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Aug 27 2008 - 9:49am
Stalemate in Bolivia
Despite his unprecedented success in Bolivia's recent recall
referendum, President Evo Morales faces an equally emboldened and
divisive opposition that is not shying away from violence and
confrontation, writes professor Jennifer N. Collins.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/357097-stalemate-bolivia
From: NACLA
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Aug 27 2008 - 9:23am
Setting Sustainable Standards
Environmentalists, industry leaders, and scientists have drafted
international regulations to ensure that the production of biofuels --
an incredibly controversial "green" energy source -- do not violate
labor standards, divert feedstocks from food to fuel, or release more
pollution than they would save from vehicles using regular gas.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/357105-setting-sustainable-standards-biofuels
From: Worldwatch Institute
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Aug 26 2008 - 7:47pm
Dispatch from Denver: Suppressing the Vote, Protecting the Vote
DENVER, Aug 26 (OneWorld) - There will be efforts to disenfranchise
frican Americans and other minorities in the upcoming presidential
lections, but advocacy groups are already on the ground helping ensure
hat every eligible American who wants to vote, gets to vote.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/357112-dispatch-denver-suppressing-vote-protecting-vote
From: OneWorld US
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Aug 26 2008 - 4:22pm
Accord Eases Some Tension in Fragile Somalia
ADDIS ABABA, Aug 26 (OneWorld) - Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf and
rime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein signed an agreement here today ending
month-long standoff between the two men that had threatened to nravel
the country's fragile transitional government.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/357107-accord-eases-some-tension-fragile-somalia
From: OneWorld US
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Aug 26 2008 - 1:55pm
Voter Registration Drives Barred from Vets Homes
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 26 (OneWorld) - As citizens across the United
States ear up for a historic and highly competitive set of national,
state, nd local elections this November, a federal government policy
is eeping voter registration groups away from thousands of elderly and
isabled military veterans.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/357099-voting-drives-barred-veterans-homes
From: OneWorld US
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