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30.06.2005 Tuesday's Senate passage of the Energy Bill made some progress in setting renewable energy targets, but overall has failed to take any meaningful action to move the U.S. away from its reliance on oil, say energy policy analysts Jeff Rickert and Brian Siu.

30.06.2005 With wrangling over its membership resolved, Iraq’s constitutional committee is forging ahead with drafting a new basic law.

30.06.2005 Predstavnički dom američkog Kongresa usvojio je 27. juna rezoluciju kojom zahteva da osobe odgovorne za masakr u Srebrenici moraju da budu izvedene pred lice pravde.

30.06.2005 Il Cantiere veneziano si riunisce in un incontro pubblico a Venezia presso il teatro del patronato ai Frari il giorno giovedì 7 luglio dalle ore 18. Il Cantiere veneziano si riunisce in un incontro pubblico a Venezia presso il teatro del patronato ai Frari il giorno giovedì 7 luglio dalle ore 18 per discutere le prime proposte da portare come contributo al programma del futuro governo dell’Unione. Si è costituito un gruppo di persone variamente impegnate a livello locale che hanno deciso di dare vita ad un percorso di discussione , denominato appunto Cantiere veneziano, affinché il prossimo programma di governo dell’Unione tenga conto il più possibile delle esigenze locali e sia partecipato e condiviso anche dai movimenti, dalle associazioni e dalle forze sociali. Tutti coloro che ne fossero interessati sono invitati a partecipare all’incontro del 7 luglio.

30.06.2005 Since Sunday 19 the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) has been on general red alert with EZLN troops called into the mountains of Chiapas, and Zapatista communities advised to flee by their Juntas de Buen Gobierno (Governing Councils), amid fears that war in Chiapas is likely to resume. The Zapatista "Caracoles" or "centers of zapatista autonomy" have also been closed [Pics of the Caracoles La Garrucha and Morelia]

30.06.2005 Le porte-parole de l'EZLN a déclaré, par voie de communiqué, l' « alerte rouge générale » , entrée en vigueur le 19 juin, dans les territorios rebeldes chiapanèques.

30.06.2005 La guerrilla del Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN) de México anunció este martes que después de más de 11 años de haberse levantado en armas, decidió unirse a obreros, campesinos y otros sectores, como un "nuevo paso" en su lucha.

30.06.2005 Hace escasos meses una nueva sigla comenzó a aparecer en los medios de comunicación: ALBA. A primera vista, una 'B' desplazaba a la ya conocida 'C' del ALCA. Pero no se trataba de un simple cambio de letra. La Alternativa Bolivariana para América Latina y El Caribe (ALBA) aparecía como una propuesta de integración diferente a la ya conocida Área de Libre Comercio para las Américas (ALCA).

29.06.2005 American Indians and Alaska Natives have the highest youth suicide rates in the nation, and in some areas Native American young people are more than ten times as likely to commit suicide than their white counterparts. Many hope that the U.S. Senate's newfound attention to the issue will generate awareness and funding for prevention and education programs.

29.06.2005 "Real news is the news you and I need to keep our freedoms," correspondent and historian Richard Reeves once told a student. Public broadcasting's number one news anchor, Bill Moyers, stands up to those who, with metallic flags on their lapels, are attempting to muzzle the few in American society who are reporting the news rather than the spin.

29.06.2005 A new report by the Brookings Institution shows President Bush has significantly exaggerated the amount of aid his administration has provided to sub-Saharan Africa. With the approaching G8 summit and recent aid commitments made by E.U. nations, Bush is facing increasing pressure to be more cooperative internationally and encourage the efforts of poor countries.

28.06.2005 Would a two-tier health care system reduce waiting lists in Canada? No. Parallel private systems don't cut public waiting lists. In fact, research evidence shows they lengthen waits for health-care in public systems. Countries with parallel public and private health-care systems have the longest waiting times. For example, England and New Zealand, which have parallel private hospital systems, have larger waiting lists and longer waiting times in the public system than countries with a single-payer system, such as Canada.

28.06.2005 Evropskata Unija saka da vidi poveke napredok vo prevosudnite reformi od zemjite na Balkanot za razlika od prethodnite novoprimeni clenki, megutoa seuste ima prostor za podobruvanje, veli Anna McTaggart vo analizata na Balkanskata istrazuvacka mreza-BIM, proekt na londonskiot Institut za Voeno i mirnodopsko izvestuvanje.

28.06.2005 Renewable energy experts presented the latest products and advances in the alternative energy industry during the Eighth Annual Congressional Expo last week. How much funding will finally emerge for all these forms of renewable energy is still uncertain as the House and Senate must work through the summer to agree on contentious energy legislation.

28.06.2005 A Congressional vote on CAFTA is likely this week. Don't let the mistakes we've learned from NAFTA be repeated with CAFTA, says Global Exchange, offering eight easy ways you can declare independence from trade agreements that profit corporations and marginalize working families.

28.06.2005 (OTTAWA) - Paul Moist, président national du SCFP, est heureux que le ministre fédéral de la Santé ait reconnu la menace que représentent les cliniques privées pour le système public de soins de santé.

27.06.2005 Gross human rights abusers will continue to get their hands on weapons as G8 foreign ministers fail to commit to negiotiate a tough Arms Trade Treaty. G8 countries together export more than 80% of the world’s arms.

27.06.2005 Grupa za promjene (GZP) zatrazila je prethodne nedelje od ministra kulture Vesne Kilibarde da zbog opstrukcije donosenja Zakona o slobodnom pristupu informacijama razrijesi funkcionera tog Ministarstva Toma Miljica ili da podnese ostavku.

27.06.2005 Tehran mayor and president-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Sunday to spread Iran's oil money to the poor, end corruption, return to the roots of the 1979 Islamic revolution, and push Iran's nuclear-energy plans. He's been called Iran's Robin Hood by some, but critics portend a Talibanesque regime now that hard-line conservatives hold power throughout the government.

24.06.2005 African and international NGOs have issued a joint appeal to the UN and the African Union (AU) to put the crisis in Zimbabwe on the agenda of the upcoming AU Assembly, scheduled to take place in Libya July 4-5. Since last month, Zimbabwe's government has engaged in the ruthless destruction of homes and businesses in the capital, Harare, that has left at least 200,000 without shelter.