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January 2007

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01/31/2007 from Unplugged Living:
“These heaters are capable of heating water up to 80 degree Centigrade. It takes 30 minutes to boil rice using these heaters,” explains hospital Dean.
Image: Solar water heaters

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Related: [India] [Renewable Energy]
01/31/2007 The Sri Lankan government should allow newsprint and ink to be transported into Jaffna to enable the city’s publications to function, two freedom of expression groups have urged.
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From: Article 19
Related: [Sri Lanka] [Freedom of Expression]
Dr Rashad Zidan
01/31/2007 Dr. Rashad Zidan and the women of Iraq have been voted People of 2006 by OneWorlders across the planet.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [Iraq] [Gender] [Activism]
Image: Dr Rashad Zidan © CODEPINK: Women for Peace
01/31/2007 from Green Wombat blog:
Under development in Australia: a solar-powered home hydrogen fueling station that can be installed in a corner of your garage.
Image: Mock-up of home fuelling point

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Related: [Australia] [Transport] [Renewable Energy]
At Saturday's peace rally in Washington.
01/30/2007 WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (OneWorld) - Hundreds of citizens from across the United States descended on Capitol Hill Monday to follow up on the weekend's mass demonstration calling for the reduction and ultimate end of U.S. military involvement in Iraq.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [Iraq] [United States] [Activism] [Civil Society] [Conflict Resolution] [Arms & Military] [Peace]
Image: At Saturday's peace rally in Washington. © Jeffrey Allen
01/30/2007 Dr. Rashad Zidan, and the women of Iraq, have been working tirelessly to hold families together through the terrors of war. Nominated by the U.S.-based women's activist group CodePink, OneWorlders across the planet have voted them the People of 2006.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [Iraq]
01/30/2007 Kompassin ja kirjapainotaidon kaltaisilla suurilla keksinnöillä historiaan päässyt Kiina haluaa jälleen maailman tieteen ja tekniikan kärkeen. Maa on lisännyt roimasti tutkimustoiminnan rahoitusta ja saanut ulkomailla työskennelleitä tutkijoita palaamaan kotiin.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related: [China] [Science]
Intialainen slummi
01/29/2007 Valtaosa intialaisista on sitä mieltä, että maan talouspolitiikka on hyödyttänyt vain rikkaita, selviää tuoreesta kyselytutkimuksessa. Vahvasta talouskasvusta nauttiva Intia on uudistanut talouspolitiikkaansa rankalla kädellä 1990-luvun alusta lähtien, mutta vain kolme prosenttia väestöstä on tarkasti selvillä siitä, mitä oikeastaan on tehty.
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From: Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskus
Related: [India] [Development] [Economy]
Image: Intialainen slummi © Katha
01/28/2007 The political will exists to combat China’s pollution, but collusion between business and local governments remains a major obstacle. Jianqiang Liu asks: who is really harming the country’s interests?
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From: openDemocracy
Related: [China] [Environment]
01/27/2007 Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis must drop its controversial court case against India which begins in Chennai on 29 January, Oxfam urged. The case challenges India's patent law designed to promote cheaper generic medicines for poor patients.
+ MSF urges Novartis to drop its case
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From: Oxfam Great Britain
Related: [India]
01/26/2007 A U.S. court martial has refused to hear an officer's argument that the war in Iraq is illegal. Last weekend, more than 600 U.S. citizens joined a distinguished tribunal panel to hear the testimony the military court wouldn't.
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From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Related: [Iraq] [United States]
Etelä-Beirutin tuhoja vuonna 2006
01/26/2007 Libanonin ponnistelut maan toipumiseksi viimevuotisten taisteluiden tuhoista ovat jälleen tienhaarassa, kun avunantajat tänään kokoontuvat Pariisiin jälleenrakennuskonferenssiin. YK:n kehitysohjelma UNDP vetoaa kansainväliseen yhteisöön huomion ja taloudellisen avun jatkumiseksi Libanonille.
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From: UNDP Nordic Office
Related: [Lebanon] [Development] [Emergency Relief] [International Cooperation] [Conflict]
Image: Etelä-Beirutin tuhoja vuonna 2006 © Marie Claire Feghali / United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
01/26/2007 Vietnamilaisen An Thinhin ala-asteen oppilaat voivat nyt pestä kätensä koulun uusilla vesipisteillä. UNICEF tekee työtä yhdessä maan hallituksen kanssa, jotta maan syrjäisempienkin seutujen asukkalla olisi käytössään puhdasta, turvallista vettä. Katso pariminuuttinen video An Thinhin ala-asteelta.
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From: Suomen UNICEF-yhdistys
Related: [Viet Nam] [Development] [Children] [Education] [Water/Sanitation]
01/26/2007 Bangladeshissä aloittelevan teva-työläisen on tyydyttävä 7,5 senttiin tunnissa. Ompelukoneen käyttöön harjaantuneelle työntekijälle maksetaan kaksi kertaa enemmän, mutta sekin jää pahasti alle vähimmäistoimeentulon rajan. Näin raportoi Britanniasta lähtöisin oleva, maailmanlaajuisesti köyhyyttä vastaan toimiva järjestö War on Want.
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From: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus
Related: [Bangladesh] [Development] [Labor] [Economy]
Tuna for sale at the Tokyo Fish Market, Japan © WWF-Indonesia / Lida Pet-Soede
01/26/2007 Government members of the world’s five tuna regional management organisations have failed to agree an action plan to help reverse the decline in tuna stocks and stop the plundering of these valuable species, says a global conservation group.
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From: WWF International
Related: [Japan]
Image: Tuna for sale at the Tokyo Fish Market, Japan © WWF-Indonesia / Lida Pet-Soede
Nepal
01/25/2007 Five people have died and a curfew has been imposed in a district in Nepal's plains region after a clash between Maoists and activists for regional autonomy left a student dead.
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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related: [Nepal]
Image: Nepal
Srilankalaisia lapsia
01/25/2007 Ihmisoikeusjärjestö Human Rights Watch syyttä Sri Lankan hallitusta osallisuudesta, tai hiljaisesta hyväksymisen antamisesta, satojen lasten ryöstöön ja väkivalloin pakottamiseen mukaan taisteluihin itsenäisyyttä tavoittelevia tamilisissejä vastaan. Tilanteesta kerrotaan järjestön eilen julkaisemassa raportissa.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [Sri Lanka] [Children] [Human Rights] [Arms & Military] [Conflict]
Image: Srilankalaisia lapsia © Peter Armstrong
01/25/2007 Now that George W. Bush has told the American people what he thinks of the state of the union, Council for a Livable World wants to hear what you think--about the speech, the decision to escalate the war in Iraq, and what the United States should be doing there.
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From: Council for a Livable World
Related: [Iraq] [United States]
01/25/2007 Hundreds of national and local groups are mobilizing for a powerful march on Washington Saturday that will call for U.S. troops to leave Iraq now.
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From: American Friends Service Committee
Related: [Iraq] [United States]
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