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AIDS Activists Sound the Alarm on Obama's Budget | OneWorld.net (U.S.)
Over two dozen AIDS activists were arrested just outside the U.S. Capitol building yesterday while protesting President Barack Obama's failure to honor his campaign promises ...Posted by Rachel Lim -
G8 Risks Derailing Global Progress on Poverty | OneWorld.net (U.S.)
Unless immediate action is taken, climate change could reverse 50 years of progress in the fight against global poverty, warns a humanitarian group calling on G8 leaders to ...Posted by Rachel Lim -
North Korea Food Aid Slashed | OneWorld.net (U.S.)
Due to a lack of funds, the United Nations is cutting back an emergency food aid program in North Korea, where an estimated 9 million people may go hungry due to cereal ...Posted by Rachel Lim -
Media Call for Immigration Reform | OneWorld.net (U.S.)
One week after U.S. President Barack Obama re-opened the national conversation on immigration, much of the country's ethnic media have banded together to press Congress to ...Posted by Rachel Lim -
Activists Shout It from the Mountaintop | OneWorld.net (U.S.)
A renowned climate scientist, an actress, a former lawmaker, and local residents in West Virginia were arrested last week while protesting the coal mining method of ...Posted by Rachel Lim -
Obama to Approve Indefinite Detentions | OneWorld.net (U.S.)
"As President Barack Obama struggles with the political backlash from a Congress determined to keep Guantanamo terrorism suspects out of the U.S., his administration is ...Posted by Rachel Lim -
Aid Group Forced to Halt Care in Swat, Pakistan
WASHINGTON, May 12 (OneWorld.net) - The only humanitarian organization providing ambulance services in Swat has been forced to suspend emergency services in the region and ...Posted by Jeffrey Allen -
Carbon Trading Blasted by Indigenous Groups
() The United Nations is facing scathing criticism from the world's indigenous communities for its attempts to promote carbon trading as a tool to address climate change ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
In Congo, Staggering Death Toll and a Move Toward Peace
() More than 1,000 people continue to die every day in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a result of armed conflict fueled predominantly by the world's thirst for gold and ...Posted by Jeffrey Allen -
Bush's AIDS Money Still Comes with Strings, Say Activists
() In response to President Bush's call for a U.S. investment of an additional $30 billion for global HIV and AIDS programs over the next 5 years, the Center for Health and ...Posted by Dale Penn



