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05/09/2008 Namibian primary school students are reading books that they authored and local artists illustrated as part of an education campaign that also provides professional development for teachers.

05/08/2008 Innovative local initiatives are strengthening rural regions throughout Mexico, which have been losing both people and their competitive edge in agriculture since Mexico opened its markets to free trade.

05/08/2008 Climate change is happening faster than predicted and the world could be as much as seven degrees hotter by the end of the century, an Australian scientist says.
From: Sydney Morning Herald

05/07/2008 Global warming will take its biggest toll on insects in the tropics--home to more than half the world's species, scientists predict.
From: ScienceNow

05/07/2008 Zimbabweans are increasingly harnessing new technologies -- notably cell phones and the internet -- to challenge the ever more dictatorial nature of Mugabe's regime.

05/07/2008 Like Kiribati and Tuvalu, the islands of the Torres Strait are slowly being submerged. But unlike their Pacific neighbours, the plight of their inhabitants is being overlooked.
From: The Independent

05/06/2008 One of the founders of bambu, a fair trade business making houseware from organic bamboo and other renewable materials, talks about his company's sustainable journey and the green business movement.

05/06/2008 Scientists report that the rising temperature of Lake Baikal, located in frigid Siberia, shows that this region is responding strongly to global warming.
From: Terra Daily

05/06/2008 Policymakers should not succumb to pumping vast amounts of taxpayers money into the elusive promise of carbon capture and storage, concludes Greenpeace in a new report.

04/16/2008 DHAKA, Apr 16 (OneWorld) - Although illiterate Bangladeshi villagers don't know the climate change lingo, many have shown an awareness of the situation, using local knowledge to innovate and adapt to the natural changes.

02/01/2008 As January comes to a close, over 800 Kenyans have been killed and at least 255,000 displaced by the violence that erupted after President Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of allegedly faulty elections held in late December 2007. Here's what others are doing, and how you can help.

01/03/2008 In Kyrgyzstan and many other Central Asian countries, social norms bar women drug users from self-help programs, such as needle exchange, and facilitate their exploitation by other members of society.

12/19/2007 Grassroots International, a OneWorld partner that builds alliances and provides grants to progressive movements worldwide, is one of three finalists for the MySpace Impact Awards. The final vote takes place on Dec. 24.
From: MySpace.com

12/17/2007 At a recent rally calling for an end to the violence in Darfur, genocide survivors, religious leaders, Olympic medal winners, and others participated in a symbolic Olympic torch relay ending at the Chinese embassy in Washington, DC, highlighting China's role as the main economic and political supporter of the Khartoum regime.

12/14/2007 When Rasid Naim, a young Filipino man from a family of rice farmers, applied organic farming techniques to his land, he not only saved money from mixing his own pesticides and fertilizers, but also saw his crops grow more resilient to drought and flash floods.

12/13/2007 As the year 2007 comes to a close, OneWorld is once again looking to honor one person that has inspired and improved the lives of others over the past year.

12/12/2007 For the Tharu, a group of people native to southwestern Nepal, freedom from years of bonded labor initially meant being kicked out into a completely foreign society, forming small communities on marginal land, and falling deeper into poverty. Now, youth programs that promote education are empowering the Tharu's younger generations to repair the injustices and indignities of the preceding generations.

12/11/2007 A fair trade group has compiled a list of holiday gifts produced, without the use of health or environmentally hazardous chemicals, by workers receiving fair pay for their labor.

12/06/2007 A Ghanaian doctor is using solar energy rather than diesel generators to attain the clean water and communication access essential to maintaining medical clinics in this African nation.
From: New America Media

10/26/2007 WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (OneWorld) - Hip-Hop is not dead, at least not in Africa. That was the consensus after a recent screening here of the forthcoming documentary, "African Underground: Democracy in Dakar."

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.

09/05/2007 LOS ANGELES, Sep 4 (OneWorld) - Trained as a machine gunner, 32-year-old Jorge Reyes Jr. served 10 years in the U.S. Army and had considered a career in the armed services. But after a tour as a rear gunner on hum-vees in Iraq, he decided to leave the military when his term was up, and is now on his way to college.

08/29/2007 The catastrophic effects of declining oil supplies: journalist and author Richard Heinberg discusses the true consequences of 'peak oil'.

08/23/2007 Despite countless global impediments to women's political participation and representation, activists are working tirelessly to secure unbiased opportunities for election and equal rates of political representation for women and men alike.

08/14/2007 BADDAWI CAMP, Northern Lebanon, Aug 13 (IPS) - Palestinians displaced by the fighting at the northern Lebanese refugee camp Nahr al-Bared have accused the Lebanese Army of torturing and abusing civilians.

08/06/2007 WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (OneWorld) - In the history of warfare, nuclear weapons have been used twice, and though it has been 62 years since an atomic bomb has been employed in a conflict, the threat of a nuclear attack remains as present as ever, say arms control advocates.

08/03/2007 In the years following the ratification of the extremely controversial USA PATRIOT Act, other countries across the world, including the Philippines and El Salvador, have introduced equally contentious counter-terrorism statutes that have had serious implications on civil rights, say advocates.

07/24/2007 The compact fluorescent lightbulb (CFL) has become a symbol of the fight against climate change, but a growing section of experts and activists have dared to question the wisdom of a mass shift to CFLs without taking into account its dependence on mercury, which has a grave impact on health and the environment.

07/13/2007 OneWorld has brought together expert panelists to respond to your questions and comments. Check out the dialogue and add your own comments.

07/10/2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 10 (OneWorld) - The U.S. military has expelled the son of a leading peace activist for going AWOL after returning from a year tour in Iraq.