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Oct 31 2008 - 11:54am
Zimbabwe 'Must End Violent Crackdown' on Activists

A police attack on 150 peaceful demonstrators in Harare this Monday
-- part of a wider crackdown on human rights activists -- shows
President Robert Mugabe's "continuing lack of good faith in trying to
end the political crisis," charges a human rights watchdog.

http://us.oneworld.net/article/358309-ngo-urges-zimbabwe-end-violent-crackdown

From: OneWorld US, OneWorld UK, Human Rights Watch, Zimbabwe Standard

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Oct 31 2008 - 10:54am
Diamond Boycott Campaign Successful

Opposition by an indigenous community in Botswana and an
international organization supporting tribal peoples has pushed a
premier diamond company to halt operations on the land of the Kalahari
Bushmen in Botswana.

http://us.oneworld.net/article/358298-victory-bushmen

From: OneWorld US, OneWorld UK, Survival International

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Oct 31 2008 - 10:09am
Peace Poetry

An annual poetry contest organized by nuclear disarmament advocates
encourages contestants to "explore and illuminate positive visions of
peace and the human spirit." Read this year's winning entries here.

http://us.oneworld.net/article/358304-peace-poetry

From: OneWorld US, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, International Rescue
Committee, United Nations News Center

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Oct 30 2008 - 5:16pm
Groups Urge Radical Reforms as IMF Offers New Loans

WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (IPS) - Two weeks before U.S. President George W.
Bush hosts an economic summit to address the six-week-old financial
crisis that has wreaked havoc on the world's capital and stock
markets, a coalition of nearly 600 non-governmental organisations
(NGOs) from 88 countries is calling for a "fundamental and
far-reaching transformation on the international financial and
economic system."

http://us.oneworld.net/article/358306-groups-urge-radical-reforms-imf-offers-new-loans

From: Institute for Policy Studies

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Oct 30 2008 - 12:46pm
Green Jobs Plans Could Solve 'Twin Crises'

NEW YORK, Oct 30 (OneWorld) - Worldwide efforts to overcome the
current economic crisis will require more spending on green industry,
which will also help slow and possibly reverse the impending climate
crisis, say two new studies released this week.

http://us.oneworld.net/article/358294-green-jobs-plans-could-solve-twin-crises

From: OneWorld US

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