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    WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (OneWorld.net) - Climate analysts are calling on the Obama administration to use an international finance meeting this week to press for a swift end to subsidies for coal, oil, and natural gas companies around the world.

  • JAKARTA, Nov 4 (IRIN) - Thousands of survivors of an earthquake that devastated Indonesia's West Sumatra Province are still grappling with a lack of clean water and adequate sanitation more than a month after the disaster, relief workers say.

  • Dengue fever awareness © Pan American Health OrganizationDengue fever awareness © Pan American Health Organization

    CANCUN, Nov 3 (IPS) - With HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis occupying the global health spotlight, few resources are devoted to the "neglected tropical diseases" like dengue fever, hookworm infection and schistosomiasis that afflict some 1 billion people.

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    NAIROBI, Oct 29 (IRIN) - Flash floods caused by four days of torrential rains have displaced more than 15,000 people in the southwestern town of El-Waq near the Kenyan border and submerged most homes and businesses, say locals.

  • © Poppyseed Bandits (flickr)© Poppyseed Bandits (flickr)

    SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 27 (New America Media) - Is immigration reform back?

  • © subcomandanta (flickr)© subcomandanta (flickr)

    NAIROBI, Oct 22 (IRIN) - With droughts becoming more common, donors and the Ethiopian government must look beyond the traditional "band aid" responses to disasters by using approaches that are more cost-effective, sustainable and better suited to the population, international aid agency Oxfam says in a new report.

  • Displaced Sri Lankan girl © trokilinochchi (flickr)Displaced Sri Lankan girl © trokilinochchi (flickr)

    WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (IPS) - The U.S. State Department released a report Thursday detailing possible violations of the laws of war in Sri Lanka during the first half of 2009, adding to pressure for an independent, international investigation into alleged atrocities committed by government forces and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) separatists.

  • © TKnoxB (Flickr)© TKnoxB (Flickr)

    WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (OneWorld.net) - Activists asked cell phone users to stop texting for one hour today -- not to save energy or focus on the road, but to call attention to one of the deadliest and most underreported conflicts in the world.

  • A 2007 'Stand Up' Rally © Millennium CampaignA 2007 'Stand Up' Rally © Millennium Campaign

    Special Report
    WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (OneWorld.net) - Well over 100 million people around the world are expected to "stand up" this weekend to call governments to action on poverty, hunger, and gender inequalities -- a set of global issues that most Americans say they would like their government to fund much more than it has.

  • © Staff Sgt. Liesl Marelli / The National Guard (flickr)© Staff Sgt. Liesl Marelli / The National Guard (flickr)

    SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 15 (New America Media) - More than 30,000 single mothers have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. The Army, the most heavily deployed branch of the military, gives women just four months to stay stateside with their newborns before deploying to the war zone, leaving them little time to bond with or nurse their infants.

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