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from Paul C. Gorski
August 9, 2007

<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/07/asia/AS-GEN-India-UN-Global-Warmi
ng.php> Global warming will strike developing nations the hardest, UN says
International Herald Tribune - France
AP NEW DELHI: Global warming will likely hit food production in developing
nations the hardest, increasing the risks of drought and famine in the
countries ...

 <http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200708071640.htm> Polluters
financing global warming researches: Gore
Hindu - Chennai,India
7 (AP): Research aimed at disputing the scientific consensus on global
warming is part of a huge public misinformation campaign funded by some of
the ...

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/08/AR200708080
1509.html> Democratic Candidates Address Gay Rights
Washington Post - United States
The forum, to be held in Los Angeles, is co-sponsored by the Human Rights
Campaign, a gay-rights group that has become increasingly influential in ...

<http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2007/08/08/105392/social-pedagogy-a
nd-the-childrens-workforce.html> Social pedagogy and the children's
workforce
Communitycare.co.uk - Sutton,UK
Children's rights and participation underpin social pedagogy. Petrie and
colleagues found that children in residential care in Denmark and Germany
had a ...

<http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070808/NEWS06/708080349/1
001/NEWS> Expert to examine foster care
Detroit Free Press - United States
New York-based Children's Rights has filed a class action against the
Department of Human Services, alleging widespread violations of thousands of
foster ...

 <http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/152083/1/4536> Poll: Iraqis Oppose Oil
Privatization
OneWorld US - Washington,DC,USA
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 8 (OneWorld) - A new public opinion poll has found nearly
two thirds of Iraqis oppose plans to open the country's oilfields to foreign
...

<http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/International/2007/08/08/4401466-sun.html>
Gore cites Exxon as misleading on warming
London Free Press - Canada
... Exxon Mobil Corp., are funding research aimed at disputing the
scientific consensus on global warming as part of a campaign to mislead the
public. ...

<http://westchester.com/Westchester_News/Business/Mary_Ann_Liebert,_Inc._Lau
nches_New_Journal_on_Environmental_Justice_200708088190.html> Mary Ann
Liebert, Inc. Launches New Journal on Environmental Justice
Westchester.com - Westchester,NY,USA
New Rochelle, NY - A new peer-reviewed quarterly journal published by New
Rochelle's Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., Environmental Justice, launching early in
2008, ...

 <http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2007/082007/08092007/306244> Oliver W.
Hill, civil rights lawyer, dies at age 100
The Free Lance-Star - Fredericksburg,VA,USA
By devoting his life to racial equality, this "lion of the Civil Rights
movement" helped create a more just society. Today it is hard for most of us
to ...

 <http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/5691/1/277/>
Australia: Civil Rights Onslaught Continues
Political Affairs Magazine - New York,NY,USA
The legislation - with its so-called "sneak and peak" powers - was
introduced into Parliament last year and again seeks to strip away civil
rights ...

<http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Business/2007/08/08/gap_between_rich_poor_in_a
sia_growing/8152/> Gap between rich, poor in Asia growing
United Press International - USA
The Asian Development Bank found the wealth inequity widened substantially
in China than other countries except Nepal, the BBC reported Wednesday. ...

 <http://allafrica.com/stories/200708060955.html> Kenya: Rights Group Faults
Anti-Terror Tactics
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
The Muslim Human Rights Forum's report accuses the Government of allowing
the US, Israeli and UK soldiers to interrogate and deport terror suspects,
...

<http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/world/asia/article2841839.e
ce> China 'failing to honour pledge to improve human rights'
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
Amnesty International is calling on the International Olympic Committee to
increase pressure on China to improve its human rights record. ...

<http://www.mlive.com/news/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/news-24/118649840829903
0.xml&coll=7> Protesters target racism, bigotry
Kalamazoo Gazette - Kalamazoo,MI,USA
Mothers of Hope, a network of concerned residents who want to see an end to
racism and bigotry in the city of Kalamazoo, organized a meeting Monday
where ...

<http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_219155610.html?keyword=to
pstory> Never fail to protest Injustice
Mexia Daily News - Mexia,TX,USA
By Gina Parker Ford - Special to The News Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel
stated, "There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, ...

<http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=34457
> African American Workers File Discrimination Complaint Against ...
California Chronicle - Los Angeles,CA,USA
But hotel workers complain that within the walls of the luxurious and
exclusive Pasadena Ritz Carlton hotel, racial discrimination against African
American ...

<http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/one-million-families-on-the-poverty-lin
e/2007/08/07/1186252708383.html> One million families on the poverty line
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
ONE in five children live in relative poverty and many are going without
meals because their families are short of money. More than 820000 children
aged ...

 <http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/07/18439255.php> National "Sick
of War" Sick Day
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
The working class has nothing to gain and everything to lose from the wars
being waged by our ruling class. We are expected to pay for every crime and
...

 <http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/08/07/giroux> 'The University in
Chains'
Inside Higher Ed - Washington,DC,USA
In light of the growing militarization and corporatization of American
society, the transition in the last 30 years of the United States from a ...

<http://www.medindia.net/news/Activists-Gear-Up-to-Fight-Privatization-of-Wa
ter-Resources-in-US-24636-1.htm> Activists Gear Up to Fight Privatization of
Water Resources in US
MedIndia - India
Even in the US it should be possible to beat back big-business-politician
nexus and privatization of precious public resources, it seems. ...

 <http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL07896872.html> Southern Africa to
launch peace-keeping brigade
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
"The last 10 years have seen the appearance of complex new risks to peace
and stability, including oppression, ethnic conflict, economic distress, ...

 <http://www.alternet.org/environment/58613/> The New Environmentalists: How
to Make the Green Movement Less White
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
When these new formations and networks emerge, all racial justice activists
will become, in some sense, environmental justice activists. ...

 <http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/91275.html> Asia bank says rich
getting richer faster than poor get less poor
Earthtimes.org - USA
The ADB report said relative and absolute inequality have increased in most
parts of developing Asia between the 1990s and 2000s. Relative inequality
refers ...

 <http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/06/18439220.php> New
Developments; Struggle Sharpens: Free the Jena 6!
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
But the forceful imposition of white supremacy is not simply or even
fundamentally a case of "good ole boys" going wild. The case of the Jena 6
is happening ...

 <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6934176.stm> City
children 'living in poverty'
BBC News - UK
Up to 80% of children in west Belfast's most deprived areas are living in
poverty, an academic has claimed. Eilish Rooney from the University of
Ulster said ...

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