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Jan 13 2009 - 1:21pm
The Mozambican Movement for Food Security
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (OneWorld.net) - Small farmers across Mozambique
are taking matters of food security and sovereignty into their own
hands by forming community organizations that help families increase
production, reduce hunger, improve health, and accrue surplus funds
for things like children's school books.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/359459-mozambican-farmers-groups-pave-way-out-poverty
From: OneWorld US, In Motion Magazine, ActionAid, IRIN News
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Jan 13 2009 - 12:59pm
Obama Urged to Halt Guantanamo Trial
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (OneWorld.net) - A coalition of human rights and
civil liberties groups has asked U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to
suspend the military commission trial -- scheduled to begin six days
after his inauguration -- of a Guantanamo detainee held for crimes
allegely committed as a child.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/359460-obama-urged-halt-guantanamo-trial
From: OneWorld US, American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty
International, Associated Press, Coalition to Stop the Use of Child
Soldiers, Human Rights First, Human Rights Watch, San Francisco
Chronicle
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Jan 12 2009 - 1:40pm
U.S. Faith Leaders Rally to Raise Minimum Wage
WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (OneWorld) - Nearly 400 faith leaders across the
United States have joined a campaign to raise the federal minimum wage
to $10 per hour by 2010 and more are signing on every day.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/359446-10-2010-faith-leaders-rally-raise-minimum-wage
From: OneWorld US, Economic Policy Institute, Let Justice Roll,
United States Department of Labor
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