From nymhm at lists.artsandmedia.net Wed Jul 2 13:10:38 2008 From: nymhm at lists.artsandmedia.net (nymhm@lists.artsandmedia.net) Date: Wed Jul 2 13:13:56 2008 Subject: NYMHM: India's medical-bill suicide pact, pumping up public water, China's many mutinies Message-ID: <28859573dc4002257cd45f602e62244c@artsandmedia.net> ======================================================================== NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED * July 2, 2008 * Vol. 7, No. 26 Important but overlooked news from around the world. NYMHM is a free service of Newsdesk.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - DONATIONS: http://artsandmedia.net/contribute/ - ONLINE: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005582.html - RSS: http://newsdesk.org/news/atom.xml ------------------------------------------------------------------------ QUOTED: "A common refrain in the messages we have received from members since the Web site was shut down is: 'I love my country but my country doesn't love me.'" -- Lu Jun Lu runs a Chinese Web site for people with hepatitis that was shut down by the government over Olympic protest concerns (see "China," below). CONTENTS: *Top Stories* Medical bills spur India suicide plan Pumped up for public water For forests under fire, a slight return *China* A million mutinies now *Carbon Tax* Canada in heated debate over global warming tax ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOP STORIES ........................................................................ * Medical Bills Spur India Suicide Plan A woman stricken with kidney disease and her husband have petitioned a municipal official in Kolkart, Indiam to allow them to commit suicide. The Times of India reported that Swapna Das and husband Biswanath Das wrote to the district magistrate asking permission to die together because of health care costs they find staggering. She is on dialysis, which costs 6,000 rupees or U.S.$138, and cannot afford a kidney ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005583.html * Pumped up For Public Water The tide may be turning for water privatization. Water supplies have already fallen out of private hands in developing nations such as Mali, Uruguay and Bolivia -- and now the French are following suit. Paris has pushed the trend forward by announcing that its water will go public for the first time in over a century, starting on Jan. 1, 2010. The move follows similar measures enacted in over 40 other ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005584.html > For Forests under Fire, a Slight Return Forests are disappearing from the Amazon to Afghanistan, but the rate has slowed, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reports. A new study by the United Nations found that the world has a net loss of 7.3 million forest hectares annually -- down from 8.9 million per year during the 1990s. Although forest regeneration has slowed the rate of loss, the causes of deforestation are ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005585.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHINA ........................................................................ > China: A Million Mutinies Now After years of brutally suppressing dissent, China has in recent months faced violent public unrest in a number of different cities and over a wide range of issues, from the government's handling of the Sichuan earthquake to calls for Tibetan independence to a government crackdown on an Internet health forum. With the world's attention on the country for this summer's Beijing Olympics, the anti-government violence tests the Communist Party's leadership and ability in unprecedented ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005586.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CARBON TAX ........................................................................ > Canada In Heated Debate Over Global Warming Tax Environmentalists have long proposed taxing carbon emissions as a way of combating global warming -- but if a new Canadian law is any indication, implementing such a tax won't be easy in the United States. The carbon tax, which so far is levied only in British Columbia, had not even gone into effect yet last month when politicians from other provinces began saying it would fail, and drag the whole country ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005587.html ======================================================================== Editors: Will Crain, Josh Wilson | Intern: T.J. Johnston ........................................................................ 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NYMHM is a free service of Newsdesk.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - DONATIONS: http://artsandmedia.net/contribute/ - ONLINE: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005594.html - RSS: http://newsdesk.org/news/atom.xml ------------------------------------------------------------------------ QUOTED: "You can't fly planes on photovoltaic panels." -- Researcher Harvey Blanch bets on "second generation" biofuels that he says don't compete with food crops (see "Energy," below). CONTENTS: *Top Stories* Colombia's disappeared return to view Immigration: Filipinos in EU spotlight The other kind of green beer *Africa* Zimbabwe troubles may bust borders *Energy* Fly the cellulose skies: Will second-generation biofuel take off? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOP STORIES ........................................................................ * Colombia's Disappeared Return to View Thousands of Colombians who have "disappeared" over the decades were commemorated in prose and pictures at a June conference in Bogota on political kidnappings, Inter Press Service reports. "Without a Trace," a photography and short-story contest, debuted as part of the three-day International Seminar on Forced Disappearance, an event that drew human rights activists from Latin America, Europe and the United States. Columbian writer Jorge Eliecer Pardo was lauded for his story "No Names, No Faces, No Traces," which ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005593.html * Immigration: Filipinos in EU Spotlight A new European Union mandate to expel illegal Filipino immigrants does not mean a crackdown is imminent, an EU's delegate told the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Ambassador Alistair MacDonald said the policy merely sets standards for those who overstay their visa, regardless of ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005592.html * The Other Kind of Green Beer From the Rocky Mountains to Japan and Australia, beer-brewing companies are adopting environmentally sustainable practices that reduce waste, as well as energy and water use, according to an Environmental News Network report. In Colorado, New Belgium Brewery uses wind power and harnesses methane gas pumped from its water treatment facility to meet all of its electricity needs, while Odell Brewing Company recycles everything it possibly can -- including water, spent grain, office paper and ink -- and uses ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005591.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AFRICA ........................................................................ * Zimbabwe Troubles May Bust Borders Zimbabwe's controversial re-election of President Robert Mugabe is bringing new pressure on South Africa to resolve the conflict, and raising military tensions with neighboring Botswana. Leaders of the G-8 and several African nations scolded South African Prime Minister Thabo Mbeki at a meeting in Japan Tuesday, saying his efforts to mediate Zimbabwe's political crisis are not working, the Mail & Guardian of South Africa reports. With violence against the Zimbabwean opposition escalating, British ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005590.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ENERGY ........................................................................ * Fly the Cellulosic Skies: Will Second-Generation Biofuels Take Off? Japan Airlines recently announced plans to test fly one of its aircraft using a form of "second generation" biofuel in early 2009. The demonstration flight will be the first of its kind in Asia, according to the business news outlet Cleantech.com, and follows the lead of Virgin Atlantic, which successfully completed the world's first biofuel-powered flight earlier this year. Japan Airlines said it is committed to finding a viable second- generation biofuel source that derives from cellulose -- a woody type of plant matter -- rather than from food ... 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NYMHM is a free service of Newsdesk.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - DONATIONS: http://artsandmedia.net/contribute/ - ONLINE: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005597.html - RSS: http://newsdesk.org/news/atom.xml ------------------------------------------------------------------------ QUOTED: "Just because it's biodegradable does not mean it's good." -- Peter Skelton of the U.K.'s Waste and Resources Action Program, on compostable bioplastics (see "Plastics," below). CONTENTS: *Top Stories* U.S. Fourth Fleet returns, heads south Monsanto loses Canadian GMO dispute *Plastics* Bioplastics: Friend or foe? *Japan* Memories of old Japan stir island dispute ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOP STORIES ........................................................................ * U.S. Fourth Fleet Returns, Heads South As the U.S. move troops through the Middle East, Latin American nations are wondering if the return of the U.S. Navy's Fourth Fleet off their coastlines signal a return to "gunboat diplomacy," Agence France-Presse reports. Representatives of Argentine president Cristina Kirchner have raised the question with visiting U.S. officials during a recent economic summit. The fleet, which dates from World War II, was reactivated on July 1 after being mothballed for 58 years ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005596.html * Monsanto Loses Canadian GMO Dispute In late March, Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser won a small victory against Monsanto Corporation after a decade-long legal engagement. His struggle began in 1997 when the company sued Schmeiser after the its genetically modified canola plants were discovered growing on Schmeiser's property in Saskatchewan. Schmeiser said the modified canola was blown onto his property from a nearby farm, but Monsanto sued for $400,000, citing patent infringement and ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005598.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLASTICS ........................................................................ * Bioplastics: Friend or Foe? Biodegradable plastics are raising hopes for a potential solution to overstuffed landfills, climate change and diminished fossil fuel resources. Yet they may not be as quick a fix as people would like, and researchers face an uphill climb towards finding a truly sustainable, renewable and biodegradable plastic. Bioplastics are sourced from plant-based materials rather than petroleum, and The Guardian reports that several universities in ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005599.