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Aug 29 2008 - 10:19am
Seafaring Activists Break Gaza Blockade
Human rights activists from over a dozen countries sailed from Cyprus
to the Gaza Strip last weekend, breaking the Israeli blockade for the
first time in 41 years, reports an international alliance of
grassroots development groups.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/357169-activists-freely-enter-gaza-first-time-41-years
From: Grassroots International
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Aug 28 2008 - 6:50pm
Global Poverty Figures Revised Upward
NEW YORK, Aug 27 (OneWorld) - A new study released by the World Bank
his week has raised concerns among humanitarian workers worldwide as
ore people are now believed to be living in impoverished conditions
han previously thought.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/357172-global-poverty-figures-revised-upward
From: OneWorld US
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Aug 28 2008 - 6:01pm
Bangladesh: Massive Abuses During 'Emergency'
Under the ongoing 20-month-long state of emergency, Bangladeshis have
endured widespread arbitrary arrest and detention, torture,
extrajudicial killings, and other human rights abuses, says an Asian
human rights group.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/357162-bangladeshis-suffer-extended-state-emergency
From: Asian Legal Resource Center
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Aug 28 2008 - 5:47pm
Overcoming Illiteracy in Indonesia
When Bahrul Ulumiyah Suheb is not teaching elementary school, she
volunteers for a literacy program that is empowering the several
thousand people in her town -- 60 percent of them women -- that cannot
write, read, or count.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/357171-overcoming-illiteracy-indonesia
From: Centre for Development and Population Activities
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Aug 28 2008 - 5:39pm
Mexico Says No to Drug Violence
Mexico took a positive, albeit small, step toward stemming drug gang
violence -- which has claimed over 2,500 lives this year alone -- by
adopting a security package that includes measures to combat police
corruption, explains Latin America analyst Amy Coonradt.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/357155-mexico-says-no-drug-violence
From: Council on Hemispheric Affairs
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