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Aug 15 2008 - 1:00pm
Forest Defenders Target Snack Foods, Cosmetics
NEW YORK, Aug 15 (OneWorld) - Major players in the food and cosmetics
ndustries are coming under heavy pressure from environmental activists
o stop manufacturing and selling products that contain palm oil.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/081508-forest-defenders-target-snack-foods-cosmetics
From: OneWorld US
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Aug 14 2008 - 10:02pm
'R-Word' Campaign Targets Hollywood Blockbuster
The new Ben Stiller film "Tropic Thunder" is facing protests and a
boycott by people with disabilities or its repeated use of the word
"retard." The film's controversial remiere coincided this week with
the launch of a new campaign to get people to top the demeaning use of
the "R-word."
http://us.oneworld.net/article/081408-r-word-campaign-targets-hollywood-blockbuster
From: Special Olympics
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Aug 14 2008 - 6:32pm
No War, No Peace in Georgia
Despite a Tuesday ceasefire agreement, ongoing hostilities and other
evidence indicate that Russia may be determined to keep Georgia from
regaining control over the breakaway region of South Ossetia, reports
a Georgia-based journalist.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/081408-no-war-no-peace-georgia
From: Eurasianet.org
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Aug 14 2008 - 4:42pm
Pakistani Civilians Flee Fresh Fighting
UPPER DIR, Pakistan, Aug 14 (IPS) - "We have been staying in this
camp or two days. My daughter is still in Loi Sam, which we left due
to eavy shelling by the army," says Gul Pari, who fled the fighting in
olatile Bajaur Agency, a tribal area on Pakistan's northern border.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/pakistani-civilians-flee-fresh-fighting
From: Inter Press Service
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Aug 14 2008 - 2:36pm
The Greening of Islamic Politics
From the issuance of a religious edict against nuclear power to the
emergence of a new Islamic party with a "powerful environmental
message," politics in predominantly-Muslim Indonesia have grown
significantly greener over the last few years, write Saleem Ali and
Haris Hidayat.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/the-green-islamic-party
From: Policy Innovations
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