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JAPAN ........................................................................ * Memories of Old Japan Stir Island Dispute A new school curriculum in Japan is opening old wounds for its neighbors. South Korea has recalled its ambassador to protest a government educational guideline that considers two contested islands to be Japanese territory. The islands, referred to as Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan, have been under South Korean ... 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NYMHM is a free service of Newsdesk.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - DONATIONS: http://artsandmedia.net/contribute/ - ONLINE: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005603.html - RSS: http://newsdesk.org/news/atom.xml ------------------------------------------------------------------------ QUOTED: "I don't ever again want to be reading another report into high death rates at a maternity unit." -- Sir Ian Kennedy of Britain's Healthcare Commission, on declining maternity-ward services (see "Public Health," below). CONTENTS: *Top Stories* Car crash data must go public, court rules Newspaper guild alleges retaliatory layoffs *War Crimes* On the run: Accused Balkan war criminals remain at large *Public Health* Europe: Birth rate down, maternity wards packed *Water* A grassroots water grab in California ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOP STORIES ........................................................................ * Car Crash Data Must go Public, Court Rules The public will have access to previously secret government data about serious car accidents, a court ruled this week. The decision, by the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., found that the National Highway Safety Administration may not withhold so-called Early Warning data about serious accidents collected from manufacturers of automobiles, tires, child car seats and other related industries. The companies have been required to submit the data to the government since 2003, under the TREAD Act, which was inspired by problems with Ford Explorers bearing Firestone tires that resulted in ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005605.html * Newspaper Guild Alleges Retaliatory Layoffs Recent staff cuts at a group of San Francisco Bay Area newspapers are retaliatory against union organizers, critics allege. The Northern California Media Workers Guild filed a grievance with the National Labor Relations Board, claiming that Dean Singleton's Bay Area News Group targeted organizers behind the recent votes to unionize the Contra Costa Times, Oakland Tribune and other newspapers. The Associated Press reports that the layoffs came two weeks after the vote in favor of union representation, and included several strong proponents of ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005606.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WAR CRIMES ........................................................................ * On the Run: Accused Balkan War Criminals Remain at Large A former Serbian leader accused of the massacre of thousands of Muslims in the mid-1990s has been apprehended, but several other accused war criminals remain at large. Radovan Karadzic's arrest Monday leaves Bosnian army chief Ratko Mladic and the former president of Croatia's Krajina province, Goran Hadzic, wanted for crimes related to the Balkans' civil wars. Observers are saying Karadzic's arrest will give new life to the hunt for Mladic, who is believed to have ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005607.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PUBLIC HEALTH ........................................................................ * Europe: Birthrate down, maternity wards packed While much has been made in recent years over declining birthrates in Europe and other parts of the industrialized world, some Western countries' are having difficulty providing adequate health care for the births they do have. Britain's maternity services are so bad they endanger the lives of mothers and babies, according to a report released this week by the nation's Healthcare Commission. The Independent reports that the study was the largest of its kind ever conducted in Britain, and involved all 150 maternity hospitals in England ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005608.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WATER ........................................................................ * A Grassroots Water Grab in California The debate about water privatization is global, but many of the battles are local. One such struggle ended recently, when the mountain community of Felton, on California's central coast, won control of its water supply from California America Water, a unit of international conglomerate Rheinisch-Westfaelisches Elektrizitaetswerk. According to the Press Banner, a local newspaper, the company settled out of court with the San Lorenzo Valley Water District to avoid an eminent domain ... 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NYMHM is a free service of Newsdesk.