http://www.unimondo.org/article/country/968/ it_IT Asia Occidentale http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82768 "Hallitus on sulkenut Iranin feministisen liikkeen verkkosivut kahdeksan kertaa. Se tietää, että verkostoitumalla luomme kansainvälistä painetta", keroo Shirin Ebadi, rauhannobelisti vuodelta 2003. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82700 The 22-member Arab League recently introduced a regional policy to regulate satellite television broadcasting services that will "restrict freedom of expression and information," writes an international human rights watchdog. From: Human Rights Watch http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/158144/1/ Blogging, internet chat rooms and sites have become the safest ways for gay Africans and Arabs to meet, while keeping their identities secret. Caution is after all crucial as homosexual acts are illegal in most countries in Africa and the Middle East. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82417 The world's first zero-carbon, zero-waste, car-free city - the $22 billion Masdar City in Abu Dhabi - will rely mainly on outside funding, the Government said after the cornerstone for the city was laid. From Gulf News http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82393 Maailmanpankin raportin mukaan Lähi-idän ja Pohjois-Afrikan koulutusjärjestelmät ovat onnistuneet luomaan lähes yhdenvertaisen koulutuksen kaikille. Lukutaidon ja toisen asteen koulutuksen suhteen tulokset eivät kuitenkaan yllä Itä-Aasian tai latinalaisen Amerikan tasolle. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82010 To raise money and awareness for the plight of displaced Iraqis among neighboring Arab nations, the UN and the Arab League are launching a "massive" campaign featuring celebrities and refugee stories. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82003 The League of Arab States will launch a massive fund-raising and public awareness campaign on Friday to help hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/156670/1/ SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 8 (OneWorld) - The heads of 21 international humanitarian organizations have sent a letter to George W. Bush, demanding the U.S. president address Iraq's "refugee crisis" during his week-long trip to the Middle East, which begins Wednesday. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81906 "The United States has been so focused on the Middle East that it has missed the great movements of the world," including China's pragmatic and expansive investment in Africa and the rise of the left in Latin America, says Richard Rodriguez. From: New America Media http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81593 Major neoconservative analysts rely on three faulty assumptions of Pakistan's stability, and this could "spell disaster for Pakistan as well as for global security," explains Najum Mushtaq. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81447 "By their very presence [at the Middle East Peace Conference to be held in Annapolis, MD], the Arab states are signaling they are willing to normalize ties with Israel without receiving any concessions on borders, East Jerusalem or refugees," says Jalal Ghazi. From: New America Media http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81444 Domestic violence in the Russian Federation; sex slavery in India; self-immolation in Central Asian republics; gender-based violence and HIV; and 'compensation' marriages are the five underreported stories used by the UN Population Fund to launch a campaign against gender-based violence. From: UNFPA http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81109 When the US decided that its backyard would in future be a greater Middle East – from Pakistan to Morocco – it imagined that it could rearrange the region to suit itself. The results have been disastrous and will be long-lasting, says Alain Gresh. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/80725 An activist campaign aims to secure Arab women equal access to laws that grant them nationality and allow them to confer it to their children and husbands. The "Claiming Equal Citizenship" site offers more information, personal testimonies of those denied citizenship, and resources for action. http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/80448 ”Kaikenlainen fundamentalismi – sekä muslimien, juutalaisten että muualta tulleiden kristittyjen parissa – kasvaa Lähi-idässä”, sanoo Suomessa vierailulla oleva Jordanian ja Pyhän maan evankelisluterilaisen kirkon piispa Mounib Younan.