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Touareg Refugees Flee Clashes Between Malian Army and RebelsNOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania -- Thousands of Touareg refugees fleeing clashes in northern Mali entered Mauritania in recent days, escaping the fighting between the Malian army and Touareg rebels from the National Movement for the Liberation of Azaouad (MNLA).More
06.02.2012 |
 Three Million Children Threatened by Hunger in NigerBOBOYE, Niger -- Women have been left in charge of many of the households in the village of Zamkoye-Koïra, in western Niger, as food shortages have driven male family members to leave in search of work elsewhere. A national survey of vulnerable households shows that 5.4 million people face food insecurity across Niger. More
06.02.2012 |
British MPs Call for End to Andaman ‘Human Safaris’ LONDON -- The ‘human safaris’ scandal in the Andaman Islands has reached the British Parliament, with MPs tabling a motion calling on India to close the illegal road that cuts through the indigenous Jarawa tribe’s reserve in the Indian Ocean.More
06.02.2012 |
Niinistö Is Finland´s New PresidentHELSINKI, Finland -- Finland´s conservative pro-European Sauli Niinistö won Finland´s presidential election on Sunday, defeating Green liberal challenger Pekka Haavisto.More
06.02.2012 |
 Displaced Indigenous Community Wins Land Dispute in ParaguayASUNCIÓN, Paraguay -- A land deal finalized this week between Paraguayan authorities and a land owner in the country’s central region will allow a long-displaced indigenous community to rebuild in safety and dignity, Amnesty International said today. More
03.02.2012 |
 Canadian First Nations Children Face Crisis, Youth Advocates Tell UNTORONTO, Canada -- An alliance of child advocates from across Canada will brief the United Nations next week on the crisis facing aboriginal children.
The Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates plans to use its appearance before the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child to press for a national strategy to deal with the problem.
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03.02.2012 |
 Weak Land Rights Promote Land Rush; New StudyNAIROBI, Kenya -- Weak land rights, violation of traditional customary rights on forest, rangelands and marshlands are the major factors promoting global land rush especially in developing countries, says a new study released by Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), a coalition of international, regional and community organizations engaged in development, research and conservation to advance forest tenure, policy and market reforms globally.More
02.02.2012 |
Re-Greening the Border Between Honduras and NicaraguaMANAGUA, Nicaragua -- Ignacia Matute looks back nostalgically on the days when the hills around her home in northwestern Nicaragua were blanketed in green, and she woke every morning to the sounds of birds singing in the treetops and the rushing waters of the nearly Coco River.
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01.02.2012 |
Human Rights Groups Urge Release of Papuan Activists JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Human rights groups have urged Indonesian authorities to drop treason charges against five activists in the easternmost province of Papua.
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31.01.2012 |
And At Last There Was Water for the Bedouin VillageBIR EL-BASHA, Occupied West Bank -- Only days ago, turning on the tap was cause for concern. Would there be running water? Now, it’s reason for celebration.
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31.01.2012 |
Women Expose Secret Genital Cutting Rite KARACHI, Pakistan -- "It was a dark and dingy room, where an elderly woman asked me to take off my panties, made me sit on a low wooden stool with my legs parted and then did something…I screamed out in pain," recalls Alefia Mustansir, 40, of her childhood experience.
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30.01.2012 |
Working Towards a Never-Ending DemocracyPORTO ALEGRE, Brazil -- For five centuries, Europe has taken it upon itself to enlighten the world, teaching it ways to address and overcome crises, from ideas and wars to missionary work and genocides.
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30.01.2012 |
Former Dictator Ríos Montt to Stand Trial for Guatemalan GenocideGUATEMALA CITY -- After a hearing that lasted more than 11 hours, a Guatemalan court ordered the trial of former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt (1982-1983), who could face up to 30 years in prison if he is convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity.
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28.01.2012 |
Senior Management Heads Roll at the United NationsUNITED NATIONS -- As Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon continues his search for a new team of senior managers for his second five-year term in office which began Jan. 1, two more heads have rolled at the world body.
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26.01.2012 |
In Famatina, Water Is Worth Far More Than GoldBUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Thousands of people in the northwest Argentine province of La Rioja are mobilising to stop an open-cast gold mining project in the Nevados de Famatina, a snowy peak that is the semi-arid area´s sole source of drinking water.
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26.01.2012 |
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Av: Landbruks- og matminister Lars Peder Brekk
06/02 08:22 Regjeringen.no
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Suomen, Ruotsin, Norjan ja Venäjän saamelaiset juhlivat maanantaina 6.2.2012 kansallispäiväänsä. Päivää juhlitaan tänä vuonna kahdettakymmenettä kertaa.
06/02 08:03 Sveriges Radio Sisuradio
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06/02 06:27 Health News - Vancouver Sun
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Indigenous rights film festival featuring: The Coolbaroo Club (about racial apartheid in Perth in the late 1940s and fifties); The Tall Man (deals with the killing of Cameron Doomadgee on Palm Island in 2004); Ningla A-Na [Hungry for our land] (documentary about the establishment of the Aboriginal T
06/02 06:27 Only Melbourne
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Den 6 februari är Samefolkets dag. Det är en nationaldag som är gemensam för alla samer – i Sverige, Norge, Finland och Ryssland. Dagen firades första gången 1993 samtidigt som FN:s internationella urbefolkningsår officiellt öppnades.
06/02 06:14 Länsstyrelsen i Stockholms Län
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PANAMA CITY – Police fired tear gas Sunday to clear blockades of the Pan-American highway by indigenous groups protesting changes to the mining law. One person was killed and 39 injured in the resulting clashes.
06/02 03:42 The Olympian (AP)
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For the first time in several years, protestors at the Waitangi Day celebrations at the Far North have made a serious attempt to get the Tino Rangatiratanga flag flying on the flagpole at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds.
06/02 03:33 The Northern Advocate
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Directed by Laura R. Graham, David Hernández Palmar and Caimi Waiassè
2009
Documentary Educational Resources
Owners of the Water: Conflict and Collaboration Over Rivers documents the protest of soy production by the Wayuu and Xavante of South America blocking the Highway BR-158 bridge over the Ri
06/02 00:16 Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources
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Prime Minister John Key says the tradition of politicians going to Te Tii Marae should continue, despite calls for the annual visit to be scrapped after he was shouted off the marae by protestors yesterday.
06/02 00:15 Otago Daily Times
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MADISON - A federal investigation has begun into whether Wisconsin government officials went against rights established in Native American treaties by not talking with governments of tribes that could be affected by the a mining bill.
03/02 14:27 620 WTMJ NewsRadio (AP)
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Kringkastingsrådet drøftet torsdag Brennpunkt-programmet «Førsteretten». Dom: Ingen dom.
03/02 09:58 Finnmarken
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Amnesty International has urged a parliamentary human rights watchdog to investigate the federal government's controversial plan to crackdown on school truancy in NT indigenous communities by linking welfare payments to class attendance.
03/02 08:03 Business Spectator
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"We are the Sami" films
