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Europe's Role in U.S. Torture Policies Condemned

24.06.2008 European governments are dodging the truth about the U.S. practice of kidnapping and illegally sending terrorism suspects for interrogation in countries with a reputation for torture, a leading rights group says in a new report.

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From: Amnesty International - International Secretariat
Related topics/regions: [Europe] [United States] [International cooperation] [Human rights] [Codes of conduct] [Corruption & transparency] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [Justice and crime] [Terrorism]

Image: © Citizens for Global Solutions

Japan Pressed to Sell Surplus Rice

24.06.2008 Japan should take a global leadership role and act to stem the food crisis by re-exporting its 1.5 million tons of surplus rice -- at reasonable prices -- say a trio of international policy experts.

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From: Center for Global Development
Related topics/regions: [Japan] [Aid] [Emergency relief] [Food] [International cooperation] [Trade] [Nutrition/malnutrition] [Geopolitics]

McCain, Obama Differ Starkly on UN

19.06.2008 U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama differ on how to approach the United Nations, a disagreement which may have a stronger effect on the United States' global legitimacy than the world body's, according to a Washington, DC think tank.

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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [United States] [International cooperation] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [United Nations]

Food Prices Require G-8 Action on Africa

18.06.2008 The G-8 foreign ministers, meeting next week, must deal decisively with the humanitarian toll that rising food prices and reduced foreign aid are taking on Africa, said a panel of leaders focused on African progress.

Image: Africa and the G8 © OneWorld US

Afghan Aid Efforts in 'Urgent Need of Reform'

The new development strategy will give regular Afghans a greater role in their country's development.

13.06.2008 Afghan president Hamid Karzai unveiled a new 5 year plan for social and economic development at a conference to reform aid efforts to Afghanistan in Paris yesterday, writes the UN News Agency.

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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Afghanistan] [Aid] [International cooperation] [Civil society] [United Nations]

Image: The new development strategy will give regular Afghans a greater role in their country's development. © Edward Grazda / Eurasianet (Open Society Institute)

U.S. Asked to Oppose Vulture Funds at G-8 Meeting

12.06.2008 Several members of Congress have called upon the U.S. Treasury Secretary to address the issue of vulture funds -- private companies accused of debt profiteering at the expense of the world's poorest people -- at the upcoming G-8 summit.

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From: Jubilee USA Network
Related topics/regions: [United States] [International cooperation] [Corporations] [Credit and investment] [Debt] [Geopolitics]

Nuclear Appeal to U.S. President Goes Global

12.06.2008 An appeal launched earlier this year urging the next U.S. president to make nuclear disarmament a priority has garnered attention and signatures from citizens, Nobel Peace Laureates, and groups around the world.

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From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Related topics/regions: [Latin America & Caribbean] [United States] [International cooperation] [Nuclear Issues] [Geopolitics] [Nuclear arms] [Peace]

Perspectives Magazine: Nuclear Weapons

Zimbabwe's 'Imperfect' Option

11.06.2008 The imperfect option of a transitional governing arrangement has emerged as the only feasible way forward for Zimbabwe, says an African rights and development group, emphasizing civil society's role in resolving the country's political crisis.

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From: Africa Action
Related topics/regions: [Zimbabwe] [United States] [International cooperation] [Corruption & transparency] [Democracy] [Governance] [Conflict] [Security]

Country Guide: Zimbabwe

Foreign Policy Not Just for Politicians

10.06.2008 From the United States to Ghana to Palestine, 12 ordinary citizens are fostering dialogue across borders and breaking down stereotypes in order to protect workers' rights and endangered species, and promote peace.
From: YES! Magazine

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Related topics/regions: [Aid] [International cooperation] [Activism] [Civil society] [Peace]

Small Farmers 'Underserved' by Rome Summit

06.06.2008 As the UN summit on the global hunger crisis comes to a close today, advocacy groups are demanding greater attention be afforded small-scale and women farmers.

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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Agriculture] [Aid] [Food] [International cooperation] [Labour] [Poverty] [Indigenous rights]

Food Scarcity 'Creating New World Order'

05.06.2008 BEIJING, Jun 4 (IPS) - Unprecedented food scarcity is beginning to dictate the rules of a new political order where individual countries are scrambling to secure their own food supplies with little concern for the rest of the world, says the founder of the Earth Policy Institute.

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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related topics/regions: [China] [Agriculture] [Capacity building] [Food] [International cooperation] [Land] [Population] [Poverty] [Trade] [Nutrition/malnutrition] [Geopolitics]

Food Summit 'Follow Through' Urged

04.06.2008 UNITED NATIONS, Jun 3 (OneWorld) - As world leaders meet in Rome to discuss the current global food crisis, calls are growing for immediate and practical actions to address the plight of millions of poor facing hunger and starvation across the world.

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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Agriculture] [Emergency relief] [Food] [International cooperation] [Poverty] [Nutrition/malnutrition] [Geopolitics]

India to argue against biofuels at food summit

03.06.2008 World leaders will seek solutions to the current crisis at the world food security conference starting June 3 in Rome. India will call attention to faulty policies and diversion of agricultural land for biofuels as its main causes, and not because Indians and Chinese are eating more.