LOST IN THE DARK RIDE

WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (IPS) - Two weeks before U.S. President George W. Bush hosts an economic summit to address the six-week-old financial crisis that has wreaked havoc on the world’s capital and stock markets, a coalition of nearly 600 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from 88 countries is calling for a "fundamental and far-reaching transformation on the international financial and economic system."

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NEW YORK, Oct 30 (OneWorld) - Worldwide efforts to overcome the current
economic crisis will require more spending on green industry, which
will also help slow and possibly reverse the impending climate crisis,
say two new studies released this week.

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A peace
accord signed this weekend by Somalia’s transitional government and Islamist rebels aims to end two decades of violent conflict and widespread human suffering.

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Cell phone use in Niger — where 85 percent of the population lives on less than $2 a day — has dramatically boosted the efficiency of grain markets and reduced the cost of staple foods, writes information technology expert Jenny Aker.

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Some of the world’s largest humanitarian organizations are cutting staff and revising programs as funding falls due to the global financial crisis, said fundraising experts from three major development groups.

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Conditions in evacuation centers for children — who account for two thirds of the 500,000 people forced to flee the ongoing conflict in Mindanao, Philippines — are "deplorable," according to an international human rights monitor.

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WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (OneWorld) - Indian activists blasted the Coca-Cola
company yesterday for publishing a "Sustainability Review" that brushes
serious environmental issues under the rug.

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"The [European Union] is letting Uzbekistan’s brutal dictator get away with murder" by lifting sanctions on the country less than a year after the assassination of a local journalist who wrote critically about the state’s 2005 massacre of peaceful protestors, says journalist Michael Andersen.

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The detention of Iranian American student Esha Momeni while she was working on a documentary about women’s rights in Iran earlier this month is drawing widespread attention to the Iranian women’s movement.

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WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (OneWorld) - From New York to England to Southeast
Asia, higher food prices are forcing people to make changes in their
lives and lifestyles — some subtle and temporary, others extreme and
irreversible.

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