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - DONATIONS: http://artsandmedia.net/contribute/ - ONLINE: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005612.html - RSS: http://newsdesk.org/news/atom.xml ------------------------------------------------------------------------ QUOTED: ""What power did any of these men have at the time of the coup in 1973? None!" -- Retired Chilean Army General Guillermo Garin on the arrest in May of 98 formerly low-ranking soldiers suspected of abuses under the Pinochet regime (see "Chile," below). CONTENTS: *Top Stories* It takes a tree to save a village Agentina: Saving the family farm A toilet for Thai transsexuals *World* Racial profiling in the Great White North? Pinochet's ghost still haunts Chile Turkey headline headline headline *Conservation* Real estate slump good for conservationists ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOP STORIES ........................................................................ * It Takes a Tree to Save a Village A plan to replenish the forests of the West African nation of Burkina Faso is at odds with the development of farms and villages, Inter Press Service reports. The government wants to plant nine million trees to replace disappearing forests in the sub-Sahara region -- but almost two-thirds of the country's forests, about 110,000 hectares annually, are cleared for farming, according to official estimates. Burkina environmental minister Salifou Sawadogo told IPS that cities and villages have grown within forested regions, creating tension between ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005610.html * Argentina: Saving the Family Farm A coalition of farm worker organizations, small farmers and native communities has rallied together in Argentina to focus attention on the government's land-holding laws and local food policies. According to the Latin America Press, the National Campesino Front (FNC) was created in April to advocate for government policies that favor indigenous and farm communities over multinational corporations. At issue is the purchase of Argentinean land by corporations that cut down millions of ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005611.html * A Toilet for Thai Transsexuals A secondary school in northeast Thailand recently built a toilet solely for its transsexual student population. According to the Telegraph, the Kampang School built the toilet for the 200 self-declared transsexuals -- students with male anatomy but decidedly feminine characteristics. "These students want to be able to go in peace without fear of being watched, laughed at or ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005613.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WORLD ........................................................................ * Pinochet's Ghost Still Haunts Chile General Augusto Pinochet is dead, but Chile continues to wrestle with the legacy of his 17 years of brutal military rule. Under the leadership of President Michelle Bachelet, who was herself jailed and tortured by the Pinochet regime, the elected government of Chile has launched a campaign to commemorate the Pinochet years with museums and the preservation of historic sites. Minister of National Properties Romy Schmidt told McClatchy Newspapers: "Our plan would involve practically all the police stations and military regiments in the country, which could get uncomfortable ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005614.html * Court Dates and Coup Attempts for Turkey Secularists Political unrest and terrorism is causing problems for Turkey's ruling party, which has staved off coup attempts as well as judicial efforts to remove it from power. Turkey's highest court decided not to ban the government's ruling party Wednesday for allegedly attempting to establish Islamist rule in country, the Turkish Press reported. The courts deliberations on the conduct of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) began Monday on the heels of a terrorist bombing in ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005615.html * Racial Profiling in the Great White North? Racial minorities in Canada are more likely to have a police record than their white counterparts even if they don't get convicted, the Toronto Star reports. The Star examined the criminal histories of almost three million people in Canada's national crime database. According to the Canadian Police Information Centre, minorities were less likely to be convicted of a crime, but spend longer periods in ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005616.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONSERVATION ........................................................................ * Real Estate Slump Good for Conservationists The mortgage crisis and real estate slump are affecting just about everyone these days, but some conservationists are not complaining. According to the British real estate Web site Property Wire, environmental and preservation groups in the United States are landing great deals on properties with scenic and historic value. The site quoted Keith Fountain, director of land acquisition for the Nature Conservancy's Florida chapter, as saying: "Just a few years ago conservationists couldn't compete. It was very tough to buy anything. Now it exceeds ... 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We're using an older system to re-send this week's edition minus the formatting problems, and will eschew the problematic new e-mail system for future mailings. Our apologies, The NYMHM Editors ======================================================================== NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED * July 30, 2008 * Vol. 7, No. 30 Important but overlooked news from around the world. NYMHM is a free service of Newsdesk.