Tag: world
member name: OneWorld United States
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September 09, 2008 02:54 PM EDT --
September 3, 2008
Nicholas Benequista , OneWorld US
ADDIS ABABA, Sep 3 (OneWorld) - The most pressing food crisis in the world at present is in Ethiopia, according to John Holmes, the . . .
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June 09, 2008 10:03 PM EDT --
Alison Raphael
OneWorld US
Thu., Jun. 5, 2008
WASHINGTON, Jun 5 (OneWorld) - Organizations from 40 countries called on leaders of the developing world yesterday to oppose World . . .
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April 25, 2008 11:24 AM EDT --
Alison Raphael
OneWorld US
Thu., Apr. 24, 2008
WASHINGTON, Apr 24 (OneWorld) - Recording artist Shakira and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown joined . . .
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January 26, 2007 03:11 PM EST --
Government leaders across the world must stop using anti-terror laws as a tool to suppress opposition movements and deprive ordinary citizens of their due civil and human rights, say international civil . . .
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August 11, 2008 03:38 PM EDT --
Haider Rizvi, OneWorld US Thu Aug 7, 10:37 PM ET
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 7 (OneWorld) - It will be a difficult -- but not impossible -- task to develop an AIDS vaccine , say independent medical . . .
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August 20, 2008 11:38 AM EDT --
August 18, 2008
Alison Raphael , OneWorld US
WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (OneWorld) - The fatal ambush of four humanitarian aid workers in Afghanistan Wednesday has provoked a sharp response . . .
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September 02, 2008 02:46 PM EDT --
August 28, 2008
Haider Rizvi , OneWorld US
NEW YORK, Aug 27 (OneWorld) - A new study released by the World Bank this week has raised concerns among humanitarian workers worldwide as more . . .
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September 16, 2008 03:32 PM EDT --
September 10, 2008
Aaron Glantz , OneWorld US
SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 10 (OneWorld) - An award-winning American filmmaker arrested and imprisoned on spying charges was freed by the Nigerian . . .
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February 10, 2007 04:46 PM EST --
Wary of the fast-deteriorating human rights conditions in Colombia, church leaders and aid groups in the United States are calling for the Bush administration to reconsider its current policy toward Bogota. . . .
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May 05, 2008 11:31 PM EDT --
Haider Rizvi
OneWorld US
Sat., May. 3, 2008
UNITED NATIONS, May 2 (OneWorld) - The global food crisis is likely to persist if speculative investment by the corporate world is not . . .
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May 27, 2008 03:29 PM EDT --
WASHINGTON, May 22 (OneWorld) - A unique new index takes a business-like approach to promoting global peace by ranking 140 countries and identifying the factors that place some countries higher than others . . .
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September 16, 2008 03:24 PM EDT --
September 9, 2008
Haider Rizvi , OneWorld US
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 9 (OneWorld) - Disarmament groups and peace activists are urging Congress to reject the Bush administration's . . .
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June 10, 2008 04:19 PM EDT --
Haider Rizvi
OneWorld US
Tue., Jun. 10, 2008
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 9 (OneWorld) - A prominent international rights watchdog has reacted sharply to the U.S. government's decision . . .
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August 07, 2008 10:56 PM EDT --
Jeffrey Allen, OneWorld US Wed Aug 6, 11:05 PM ET
DENVER, Aug 6 (OneWorld) - On the sixty-third anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima, groups and individuals around the world are calling . . .
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May 31, 2007 05:40 PM EDT --
For the first time in recorded history, the majority of the world's population is living in cities.
Rising urbanization has important implications for the environment as well as housing, . . .
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June 22, 2007 04:23 PM EDT --
Calls for global cooperation in tackling climate change are on the rise as a new study identifies China as the world's number one emitter of greenhouse gases.
Environmental groups are warning that . . .
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November 29, 2006 03:20 PM EST --
Joining others in the ongoing international campaign against gender violence, women's groups in the United States stepped up pressure on Congress this week to endorse a proposed law that would protect . . .
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May 30, 2007 09:24 AM EDT --
Whoever takes charge of the World Bank in July must be elected, not selected, say experts on global financing for development in a survey conducted by a U.S.-based independent think-tank.
Ending . . .
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June 09, 2007 06:47 PM EDT --
The Coca-Cola company has been charged with illegally seizing lands communally owned by small farmers and indiscriminately dumping sludge and other industrial hazardous waste onto the surrounding community. . . .
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July 27, 2007 01:23 AM EDT --
Peace advocates in the United States are welcoming a Congressional vote Wednesday that may be a political stepping stone to ending U.S. participation in the war in Iraq.
Young peace advocate . . .
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