Full coverage: Governance
May 2006
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09.05.2006
The famous digital divide is getting wider. A two-part documentary, "The Code Breakers," to be aired on BBC World starting 10 May 2006 examines whether free/open source software (FOSS) might be the bridge?
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09.05.2006
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said India and the international community should tell the LTTE that the way forward was through dialogue and not violence.
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09.05.2006
The judicial policy has apparently justified state terrorism in the pretext of his brand of nationalism. Future generation would have to be amazed at the apex court's wonderful endorsement of suspicion as a valid legal basis for state's deprivation of life. It has to be rejected outright before it is too late.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [South Asia] Image: ©Kurdish Human Rights Project
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08.05.2006
Il Governo Berlusconi ha deciso di non rendere nota prima della chiusura della Legislatura la Relazione 2006 sull'esportazione italiana di armi. Ma da alcune anticipazioni de "il Sole 24 Ore" del 3 maggio si apprende che, sia pur con un leggero calo, il portafoglio d'ordini delle autorizzazioni per l'anno 2005 sostanzialmente tiene attestandosi attoro ai 1.361 milioni di euro. Ma soprattutto cresce di oltre il 73% il valore delle consegne effettuate nel 2005 che sfiorano gli 831 milioni di euro contro 480 del 2004: il miglior dato dell'ultimo sessennio. "E, nonostante l'annunciata riduzione, le prime quattro principali banche di appoggio a questo commercio sono italiane e Capitalia mantiene saldo il primo posto (168 milioni di euro) seguita dal il gruppo S.Paolo Imi (164 milioni), dalla Cassa di risparmio di La Spezia (112 milioni) e dal gruppo Unicredit (101 milioni)" - commenta Giorgio Beretta della Campagna di pressione alle banche armate. "Preccupano, inoltre, i destinatari: tra i primi dieci acquirenti troviamo alcuni Paesi Ue come Spagna (autorizzazioni per 159 milioni di euro), Gran Bretagna (131 milioni) e Belgio (67 milioni), ma anche Turchia (116 milioni), India (104 milioni), Singapore (88 milioni), Egitto (77 milioni), Oman (55 milioni), Emirati Arabi (54 milioni) e Pakistan (49 milioni): insomma le zone calde del pianeta dell'area asiatica e medio-orientale e i paesi dove persistono gravi violazioni dei diritti umani sono ancora i principali clienti del "made in Italy" armiero" - conclude Beretta.
Story linkFrom: Unimondo Image: Manifestazione davanti ad una banca Unicredit da retegan.net
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08.05.2006
Bangladesh has made notable progress in both income and human poverty reduction since independence, with national poverty dropping by nine percent in the last decade. But the level of inequality has increased, widening the rich-poor gap every year, posing a threat to social coherence.
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08.05.2006
Despite intelligence inputs sounding serious threats to Chief Minister Raman Singh's personal security, the State Government is all set to go ahead with 11-day-long "Gram Suraj" campaign.
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08.05.2006
Clearly, it is still too early to celebrate India's population or to look on it as an asset in its quest for economic greatness. It continues to pose problems. Whether India will ride the demographic wave or get swamped by it depends on how swiftly the government moves to improve the quality of India's children today and those yet to be born.
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08.05.2006
The People's Forum Against ADB - comprising 70 NGOs from various
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08.05.2006
The new government in Nepal has annulled all the appointments made by King Gyanendra since October 2002.
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08.05.2006
THE DOHA development round of the World Trade Organization received a setback at the end of last month when trade negotiators failed yet again to reach an agreement on the modalities for cutting agricultural tariff, domestic farm subsidies and tariffs on industrial products (Non-agricultural Market Access — NAMA).
Story linkImage: Logo de la OMC © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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08.05.2006
The Nepal Government on Sunday recalled 12 Ambassadors, including the envoy to India, and dismissed all political appointees to various state organs and public enterprises made after October 4, 2002, following the sacking of the elected Prime Minister by the King.
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06.05.2006
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06.05.2006
At a press conference on “Human Rights Implications of Forced Evictions and Displacement: An International Perspective” organised by the Housing and Land Rights Network in Delhi, speakers, including Miloon Kothari, Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, pointed out the rampant violations of human rights being carried out across the country in the name of development.
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06.05.2006
NEW YORK, May 5 (OneWorld) - In a gesture of defiance to the Bush administration, lawmakers responsible for deciding budgetary allocations for defense from both major political parties have decided to cut some of the funding for the controversial National Missile Defense (NMD) system and space weapons research.
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05.05.2006
Osjecki Zeleni environmental association sent an open letter to the Administration of the Osijek-Baranja District and the City of Osijek, and accused them of refusal to implement the Law on Access to Information and that apply the principle of “adminstrative silence” to violate the basic right of the citizens to participate in decision-making on issues related to environmental policies and activities for improved quality of living on local, regional and national level.
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05.05.2006
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the National Democratic Institute (NDI), and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) have announced a new partnership to create an International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics called "iKNOW Politics."
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05.05.2006
The main opposition UNP told the press that the country’s stability in law and order were fast deteriorating and urged President Mahinda Rajapaksa to arrest the dangerous trend
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05.05.2006
An unusual ‘padyatra' or march by members of some 165 civil society groups from across India has just concluded in this dry, treeless district of northwestern Rajasthan state.
Story linkThe 'padyatris' (marchers) had wound their way through every hamlet in this mainly tribal district, to assess the implementation of an ambitious government initiative to combat mass rural poverty. Related topics/regions: [India] |
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05.05.2006
UNITED NATIONS, May 4 (OneWorld) - The Bush administration's efforts to plead innocence to charges of using torture before a key United Nations committee have been complicated by a new report from an influential human rights group suggesting otherwise.
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04.05.2006
Alijansa za OpenDocument format (ODF Alliance) koju čini širok krug udruženja, akademskih institucija i predstavnika industrije, posvećenih rješavanju problema poboljšanja pristupa i dostupnosti elektroničkih dokumenata vlada, čestitala je jučer (3. 5. 2006.) Međunarodnoj organizaciji za standardizaciju (ISO) na uvjerljivoj pobjedi odluke o odobrenju OpenDocument formata kao međunarodnog standarda, kao i organizaciji OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) koja je kreirala predložila taj format ISO-u.
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