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - DONATIONS: http://artsandmedia.net/contribute/ - ONLINE: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005612.html - RSS: http://newsdesk.org/news/atom.xml ------------------------------------------------------------------------ QUOTED: ""What power did any of these men have at the time of the coup in 1973? None!" -- Retired Chilean Army General Guillermo Garin on the arrest in May of 98 formerly low-ranking soldiers suspected of abuses under the Pinochet regime (see "Chile," below). CONTENTS: *Top Stories* It takes a tree to save a village Agentina: Saving the family farm A toilet for transexuals *World* Racial profiling in the Great White North? Pinochet's ghost still haunts Chile Turkey headline headline headline *Conservation* Real estate slump good for conservationists ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOP STORIES ........................................................................ * It Takes a Tree to Save a Village A plan to replenish the forests of the West African nation of Burkina Faso is at odds with the development of farms and villages, Inter Press Service reports. The government wants to plant nine million trees to replace disappearing forests in the sub-Sahara region -- but almost two-thirds of the country's forests, about 110,000 hectares annually, are cleared for farming, according to official estimates. Burkina environmental minister Salifou Sawadogo told IPS that cities and villages have grown within forested regions, creating tension between ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005610.html * Argentina: Saving the Family Farm A coalition of farm worker organizations, small farmers and native communities has rallied together in Argentina to focus attention on the government's land-holding laws and local food policies. According to the Latin America Press, the National Campesino Front (FNC) was created in April to advocate for government policies that favor indigenous and farm communities over multinational corporations. At issue is the purchase of Argentinean land by corporations that cut down millions of ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005611.html * A Toilet for Transsexuals A secondary school in northeast Thailand recently built a toilet solely for its transsexual student population. According to the Telegraph, the Kampang School built the toilet for the 200 self-declared transsexuals -- students with male anatomy but decidedly feminine characteristics. "These students want to be able to go in peace without fear of being watched, laughed at or ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005613.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WORLD ........................................................................ * Pinochet's Ghost Still Haunts Chile General Augusto Pinochet is dead, but Chile continues to wrestle with the legacy of his 17 years of brutal military rule. Under the leadership of President Michelle Bachelet, who was herself jailed and tortured by the Pinochet regime, the elected government of Chile has launched a campaign to commemorate the Pinochet years with museums and the preservation of historic sites. Minister of National Properties Romy Schmidt told McClatchy Newspapers: "Our plan would involve practically all the police stations and military regiments in the country, which could get uncomfortable ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005614.html * Court Dates and Coup Attempts for Turkey Secularists Political unrest and terrorism is causing problems for Turkey's ruling party, which has staved off coup attempts as well as judicial efforts to remove it from power. Turkey's highest court decided not to ban the government's ruling party Wednesday for allegedly attempting to establish Islamist rule in country, the Turkish Press reported. The courts deliberations on the conduct of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) began Monday on the heels of a terrorist bombing in ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005615.html * Racial Profiling in the Great White North? Racial minorities in Canada are more likely to have a police record than their white counterparts even if they don't get convicted, the Toronto Star reports. The Star examined the criminal histories of almost three million people in Canada's national crime database. According to the Canadian Police Information Centre, minorities were less likely to be convicted of a crime, but spend longer periods in ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005616.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONSERVATION ........................................................................ * Real Estate Slump Good for Conservationists The mortgage crisis and real estate slump are affecting just about everyone these days, but some conservationists are not complaining. According to the British real estate Web site Property Wire, environmental and preservation groups in the United States are landing great deals on properties with scenic and historic value. The site quoted Keith Fountain, director of land acquisition for the Nature Conservancy's Florida chapter, as saying: "Just a few years ago conservationists couldn't compete. It was very tough to buy anything. Now it exceeds ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005617.html ======================================================================== Editors: Will Crain, Josh Wilson Intern: Julia Hengst, John Hornberg, T.J. Johnston ........................................................................ SUPPORT PUBLIC-SERVICE MEDIA Newsdesk.org and News You Might Have Missed are commercial-free, and available at no charge. 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