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April 2008

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04/30/2008 The UK Competition Commission’s recommendation for a food chain ombudsman has been welcomed as a way of preventing big supermarkets from imposing unfair terms and conditions on producers in developing countries.
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From: ActionAid International USA
Related: [United Kingdom]
04/30/2008 Ensi viikolla se käynnistyy: Reilun kaupan kaupunki -kampanja. Jos kaikki menee hyvin, jokin suomalaiskaupunki saa heti kampanjan aloituspäivänä 9.5. Suomen ensimmäisen reilun kaupungin arvonimen.
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From: Reilun kaupan edistämisyhdistys
Related: [Finland] [Trade] [Cities]
04/30/2008 Raaseporin kaupunki on ottanut vastaan haasteen ryhtyä Suomen Unicef-kaupungiksi vuonna 2009. Myös itse Raaseporin kaupunki syntyy vasta vuodenvaihteessa, kun Tammisaari, Karjaa ja Pohja liitetään yhteen.
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From: Suomen UNICEF-yhdistys
Related: [Finland] [International Cooperation] [Children]
Pop star Lily Allen. Credit: neil365
04/30/2008 Pop star Lily Allen is backing a campaign to boost green energy in homes and businesses around Britain.
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From: Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Related: [United Kingdom] [Culture] [Renewable Energy] [Climate Change]
Image: Pop star Lily Allen. Credit: neil365
UN in the Congo
04/29/2008 The Frontline Club is running a Congo season of films and talks, 6-15 May.
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Related: [Democratic Republic of the Congo] [United Kingdom]
Image: UN in the Congo
04/29/2008 A new campaign has been launched targeting British company Vedanta over its plans to mine a sacred mountain in India.
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From: Survival International Italia
Related: [India] [United Kingdom]
04/28/2008 Hundreds of Chileans have announced their intention to leave the Catholic Church following the Vatican's involvement in a local constitutional ruling to ban free contraception.
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From: Feminist Majority Foundation
Related: [Holy See] [Chile]
Former Russian President Putin.
04/28/2008 "After eight years of Putin, the country has a rubber-stamp parliament dominated by a single party, whose only stated policy is loyalty to the Kremlin," writes Fred Weir in Moscow.
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From: In These Times
Related: [Russian Federation]
Image: Former Russian President Putin. © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
Offshore oil and gas exploration are likely to increase
04/28/2008 The significant shifts driven by climate change in the polar regions present new opportunities and pressures for development. These are challenges which demand holistic, integrated responses (PDF briefing).
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From: International Institute for Environment and Development
Related: [Russian Federation] [Norway] [Greenland] [Canada] [Antarctica] [Climate Change] [Fisheries] [Energy]
Image: Offshore oil and gas exploration are likely to increase © Global Witness
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04/28/2008 Ilmastovaikutustensa nollaamiseen tähtäävät valtiot, kaupungit ja yritykset löytävät toisensa kasvavassa Climate Neutral Network -verkostossa. Valtioista mukana ovat Costa Rica, Norja, Islanti ja Uusi-Seelanti.
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From: Suomen YK-liitto
Related: [Norway] [New Zealand] [Iceland] [Costa Rica] [Climate Change]
Image: - © Journeyman Pictures
Noka Alekseyevna Kapranova (Tovarisch, I Am Not Dead)
04/27/2008 Tovarisch, I Am Not Dead is a son’s documentary about his dad. But what a dad!
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Related: [Ukraine] [Russian Federation] [Media]
Image: Noka Alekseyevna Kapranova (Tovarisch, I Am Not Dead)
04/26/2008 A World Bank-backed carbon-reduction programme in which concessional loans would be offered to developing country governments was compared to a "protection racket" by Friends of the Earth director Tony Juniper at a meeting in London at the weekend.
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From: OneWorld UK
Related: [United Kingdom]
Turning up the HEAT, by WDM
04/26/2008 'Turning up the HEAT' is a series of interactive and virtual debates on climate change and corporate power starting May 8th. You can turn up in person to the events in London, Cardiff and Manchester or you can watch and participate online.

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From: World Development Movement
Related: [United Kingdom] [Information & Media] [Climate Change] [Corporations]
Image: Turning up the HEAT, by WDM
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04/25/2008 Kirkon Ulkomaanapu ja Suomen Lähetysseura rohkaisevat seurakuntia sitoutumaan Reilun kaupan edistämiseen ja hakemaan Reilun kaupan seurakunnan arvonimeä. Reilun kaupan seurakuntia on Suomen 500:stä seurakunnasta tällä hetkellä 47.
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From: Kirkon Ulkomaanapu
Related: [Finland] [Trade]
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04/25/2008 Presidentti Tarja Halonen kehotti YK-kokouksessa Ghanassa kehitysmaita lopettamaan EU:n ajamien EPA-vapaakauppasopimusten kritisoimisen.
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From: Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskus
Related: [Finland] [Trade]
04/25/2008 Kiista palkoista Nestlén ja sen Permissä Uralilla toimivan makeistehtaan työntekijöiden välillä on kärjistynyt. Ay-johtaja on esittänyt, että Nestlén on lähdettävä Venäjältä, ellei se paranna suhtautumistaan työntekijöihinsä.
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From: Trade Union News from Finland
Related: [Russian Federation] [Corporations] [Labor]
Image: © Geographical
Red Cross bednets in Niger
04/24/2008 The first World Malaria Day hears a call for action by UK civil society.
+ A long way to go
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Related: [United Kingdom] [Malaria]
Image: Red Cross bednets in Niger © International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
An Ethiopian farmer.
04/23/2008 Small farmers from around the world celebrated last week the International Day of Peasant's Struggle and honored the communities and organizations in over 25 countries that are challenging escalating food costs.
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From: Grassroots International
Related: [Argentina] [Cameroon] [Germany] [Indonesia]
Image: An Ethiopian farmer. © International Food Policy Research Institute
04/23/2008 The energy industry and government are investing in spin rather than renewable energy, said a leading development group ahead of a London meeting to discuss fuel poverty in light of rising gas and electricity bills.
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From: World Development Movement
Related: [United Kingdom] [Energy]
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04/23/2008 Afgaanit ovat Pietarin alueen suurin pakolaisryhmä. He ovat usein entisessä Neuvostoliitossa opiskelleita ja korkeasti koulutettuja, jotka hallitsevat hyvin venäjän kielen. Afgaaninaisten tapaamispaikkana toimii Punaisen ristin ylläpitämä Naisten klubi.
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From: Ulkoministeriö
Related: [Russian Federation] [Afghanistan] [Refugees]
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