AND KENYAN FORCES IN BOARDER SKIRMISH ------------------------------------------------- (28 apr 2006) A soldier was injured during heavy fighting between Kenyan and Ethiopian forces in Moyale District, northern Kenya, after about 60 Ethiopian soldiers crossed the border in pursuit of suspected Oromo Liberation Front rebels. Drought has made historic border tensions even worse, with constant cross-border raids and stock theft. http://africa.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131816/610/77643 From: AllAfrica Global Media http://allafrica.com
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