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Jun 1 2009 - 11:02am
India's Electrifying Women
WASHINGTON, Jun 1 (OneWorld.net) - In India, teams of "barefoot solar
engineers" are bringing electricity to rural villages; the project --
part of a larger campaign to make Indian villagers self-sufficient --
trains women to build and maintain solar energy units.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/363793-indian-women-bring-light-villages
From: OneWorld US, OneWorld UK, OneWorld South Asia, Ms. Magazine,
openDemocracy, Share the World's Resources
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Jun 1 2009 - 10:01am
In Brief: World Opinion Shifts Against Cluster Bombs
WASHINGTON, Jun 1 (OneWorld.net) - "The prohibition on cluster
munitions is firmly taking hold as more countries join the new treaty
banning the weapon," which the United States has not signed, "and
hold-out states shift their policies in the right direction," says a
new report by a coalition of anti-landmine organizations.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/363797-in-brief-world-opinion-shifts-against-cluster-bombs
From: OneWorld US, Cluster Munition Coalition, Human Rights Watch
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Jun 1 2009 - 9:31am
In Brief: Grim Housing, Water Situation in Gaza
WASHINGTON, May 29 (OneWorld.net) - Four months after the Israeli
offensive in Gaza, international aid groups report that people
uprooted by the conflict continue to face harsh conditions, as
thousands of houses remain destroyed and water and sanitation
facilities are in desperate need of repair.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/363746-in-brief-humanitarian-crisis-deepens-west-bank
From: OneWorld US, CODEPINK: Women for Peace, IRIN, PINKtank, UN News
Center
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Jun 1 2009 - 9:28am
In Brief: Murder Amid Environmental Protests
WASHINGTON, May 29 (OneWorld.net) - The murder of a Brazilian
fisherman and trade unionist may be linked to his organization's work
opposing a major oil company's construction of a natural gas pipeline,
reports a humanitarian news agency.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/363692-in-brief-environmental-activist-murdered-brazil
From: OneWorld US, Inter Press Service, Americas Policy Program
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Jun 1 2009 - 9:27am
In Brief: Child Labor in Uzbekistan Cotton Fields
WASHINGTON, May 29 (OneWorld.net) - State-sponsored child labor in
the cotton fields of Uzbekistan remains widespread, despite a
government ban enacted last year in response to international
criticism.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/363578-in-brief-child-labor-uzbekistan-cotton-fields
From: OneWorld US, OneWorld UK, Environmental Justice Foundation,
EurasiaNet.org
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Jun 1 2009 - 9:04am
In Brief: Beam Me Up, Sunny!
WASHINGTON, Jun 1 (OneWorld.net) - Solar power technology --
reliable, affordable, and green -- has advanced by great lengths in
the past years and could now be the key to reducing fossil fuel
consumption and slowing climate change, says an environmental advocacy
group.
From: OneWorld US, OneWorld UK, OneClimate.net, Christian Aid,
Greenpeace International
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