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Our correspondents and contributors report on human rights and environmental issues from all over the globe. Whenever possible we tell a globally relevant story from a local and individual perspective.

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May 26th, 2013
Lebanon Rocket Attacks, Coronavirus Claims New Victim in Saudi Arabia
by:Sara Jabril
Rocket Attacks hit Lebanon Two rockets hit the Lebanese capital on Sunday, raising fears over a spillover of the Syrian conflict once again. The [...]
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May 25th, 2013
Thousands join travel boycott of India’s Andaman Islands
org:Survival International
Following worldwide media coverage, (The Hindu, The Telegraph, International Business Times) over two thousand people have pledged not to visit the [...]
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May 22nd, 2013
Happy green living
by:Itai Lahat
This common knowledge is now supported by scientific evidence. A new study carried out over 18 years, and involving over 10,000 participants in the UK, has found that living near parks and other urban green [...]
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May 18th, 2013
Easing Africa's Pain: The Need for Palliative Care
by:FairPlanet Editorial Team
Mamadou, a 47-year-old man from rural Senegal, has advanced prostate cancer that has spread throughout his body. He can no longer be cured, but with morphine, [...]
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May 15th, 2013
A new approach to wind energy
by:Itai Lahat
Capture - Accelerate - Concentrate. These three words express the essence of SheerWind’s approach to wind power. The name INVELOX comes from a dedication to INcreasing the [...]
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May 12th, 2013
Armed Resistance in the Niger Delta: SHELL CLEAN UP YOUR MESS!
by:Jack Bicker
These were the words of a father living in the Niger Delta, outraged and exasperated at the disregard in which he is held by the oil companies who he [...]
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May 11th, 2013
The World's First Fairtrade Smartphone
by:Sara Jabril
We've heard of organic food, ethically traded coffee, conflict-free diamonds and clothes that have been produced under humane and fair conditions. Now a Dutch-based company is [...]
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May 09th, 2013
Crushed to make our clothes
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Big fashion brands source from hundreds of factories in Bangladesh.Two brands, including Calvin Klein, have signed a very strong building and fire safety pact. Others, [...]
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May 08th, 2013
The Energy Groove: using the power of dance to create electricity
by:Itai Lahat
That was the goal for Temple Nightclub’s founder Paul Hemming. The San Francisco-based club opened its doors in 2007 with the vision of becoming [...]
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May 06th, 2013
MIDDLE-EAST NEWS ROUNDUP: Google & Palestine, Israel & Syria, Women's Sport in Saudi Arabia
by:Sara Jabril
Google Recognises Palestine: If the twenty-first century truly is the century of the internet, it is no wonder that the recognition of Palestine by [...]
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May 05th, 2013
Peruvian minister resigns over $50bn pipeline betrayal of tribal community
by:Jack Bicker
Ivan Lanegra, who confirmed his resignation yesterday, considered his position untenable after witnessing repeated attempts by ministerial colleagues [...]
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May 04th, 2013
Maldives must commute death sentences for two juvenile offenders convicted of murder
org:Amnesty International
The two juveniles were convicted by the Juvenile Court in the capital Male' over a fatal gang stabbing incident in February. Both the accused, who [...]
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May 01st, 2013
Earth to Earth: making furniture from the ground beneath your feet
by:Itai Lahat
These Terra Stools are made from earth and natural fibers in a unique compression process that was re-developed as part of a longterm study of [...]
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April 28th, 2013
Syrian refugees straining health services in region, UN warns in new report
by:FairPlanet Editorial Team
In a recently published report covering the first three months of 2013 in Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon, evidence suggests that more than 1 million [...]
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April 27th, 2013
UN Intervention Brigade must consider more aggressive strategy against DRC rebels
by:Jack Bicker
The new UN Security Council Resolution 2098, passed at the end of March this year, heralded the creation of a new UN Intervention Brigade in the DRC, [...]
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April 25th, 2013
'Lost’ report exposes Brazilian-Indian genocide 
by:Jack Bicker
Named after its author - Jader de Figueiredo Correia - the report caused international consternation when first published in 1967, in response to investigation [...]
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April 21st, 2013
Women & Rape in Somalia: One Filmmaker's Stance Against Sexual Violence
by:Sara Jabril
The presidential election of September 2012 heralded the troubled nation's first, if awkward, steps towards a free democratic vote in several [...]
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April 20th, 2013
Worldwide protests to stop Amazon gas project expansion
org:Survival International
Protesters will carry placards and gas masks symbolizing the lethal effects of the Camisea project on uncontacted tribes in the area, and will hand a [...]
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April 19th, 2013
The New Deal: How to Build More Peaceful States
by:Sara Jabril
Since the pledge made by all United Nations member states to meet the so-called Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, there has been an [...]
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April 17th, 2013
Green Algae: Can it Really Fuel Your House?
by:Itai Lahat
International design firm Arup partnered with both Germany’s Strategic Science Consultants and Austria-based Splitterwerk Architects to develop [...]
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