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01/31/2007
from Unplugged Living:
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“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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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.
Read moreFrom: Article 19 Related: [Sri Lanka] [Freedom of Expression] |
01/31/2007
Dr. Rashad Zidan and the women of Iraq have been voted People of 2006 by OneWorlders across the planet.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Iraq] [Gender] [Activism] Image: Dr Rashad Zidan © CODEPINK: Women for Peace
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01/31/2007
from Green Wombat blog:
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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
Related: [Australia] [Transport] [Renewable Energy] |
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.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Iraq] [United States] [Activism] [Civil Society] [Conflict Resolution] [Arms & Military] [Peace] Image: At Saturday's peace rally in Washington. © Jeffrey Allen
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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.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Iraq] Image: © CODEPINK: Women for Peace
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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.
Read moreFrom: Suomen IPS Related: [China] [Science] |
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.
Read moreFrom: Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskus Related: [India] [Development] [Economy] Image: Intialainen slummi © Katha
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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?
Read moreFrom: 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.
Read more+ MSF urges Novartis to drop its case From: Oxfam Great Britain Related: [India] Image: © Médecins sans frontières
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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.
Read moreFrom: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Related: [Iraq] [United States] |
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.
Read moreFrom: 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
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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.
Read moreFrom: 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.
Read moreFrom: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus Related: [Bangladesh] [Development] [Labor] [Economy] |
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.
Read moreFrom: WWF International Related: [Japan] Image: Tuna for sale at the Tokyo Fish Market, Japan © WWF-Indonesia / Lida Pet-Soede
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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.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [Nepal] Image: Nepal
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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.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Sri Lanka] [Children] [Human Rights] [Arms & Military] [Conflict] Image: Srilankalaisia lapsia © Peter Armstrong
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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.
Read moreFrom: 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.
Read moreFrom: American Friends Service Committee Related: [Iraq] [United States] |
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“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.
Under development in Australia: a solar-powered home hydrogen fueling station that can be installed in a corner of your garage.
