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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
> Cheering Residents Welcome Home Sudanese Refugees > America's Role in the World? Answer in a Flash > U.S. House Committee Cuts Missile Defense > Top Ten Failed States Includes Iraq, Afghanistan > Hundreds of U.S. Cities Get Proactive on Global Warming
> Nepal Maoists ready for peace talks > Doubts over Webcasting Treaty > Concern over candidates for new Human Rights Council > Nepal’s people phenomenon > Support for midwives would save 5 million lives, say agencies
> Every second child in India is malnourished: Unicef > Knowledge network of women in politics > Sri lanka opposition party urges govt to restore peace
> Lack of Cooperation with ICTY is a Slap in the Face for the Citizens > Osjecki Zeleni Protest Administrative Silence Applied by the District and the City of Osijek
> Watchdog Says U.S. Creating 'Climate of Torture'; UN Hearings Begin Friday
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CHEERING RESIDENTS WELCOME HOME SUDANESE REFUGEES -------------------------------------------------- (5 may 2006) Twenty-nine families were greeted by cheers, dance, and song Wednesday as they returned from Uganda to their home villages in south Sudan. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132256/7263/78851 From: United Nations http://www.un.org/
AMERICA'S ROLE IN THE WORLD? ANSWER IN A FLASH ---------------------------------------------- (5 may 2006) Find out what young people think about America's role in the world. This year's Flash videos are edgy, creative, and insightful. Vote for your favorites today! http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132253/7263/78851 From: Citizens for Global Solutions http://www.globalsolutions.org
U.S. HOUSE COMMITTEE CUTS MISSILE DEFENSE ----------------------------------------- (5 may 2006) A bipartisan Congressional committee downsized the Bush administration's request for national missile defense and space weapons research this week. Analysts were critical of Bush's funding requests, citing more practical and immediate military needs and the dangerous implications of weaponizing space. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132255/7263/78851 From: Council for a Livable World http://www.clw.org
TOP TEN FAILED STATES INCLUDES IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN ------------------------------------------------ (5 may 2006) Iraq and Afghanistan rank among the world's weakest states, according to an annual index based on a dozen social, economic, and political indicators. Venezuela made the greatest progress towards stability in the past year. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132254/7263/78851 From: Inter Press Service (IPS) http://www.ipsnews.net
HUNDREDS OF U.S. CITIES GET PROACTIVE ON GLOBAL WARMING ------------------------------------------------------- (5 may 2006) Citing a "vacuum of leadership" from the federal government on climate change issues, some 227 U.S. city mayors have taken measures into their own hands. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132165/7263/78851 From: Earth Policy Institute http://www.earth-policy.org
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NEPAL MAOISTS READY FOR PEACE TALKS ----------------------------------- (5 may 2006) Maoist insurgents who have been waging an armed rebellion in Nepal for 10 years announced Thursday that they were ready for peace talks with the newly-formed democratic government. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132291/7468/78851 From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network http://www.irinnews.org
DOUBTS OVER WEBCASTING TREATY ----------------------------- (5 may 2006) Use of copyright laws is restricting access to knowledge, Consumers International told a meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organisation this week, and also raised concerns about the proposed WIPO Treaty on Webcasting. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132288/7468/78851 From: Consumers International http://www.consumersinternational.org/
CONCERN OVER CANDIDATES FOR NEW HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ---------------------------------------------------- (5 may 2006) Concern about the candidate countries for the new UN Human Rights Council - which include Cuba, China, Iran, Russia, Tunisia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia - has been voiced by an international media watchdog, joining other groups, such as the Asian Human Rights Commission, that have already expressed anxiety. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132284/7468/78851
NEPAL’S PEOPLE PHENOMENON ------------------------- (5 may 2006) Nepal needs to go back to being a country where the people smile, where villagers on the trail look at you in the eye and brightly inquire into your personal history, rather than fearfully looking away. Already, during the People’s Movement, the twinkle had returned to the Nepali eye, says Kanak Mani Dixit. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132281/7468/78851
SUPPORT FOR MIDWIVES WOULD SAVE 5 MILLION LIVES, SAY AGENCIES ------------------------------------------------------------- (5 may 2006) Urgent support to midwives would save the lives of 5 million women and prevent 80 million illnesses from pregnancy or childbirth by 2015, say the International Confederation of Midwives and UN Population Fund, in a statement marking International Day of the Midwife, 5 May. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132279/7468/78851
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EVERY SECOND CHILD IN INDIA IS MALNOURISHED: UNICEF --------------------------------------------------- (5 may 2006) The darker side of Incredible India is that a whopping 57 million children in India are undernourished, making its rate of malnutrition the same as that of Ethiopia (47 per cent). http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132296/1893/78851
KNOWLEDGE NETWORK OF WOMEN IN POLITICS -------------------------------------- (5 may 2006) The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the National Democratic Institute (NDI), and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) have announced a new partnership to create an International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics called "iKNOW Politics." http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132267/1893/78851
SRI LANKA OPPOSITION PARTY URGES GOVT TO RESTORE PEACE -------------------------------------------------------- (5 may 2006) The main opposition UNP told the press that the country’s stability in law and order were fast deteriorating and urged President Mahinda Rajapaksa to arrest the dangerous trend http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132266/1893/78851
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LACK OF COOPERATION WITH ICTY IS A SLAP IN THE FACE FOR THE CITIZENS -------------------------------------------------------------------- (5 may 2006) The European Movement in Serbia condemned the lack of adequate cooperation of the Government of Serbia with the International Tribunal in the Hague, which resulted in a suspension of negotiations on the Stabilization and Association Agreement and the proces of EU integration. http://see.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132283/3260/78851
OSJECKI ZELENI PROTEST ADMINISTRATIVE SILENCE APPLIED BY THE DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF OSIJEK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (5 may 2006) Osjecki Zeleni environmental association sent an open letter to the Administration of the Osijek-Baranja District and the City of Osijek, and accused them of refusal to implement the Law on Access to Information and that apply the principle of “adminstrative silence” to violate the basic right of the citizens to participate in decision-making on issues related to environmental policies and activities for improved quality of living on local, regional and national level. http://see.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132280/3260/78851 From: Osjecki zeleni www.zeleni.hr
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WATCHDOG SAYS U.S. CREATING 'CLIMATE OF TORTURE'; UN HEARINGS BEGIN FRIDAY -------------------------------------------------------------------------- (4 may 2006) UNITED NATIONS, May 4 (OneWorld) - The Bush administration's efforts to plead innocence to charges of using torture before a key United Nations committee have been complicated by a new report from an influential human rights group suggesting otherwise. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132257/4536/78851 From: OneWorld US http://us.oneworld.net
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