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05/10/2008 NEW YORK, May 9 (OneWorld) - A human rights watchdog has launched a unique nationwide campaign to pressure the Bush administration to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay.

04/09/2008 Nepal has sealed its border with India ahead of polling for security reasons. At least 20 people are reported to have died in election-related violence, including yesterday’s killing of a candidate from a prominent party. Final preparations are on with poll officials reaching 21,000 polling stations dotting the country.

04/08/2008 Cadres of Maoists and other political parties in Nepal continued to clash with each other until the last day of campaigning. Over 200 poll-related incidents of violence in the last one month have been recorded. It is now to be seen how peacefully the elections take place on April 10.

04/07/2008 Campaign is in full swing for the historic April 10 Constituent Assembly polls in Nepal. In its final assessment report, the UN has urged political groups to refrain from violent and intimidating tactics. The report also says that there have been attempts to buy votes using state resources.

04/03/2008 DENVER/RAYBURN 2123 IN SECOND LIFE, Apr 2 (OneWorld) - U.S. lawmakers held the first-ever hearing simulcast in a 3D virtual world Tuesday, probing experts about the opportunities and dangers posed by new online communities.

03/24/2008 NEW YORK, Mar 24 (OneWorld) - A corporate watchdog group has started a nationwide voting campaign to name and shame companies that run afoul of economic and environmental laws.

03/18/2008 SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND, Mar 18 (OneWorld) - Dozens of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans publicly testified this weekend about crimes they committed during the course of battle -- many of which were prompted by the orders or policies laid down by superior officers.

02/26/2008 La Federazione Internazionale Terre des Hommes (TDHIF) ha presentato oggi a Bruxelles uno studio sulla responsabilità etica dei Paesi riceventi le adozioni internazionali che confronta le leggi e le procedure di sei Paesi europei: Italia, Francia, Germania, Norvegia, Spagna e Svizzera. In Italia si è passati dai 346 minori stranieri adottati del 2000 ai 2.840 del 2005, l'incremento più elevato tra i 6 Paesi esaminati nello studio. Terre des Hommes chiede alla Commissione Europea di salvaguardare i diritti del bambino adottato e dei genitori adottivi incoraggiando tutti gli stati membri dell'UE a partecipare a un "Codice di buone pratiche".

02/21/2008 NEW YORK, Feb 21 (OneWorld) - Graphic images of animal cruelty and this week's record recall of U.S. beef have spurred fresh demands to expand a ban on killing sick animals for food consumption.

02/20/2008 NEW YORK, Feb 19 (IPS) - As the United States moves towards holding death-sentence trials for six Guantanamo Bay detainees alleged to have plotted the Sep. 11 attacks, legal scholars and human rights advocates are questioning not only the six-year-long process and timing of the charges, but also whether the accused could ever receive fair trials.

02/08/2008 NEW YORK, Feb 8 (OneWorld) - A much-delayed U.S. government report has been obtained by journalists, raising allegations that officials may be suppressing politically inconvenient data that, if released, could help protect the health of millions living in the Great Lakes region of the country.

01/22/2008 The movement to end female genital cutting continues to spread across many parts of Africa. Molly Melching and the women of Senegal are leading the way with innovative, culturally sensitive programs to educate and relieve suffering.

In a telling OneWorld dialogue, Molly Melching discusses Tostan's uniquely successful approach to development and how it relates to traditions, values, human rights, and human nature.

10/29/2007 NEW YORK, Oct 29 (OneWorld) - Donald Rumsfeld, the former U.S. secretary of defense, is facing criminal charges in France for ordering the torture of prisoners in Iraq and at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay.

10/22/2007 The National Family Health Survey III says 25% of Indian women work without pay and 40% of them face domestic violence. The survey also shows how patriarchy colonises women’s minds to make both men and women think wife-beating is okay.

10/20/2007 "Nonostante il Comune di Roma abbia approvato ormai da tre anni il regolamento sugli sponsor etici, anche quest’anno il 'Festival internazionale del cinema di Roma' è finanziato da sponsor non etici" - denuncia la Campagna Sponsor Etici. "Il regolamento esclude le imprese che producono e le banche che finanziano l’import-export di armi, ma troviamo di nuovo sia Finmeccanica che la BNL, che secondo documenti ufficiali della Presidenza del Consiglio sono rispettivamente al primo posto per l’export di armi e al quarto posto del finanziamento all’export di armi". La Campagna Sponsor Etici lancia il controfestival ‘Cine Ma Etico’ sullo scandalo degli esperimenti su cavie umane condotti in Africa da una multinazionale del farmaco.

10/18/2007 Dozens of residents of the United States capital came together as a community Tuesday night to call for a fairer global community that considers people far away "as extended family members." OneWorld's Ida Wahlstrom reports from the rally.

10/05/2007 WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (IPS) - A sudden halt to executions in Texas, the United States' most active death penalty state, may signal that there is now an unofficial national moratorium in place across the nation, pending a ruling by the Supreme Court on whether a specific lethal injection cocktail is legal.

09/17/2007 Il Tribunale di primo grado della Corte di giustizia europea ha respinto l'appello presentato dalla Microsoft contro la multa di 497 milioni di euro inflittale nel marzo 2004 dalla Commissione Ue per violazione delle norme antitrust. La contestazione riguardava in particolare la vendita di Windows insieme con Media Player, mossa ritenuta in grado di danneggiare gli altri produttori di software. La Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) e il Samba Team accolgono la decisione del Tribunale come "una pietra miliare per la concorrenza". "Speriamo di poter finalmente competere su un campo regolare senza che ci siano precluse le informazioni necessarie all'interoperabilità" - afferma il comunicato delle due associazioni. Il Tribunale ha invece annullato parzialmente la decisione, in merito alla nomina di un esperto indipendente incaricato di sorvegliare il rispetto della decisione.

09/08/2007 NEW YORK, Sep 8 (OneWorld) - Less than one month after a devastating mining incident rocked the United States, a coalition of some of the world's leading environmental and humanitarian aid groups is calling for tighter environmental and safety rules for the global mining projects financed by the World Bank.

08/29/2007 NEW YORK, Aug 29 (OneWorld) - The White House is coming under increasing pressure from a number of Congressional leaders and rights watchdog groups to replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzales with someone who can restore faith in the U.S. justice system.