№ 45834 |
03.10.2010, 18:35 GMT 21:35 MSK | Anna Liptser
Fr om the chilly waters of the Atlantic to a stage in New York City, an amazing revolution is on. You had no idea? Well, that’s because most media routinely under-report it. We thought we correct that.
"I can't really move my...
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№ 45651 |
01.10.2010, 8:31 GMT 11:31 MSK | Tina Peucker
Innovations in clean energy technologies are concentrated in six countries – Japan, the United States, Germany, the Republic of Korea (ROK), France and the United Kingdom – according to a new United Nations-backed study.
The study,...
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№ 45639 |
01.10.2010, 8:03 GMT 11:03 MSK | Tina Peucker
"On this International Day, I call on governments to do more to address the needs of older persons. The key interventions are well-known: granting universal access to social services; increasing the number and worth of pension plans; and...
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№ 42422 |
04.09.2010, 7:56 GMT 10:56 MSK | Anna Liptser
A rumble in the Khimki forest leaves just one man standing. The question is, how many trees are left there too?
This week, there was a miracle in Moscow: Bono came to Russia and rescued a forest. The forest was in Khimki, just outside...
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№ 42064 |
31.08.2010, 15:28 GMT 18:28 MSK | Linda,
Norfolk, VA/ Los Angeles, CA
Live and let die live: So goes Sir Paul McCartney's new hit … against NASA's pricey plan to bankroll the zapping of dozens of squirrel monkeys in cruel radiation experiments.
While his animal rights efforts are legendary, many...
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№ 41435 |
28.08.2010, 5:23 GMT 08:23 MSK | Tina Peucker
29 August the International Day against Nuclear Tests
The 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly declared 29 August as the International Day against Nuclear Tests through the unanimous adoption of its resolution 64/35 on 2...
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№ 40322 |
17.08.2010, 10:40 GMT 13:40 MSK | Irina Isakova
Greenpeace tested the waters at a reputable Shenzhen wastewater treatment plant. The results surprised us.
A rich web of water criss-crosses the Pearl River Delta, embracing an even denser concentration of industrial zones. Factories...
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№ 40321 |
17.08.2010, 10:34 GMT 13:34 MSK | Irina isakova
Guwahati, India — Greenpeace India today launched “Living Soils”, a nationwide campaign with a call to implement Government policies to save soils fr om the harmful impacts of chemical fertilizers. This campaign assumes significance in the context...
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№ 40310 |
17.08.2010, 6:47 GMT 09:47 MSK | Sergey Baturin
Amnesty International welcomes the commitment by the new Slovakian coalition government to take measures to eliminate segregation in education on ethnic lines as a first step in the right direction.
The commitment is part of a...
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№ 40306 |
17.08.2010, 6:09 GMT 09:09 MSK | Sergey Baturin
Amnesty International criticized the TV “confession” of an Iranian woman on Wednesday night in which Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, awaiting execution by stoning for adultery, appears to implicate herself in the murder of her husband.
The...
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№ 40304 |
17.08.2010, 6:04 GMT 09:04 MSK | Sergey Baturin
Amnesty International has condemned the US government’s decision to go ahead with the military commission trial of Omar Khadr at the Guantánamo Bay detention centre, describing the move as another violation of human rights by the USA in the...
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№ 40303 |
17.08.2010, 6:01 GMT 09:01 MSK | Sergey Baturin
Amnesty International has accused the UK government of developing a "shadow justice system" that imposes severe restrictions on the rights of individuals suspected of terrorism-related activity.
In a new report, Five years on:...
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№ 40302 |
17.08.2010, 5:57 GMT 08:57 MSK | Sergey Baturin
Amnesty International has condemned the first Taleban executions by stoning carried out in Afghanistan since 2001.
A couple were stoned to death on Sunday for "eloping", in a Taleban-controlled village in Kunduz, northern...
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№ 40290 |
17.08.2010, 3:58 GMT 06:58 MSK | Douglas Johnson
Do not allow our nightmare become a reality,
Protest against our mother’s stoning!
Today we stretch out our hands to the people of the whole world. It is now five years that we have lived in fear and in horror, deprived of...
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№ 40236 |
16.08.2010, 4:59 GMT 07:59 MSK | Alisa Pizzaroni
It's been barely a week since the fabulous Pamela Anderson rolled up her sleeves and opened her wallet to help PETA rescue nearly 50 dogs from overflowing Gulf-area animal shelters, and she's already back in action—this time, she's...
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№ 40181 |
15.08.2010, 21:05 GMT 00:05 MSK | Vanda Koh
WWF calls for the assurance of the international environmental security system for the Amur river, including the establishment of an adequate water protection area of the great river.
Thousands of barrels filled with chemicals of the...
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№ 40170 |
14.08.2010, 16:01 GMT 19:01 MSK | Tina Peucker, New York
13 August 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the authorities in Myanmar to ensure that the upcoming general elections are free and fair, and to release all remaining political prisoners so that they can fully participate in their...
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№ 40126 |
13.08.2010, 6:57 GMT 09:57 MSK | Anna Liptser
«Forest Guards» for Protected Areas
«Protected Areas for a Living Planet“ project supported «Gornaya Kolivan 2010» Summer Expedition in Altaisky Kray for the schoolchildren of three Siberian regions
The main goal of the...
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№ 40049 |
12.08.2010, 6:15 GMT 09:15 MSK | Shard Bion
This is to tell you the truth, which will make you at one with God, and turn the world into paradise!
God is everything that you name - nature, the Universe, eternity, love, life, the world, creation and the cosmos. Stars, planets,...
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№ 40003 |
11.08.2010, 10:29 GMT 13:29 MSK | Vanda Koh
Greenpeace releases first ever Responsible Seafood Guide in Japan
TOKYO: Japan is celebrating “Marine Season” (“Umi-No-Shun-Kan”) this week and it’s also the International Year of Biodiversity. What better way to mark the...
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