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Carbon Trading Blasted by Indigenous Groups
UNITED NATIONS, May 5 (OneWorld) - 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 concerns. "The UN is allowing companies who are the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases to continue to pollute"
May 6, 2008, 1:33pm
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California Teacher fired for refusing to sign loyalty oath
LA Times: Cal State system ousts another instructor who objects on religious grounds to a pledge adopted by California in 1952 to root out communists. “I wanted it on record that I am a pacifist,” Wendy Gonaver said. She wants an apology and a teaching job for next year.
May 2, 2008, 10:07am
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No paroles for 3 MOVE members
Three female MOVE members who have been behind bars since the 1978 shootout that killed Philadelphia Police Officer James Ramp and injured seven others were denied parole this morning, according to a spokesman for the state Board of Probation and Parole.
Apr 22, 2008, 2:11pm
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South Dakota: Native Anti-Hog Farm protest attacked by Police
There is a protest going on right now as we speak in Marty, South Dakota home of the Ihanktowan aka Yankton Sioux. There have been multiple arrests, including minors, as protesters seek to block front loader bulldozers from breaking ground on a new pig farm that will be occupied by thousands of pigs and their waste near a Head Start Program filled with Native children.
Apr 16, 2008, 10:37am
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CHILE Unveils New Indigenous Policy
SANTIAGO, Apr 2 (IPS) - Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has announced a new policy for indigenous people, which includes novel approaches to political participation and the protection of natural resources in the hands of the country’s native groups.
Apr 4, 2008, 10:16am
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Aldermaston protest recalls the birth of CND
Independent, UK: Thousands of protesters converged on the Berkshire village of Aldermaston yesterday to commemorate the birth of Britain's anti-nuclear movement in an act of mass defiance against the Government's plans to curb protests at the headquarters of Britain's nuclear weapons programme.
Mar 25, 2008, 10:28am
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The rise of British sea power
The Independent, UK: Britain is set this week to enter a new age, generating energy directly from the seas that surge around its shores. On Saturday a strange, 122ft long contraption will set off to produce the first electricity ever brought ashore from British tides.
Mar 23, 2008, 5:43pm
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Burma: Gambari Meets Suu Kyi
The UN special envoy to promote political reconciliation in Burma met Aung San Suu Kyi and other opposition party members Saturday, a day after being rebuffed by the country's military rulers.
Mar 8, 2008, 11:31am
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Challenging Indian Land Trusts
Across Indian country, two things are never in short supply: rich natural resources and endemic poverty. That paradox is driving a longstanding battle between indigenous people and the government trust that holds money generated from their lands.
Mar 3, 2008, 10:02am
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The new invasion of Iraq
The Independent, UK: Up to 10,000 Turkish troops launch an incursion which threatens to destabilise the country's only peaceful region...A new crisis has exploded in Iraq after Turkish troops, supported by attack planes and Cobra helicopters, yesterday launched a major ground offensive into Iraqi Kurdistan.
Feb 23, 2008, 10:57am
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Burma: Junta has no plans for political change - Suu Kyi
BANGKOK, Jan 31 (IPS) - Burma's pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, turned a rare moment of freedom in the military-ruled country, this week, to urge Asian governments not to be lulled into believing the junta's promises of political change.
Feb 2, 2008, 11:37am
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West 'embraces sham democracies'
BBC News: The US, EU and other democracies are accepting flawed and unfair elections out of political expediency, Human Rights Watch says in its annual report. Allowing autocrats to pose as democrats without demanding they uphold civil and political rights risked undermining human rights worldwide, it warned.
Jan 31, 2008, 12:19pm
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Women Lose in Mexico Indian Rights Gain
SANTA MARIA QUIEGOLANI, Mexico (AP) — Women in this Indian village high in the pine-clad mountains of Oaxaca rise each morning at 4 a.m. to gather firewood, grind corn, prepare the day's food, care for the children and clean the house. But they aren't allowed to vote in local elections...
Jan 28, 2008, 10:20am
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Freedom! Lakota Sioux Indians Declare Sovereign Nation Status
WASHINGTON, DC - December 20 - Lakota Sioux Indian representatives declared sovereign nation status today in Washington D.C. following Monday's withdrawal from all previously signed treaties with the United States Government.
Dec 20, 2007, 4:34pm
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Indigenous Peoples Shut Out of Climate Talks, Plans
UNITED NATIONS (OneWorld) - Global initiatives to reduce carbon emissions are bound to fail if the interests of indigenous communities are not taken into account, leaders of the world's 370 million indigenous peoples are warning.
Dec 13, 2007, 11:16am
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