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• Give legal backing to National Integration Council: Liberhan ATR

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The government Tuesday shot down the recommendation of the Liberhan Commission that probed the Babri Masjid demolition to confer statutory powers on the National Integration Council (NIC).“The National Integration Council is a large organisation consisting of political leaders, ...
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• Afghanistan: U.S. Softer on Karzai

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 487
  According to The Washington Post , U.S. officials are  ”abandoning for now their get-tough tactics with [President Hamid] Karzai and attempting to forge a  far warmer relationship . They recognize that their initial strategy may have done more harm than good, fueling stress and anger in a beleaguered, ...
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• Senate and U.N. Condemn Iran

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 487
  Iran launched a series of  war games  this weekend as the international community expressed their frustration over  troubled nuclear negotiations . The Senate passed a resolution ( S.R. 355 ) by unanimous consent  condemning Iran  for its multiple human rights violations. The bill was cosponsored by Carl Levin ...
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• Natalie Fenton: Has the Internet changed how NGOs work with established media? Not enough

  
  Nieman Journalism Lab — Authority: 695
  [The publishing power of the Internet has opened up new possibilities for NGOs seeking to spread their messages. But is this new access changing the kinds of messages NGOs create, or is it reinforcing old paradigms? Natalie Fenton of Goldsmiths, University of London, examines how the online landscape has changed NGO ...
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• What children can do!

  
  Pratham Books — Authority: 131
  Given the right support, every child has the potential to effect change. Education is a basic right of every child according to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The document was adopted 20 years ago, and to celebrate this convention the Concerned for Working Children (CWC) showed an ...
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• Business of Green

  
  GreenEnergyForEarth.com - Solar & Wind Power Products — Authority: 127
  Nov 19, 2009 -  The New York Times published a full section titled “Business of Grren” Nov 19, 2009.   The following articles are included.  Click on the title to go to The New York Times article.  “ Making Renewables Reliable “, “ Storm Over the Chamber “, “ A Surplus of Energy That Might Even ...
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• Take proactive action against child labour, Dikshit tells police

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit Friday launched the ‘Time for Change’ campaign against child labour and asked police to proactively take action against offenders.Speaking at the campaign launch event commemorating International Children’s Day, Dikshit exhorted police and NGOs to take ...
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• ‘MIC gave RM1.5 miliion to Malay Indian NGOs in Johor’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Johor Baru (Malaysia), Nov. 20 (ANI): Malay Indian NGOs in Johor have received over 1.5 million ringgits from the state government this year, the Malaysian Indian Congress has said.Johor MIC chairman K.S. Balakrishnan said the grants were given to schools and associations that had voiced their needs.He said the ...
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• Mideast democracy: can’t be exported or imported, but – despite dilemmas – must be supported

  
  Democracy Digest — Authority: 434
  The dilemmas of reconciling security and human rights, stability and reform, and external and internal drivers for change were the dominant themes running through a conference on Middle East democracy this week.The event was organized by the National Endowment for Democracy in cooperation with the National ...
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• On Postcolonial Ideology

  
  Z-Word Blog — Authority: 525
  This a guest post by Jay Adler of the sad red earth.Since I posted my first installment of Who Will Watch the Watchers, Richard Landes over at The Augean Stables has very ably pursued the same focus on Human Rights Watch, and more deeply too, emphasizing two issues: the resistance to criticism and the increasing [...]
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• The green race to the top

  
  Marc Gunther — Authority: 555
  If climate regulation will burden businesses or increase costs,  then why are so many companies strengthening their voluntary response to the climate crisis in the midst of an economic downturn? The reason is, there’s a race to the top when it comes to sustainability, particularly among consumer companies. No one ...
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• Who Will Watch the Watchers II

  
  the sad red earth — Authority: 124
  Since I posted my first installment of Who Will Watch the Watchers , Richard Landes over at The Augean Stables has very ably pursued the same focus on Human Rights Watch , and more deeply too, emphasizing two issues: the resistance to criticism and the increasing role of postcolonial ideology in driving the ...
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• Build, Don’t Destroy in Afghanistan: An Open Letter to President Obama

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 660
  Your voice is being heard. Already, thousands of you have signed a letter and contacted the White House urging a new way forward in Afghanistan. Today, Sojourners staff will be meeting with White House officials to hand-deliver the following letter. I…
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• Linking watchdog journalism and nonprofit accountability

  
  Nieman Journalism Lab — Authority: 695
  Nonprofit business models often pop up in our coverage, and in recent weeks we’ve run a series on the relationship between non-governmental organizations and the news ecosystem. But here’s something we’ve only touched on in passing: the decline of investigative journalism and its impact on nonprofit ...
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• POMED Notes: Lebanon’s New Government

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 487
  The United States Institute of Peace and International Foundation for Electoral Systems hosted an event on Capitol Hill entitled, “Lebanon’s New Government: Toward Greater Consensus or Stalemate?” on Tuesday.  Mona Yacoubian of the United States Institute of Peace, Democratic Staff Member Perry Cammack of ...
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• Defending the line between source and producer of news

  
  Nieman Journalism Lab — Authority: 695
  [Ive asked our nonprofit blogger extraordinaire Jim Barnett to respond to some of the ideas weve been exploring in our NGOs and the News series, cosponsored with Penns Center for Global Communication Studies. Heres Jims first take. —Josh] Back in the 1980s, before they began full-blown advertising campaigns ...
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• REFUGEES AND MIXED MIGRATION

  
  WERI CHANNEL — Authority: 123
        THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE CONFERENCE ON REFUGEE PROTECTION AND MIGRATION   SAN JOSE DE COSTA RICA – 19-20 NOVEMBER 200  The Conference and the 10-Point Action Plan         The Conference on Refugee Protection and Migration in San José de Costa Rica ...
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• Arab democrats speak out

  
  Democracy Digest — Authority: 434
  The agenda for this week’s conference on Middle East democrats, co-sponsored by the National Endowment for Democracy, the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute, has been confirmed. Check it out: 8:30-8:45: Registration and continental breakfast8:50-9:00: Welcome: Carl Gershman, ...
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• A smarter way to promote democracy?

  
  Democracy Digest — Authority: 434
  Despite a misplaced association with the Iraq war and forcible regime change, democracy promotion has not been abandoned by the Obama administration, writes a former head of USAID.The President’s speeches in Prague, Cairo, and Accra affirmed a commitment to promoting democracy, while adopting a realist appreciation ...
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• Asia Focus: Round-up of Resources

  
  Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog — Authority: 425
  Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN)Asian civil society mobilizes in support of refugee rights (UNHCR, Oct. 2009) [text]Climate ChangeClimate change and migration in Asia and the Pacific (Asian Development Bank, 2009) [exec. summary via PreventionWeb]- "This draft study discusses how climate change is likely to ...
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