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GLOBAL: “Water wikipedia” seeks partners to go multilingual
22 March 2009
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Akvo, an open-source water and sanitation web portal, is seeking partners and supporters to help provide its content in various languages.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83576/GLOBAL-Water-wikipedia-seeks-partners-to-go-multilingual
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AFRICA: Pope’s comments stoke condom debate
20 March 2009
(IRIN
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In his first public statement on condoms and AIDS earlier this week, Pope Benedict XVI reignited an international debate between religious leaders working with AIDS patients and European governments that fund anti-HIV programmes in developing countries.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83560/AFRICA-Pope-s-comments-stoke-condom-debate
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GLOBAL: Key water report urges prompt action
17 March 2009
(IRIN
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A UN flagship report on global freshwater resources, the World Water Development Report (WWDR), launched in Istanbul on 16 March, urges swift action to avert a global water crisis.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83515/GLOBAL-Key-water-report-urges-prompt-action
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In Brief: Good and bad news for world’s forests
16 March 2009
(IRIN
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In its biennial State of the World’s Forests 2009 report, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) notes that climate change and economic recession present both challenges and opportunities for the world’s nearly four billion hectares of forest. While a protracted economic slump may increase illegal logging in cash-strapped areas and reduce governments’ commitment to green goals, declining demand worldwide for wood products and commercial forest-cultivated food may also save some forests – in the short term.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83499/In-Brief-Good-and-bad-news-for-world-s-forests
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GLOBAL: Individuals give NGOs more funds than donors
13 March 2009
(IRIN
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NGO private funding outstrips humanitarian financing from some of the world’s largest government donors, says a recent report by UK think-tank Development Initiatives (DI). But the volatile nature of the private funding base, particularly in periods of economic downturn, worries some NGO fundraisers.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83453/GLOBAL-Individuals-give-NGOs-more-funds-than-donors
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GLOBAL: Tipping points to future drowning
10 March 2009
(IRIN
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The UN Environment Programme's 2009 Year Book lists disturbing evidence from studies in 2008, which show that the earth is losing its ice at a faster rate than previously thought.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83410/GLOBAL-Tipping-points-to-future-drowning
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AFRICA: The nettlesome question of aid
10 March 2009
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Dead Aid, a controversial new book by economist Dambisa Moyo, argues that cutting off all non-emergency assistance to Africa within five years "would help stimulate growth". But in countries like Zambia, the author's homeland, such a prescription could prove problematic, given the global financial turndown.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83401/AFRICA-The-nettlesome-question-of-aid
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GLOBAL: Getting to the bottom of sea-level rise
10 March 2009
(IRIN
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In the past few months, newspapers across the globe have been flooded with a debate over new studies projecting a higher and faster sea-level rise by the next century, which would sound the death-knell for low-lying countries and coastal cities.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83409/GLOBAL-Getting-to-the-bottom-of-sea-level-rise
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GLOBAL: Rape survivors need better emergency care - MSF
9 March 2009
(IRIN
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People who have suffered sexual violence in countries facing humanitarian crises need much more accessible, comprehensive and confidential care than is currently available, says a new report by the international medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83383/GLOBAL-Rape-survivors-need-better-emergency-care-MSF
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GLOBAL: Donor-backed UK bonds to fund vaccines
6 March 2009
(IRIN
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UK banks are proposing to investors donor-backed bonds to raise money for vaccines in developing countries, according to the UK non-profit International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFim).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83355/GLOBAL-Donor-backed-UK-bonds-to-fund-vaccines
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