Archive for August 8th, 2008
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AIDS Vaccine Still Possible, Say Researchers
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 7 (OneWorld) - It will be a difficult — but not
impossible — task to develop an AIDS vaccine, say independent medical
researchers at a major international conference on HIV/AIDS taking
place in Mexico this week.
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24 Things to do When Stuck for a Topic to Blog About
Stuck for something to write about on your blog? Here are a few suggestions of things that might help get the creative juices flowing.
1. Use Mind Mapping
I’ve previously talked about how Mind Mapping can be used to generate hundreds of ideas for blog posts. It can be used both to come up with fresh [...]
Behind the Scenes at the Olympic Games
OneWorld and Radio Netherlands have teamed up to bring you "Intimate China," a multimedia look behind the scenes and along the margins of the world’s greatest sporting event, with a special focus on events and news items that affect China and the Chinese themselves.
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A Healthy Retreat
Holistic health practitioner Rose Forbes is sharing her lessons of health and wellness — and environmental sustainability — with visitors to North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, where Forbes has founded the first local "green" bed and breakfast.
Co-op America
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A New Foreign Policy
U.S. presidential candidates McCain and Obama would each make major changes to the national security and
foreign policies carried out by the Bush administration, but
their ideas of change are very different, says the executive director of the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation.
Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
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British Protests Highlight Global GMO Debate
British protests against genetically modified crops demonstrate the fierce controversy over the continued development of such produce, which many environmentalists say may threaten human and environmental health, writes agriculture expert Ben Block.
Worldwatch Institute
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Chinese and Latino Youth Find Common Roots
A group of Chinese and Latino immigrant youth has been recognized by the city of San Francisco for the students’ efforts to inform their neighbors — who often don’t speak English — about the environment and urge the city to curb pollution in low-income neighborhoods.
New America Media
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Sex Workers Honored for Anti-AIDS Activism
An Asia Pacific network of sex workers was awarded yesterday at the Mexico City conference on HIV/AIDS for its groundbreaking efforts to protect the human rights of sex workers and expand their role in preventing
the spread of HIV/AIDS.
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French Complicit in Rwandan Genocide, Says Report
France gave diplomatic and material support to the Hutu forces responsible for the 1994 Rwandan genocide and French soldiers participated in the killings and forced displacement of Tutsis, states a report released by the Rwandan government Tuesday.
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End Nuclear Threat, Next President Told
DENVER, Aug 6 (OneWorld) - On the sixty-third anniversary of the
nuclear bombing of Hiroshima, groups and individuals around the world
are calling on the next U.S. president to take seven concrete steps to
end the threat of nuclear terrorism and war.
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