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LEADING ITEMS
SIR NINIAN CALLS FOR INQUIRY INTO BURMA
Former Governor General Sir Ninian Stephen, an international jurist and envoy and a leader of an ILO delegation to Burma, has called for Australia to join with international jurists for the UN to conduct an inquiry into Burma (Myanmar). – Human Rights
US AND RUSSIA DIFFER ON CYBERSPACE TREATY
The United States and Russia locked in fundamental dispute over how to counter the growing threat of cyberwar attacks that could wreak havoc on computer systems and Internet. – Peace & Security
The United States and Russia locked in fundamental dispute over how to counter the growing threat of cyberwar attacks that could wreak havoc on computer systems and Internet. – Peace & Security
MYANMAR SHOULD RELEASE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS: BAN AHEAD OF BURMESE VISIT
Myanmar should release all political prisoners, including the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi: Ban. – UN & Agencies
FALTERING AGRICULTURE FUNDS LEAVE TWO-THIRDS OF RURAL POOR BEHIND
Today’s food crisis could worsen dramatically as decades of declining investment in agriculture constrained ability of world’s poorest people to cope with climatic and economic shocks: Report – Energy & Environment
CLIMATE CHANGE SCEPTICS ‘PAID BY OIL COMPANY’ CLAIM - Global Warming
GAZA: 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE TRAPPED IN DESPAIR
Six months after the end of Israel's military operation in Gaza, the people living there find themselves unable to rebuild their lives and are sliding ever deeper into despair. – Health & Means
LITTLE PROGRESS FOR INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS: REPORT – Health & Means
CLIMATE CHANGE COUNTDOWN
Australia’s Chief Scientist Penny Sackett, in March 2009, said we have only six years to radically lower emissions or face calamitous, unstoppable global warming.
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This week there are 301 weeks left in which to radically lower emissions.
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