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UNICEF Calls for Better Sanitation throughout the World

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Radio Havana Cuba
http://www.radiohc.cu/ingles/portada.htm

UNICEF Calls for Better Sanitation throughout the World

United Nations, January 3 (RHC)-- The United Nations Children's Fund
(UNICEF) has welcomed the start of the International Year of Sanitation
2008, which draws attention to the plight of over 40 percent of the
world's population living without proper sanitation.

The UN agency says that thousands of women and children die every day
from largely preventable causes, such as diarrhoeal diseases which are
the second biggest killer of children under five, to which the lack of
proper sanitation plays a role.

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Workers World Newspaper Marks 50 Years of Publication

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[Congratulations to Workers World on a special anniversary. Over the
next 50 weeks, maybe they will choose special articles to republish,
one for each year of their publishing history. -NYTransfer]

Workers World - Jan 2, 2008
http://www.workers.org/2008/editorials/50_years

Editorial:

Fifty Years

"What does Workers World say?"

Workers World begins its 50th year of publication with this issue.

Thats 50 years of experience that we can use for going into the new
year.

What will happen in the coming year cannot be predicted, but we know
how it is starting.

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Env: California sues US over emissions

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BBC - Jan 3, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/americas/7169200.stm

California sues US over emissions

California is suing the US federal government, in an attempt to force
car makers to conform to tougher cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.

The lawsuit comes after the federal Environmental Protection Agency
denied California a waiver from US law needed to enact its own
efficiency targets.

The Epa says it wants to avoid a confusing patchwork of different
regulations across states.

But California says the Epa has "done nothing" to curb greenhouse gases.

Fifteen other states or state agencies are set to join the action.

California Attorney General Jerry Brown filed the suit in the 9th US
Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Wednesday.

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Dem leaders accused of homophobia to be deposed

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PageOneQ - Jan 2, 2008
http://pageoneq.com/news/2008/dnclawsuit_010208.html

DNC officials agree to be deposed in discrimination lawsuit

by Nick Langewis

According to documents obtained by PageOneQ, a series of senior
Democratic National Committee officials have agreed to be deposed in an
ongoing discrimination lawsuit by former LGBT outreach director Donald
Hitchcock. Those to provide sworn testimony include chairman Howard
Dean, openly gay treasurer Andy Tobias, and Gay and Lesbian Leadership
Council executive Director Brian Bond.

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Env: French activist Bove launches anti-GMO hunger strike

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Reuters - Jan 3, 2008

French activist Bove launches anti-GMO hunger strike

PARIS, Jan 3 (Reuters) - French radical farmer Jose Bove, who became a
worldwide celebrity for his fight against junk food, went on a hunger
strike from Thursday to try and get the government to do more to ban
genetically modified (GMO) crops.

Speaking on RTL radio, Bove said he had only been drinking water since
early in the day to protest what he described as the government's
failure to follow through on a pledge late last year to use a legal
clause to ban GMO use.

Bove and around 15 other activists will carry out the hunger strike in a
building in central Paris.

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USA: Al Gore has more company on climate change now

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Christian Science Monitor - Jan 3, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0103/p04s01-wogi.html

In U.S., Al Gore has more company on climate change now

As the climate debate shifts away from the blame game,
there's a growing interest in climate-action strategy.

By Brad Knickerbocker

Global climate change promises to be as big an issue in 2008,
politically, as it was last year. In the United States, presidential
and congressional elections are likely to be a major factor in this
accelerating interest. That's particularly true since the issue is
closely related to energy policy, not to mention the instability in
Iraq, an oil-rich part of the world.