NYMHM: Enviropigs, a woman of Afghanistan, child labor, Napster boomerang

Wed Mar 5 14:24:06 PST 2008

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QUOTED:

    "My goal is to really represent Islam. It's not a religion 
    that oppresses women. Of course it's very risky. I may lose 
    my life during this process."

    -- Wazhma Frogh, an Afghan woman who uses to Koran to advance
    women's rights and literacy (see "Top Stories," below).

CONTENTS:

    *Top Stories*
      "Enviropig": Less pollution, more questions
      Short-changed by the labels? Artists dispute Napster settlement
      Koran in hand, she wins over mullahs

    *Media*
      News outlet seeks reader donations to fund Iraq trip

    *Labor*
      From sweatshops to cotton fields: Child labor goes rural

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  TOP STORIES
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 > "Enviropig": Less Pollution, More Questions

   A little bit of genetic editing is all that's required to slash
   the environmental damage caused by sewage from industrial pig
   farms, researchers in Canada say. 

   Salon.com reports that scientists in Guelph, Canada, have 
   combined an E.Coli gene with a mouse protein, and spliced it
   into pigs to improve their ability to breakdown phytase, a
   natural substance rich in phosphorous. 

   In industrial conditions, phosphorous from superabundant pig 
   sewage leaches into water supplies, causing algae blooms, fish
   kills, and similar ecological ...

   GET THE WHOLE STORY: 

   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004575.html

 > Short-Changed by the Labels? Musicians Dispute Napster Settlement

   The recording industry may have netted hundreds of millions of 
   dollars in settlement money from lawsuits targeting Napster, 
   Kazaa and other music-sharing services -- but a group of
   "prominent" artist managers say their clients have not shared 
   in the bounty. 

   The New York Post reports that EMI, Universal and Warner are 
   still calculating payouts and the "level of copyright 
   infringement" for each artist ...

   GET THE WHOLE STORY: 

   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004576.html

 > Koran in Hand, She Wins Over Mullahs

   Fiery and not yet out of her 20s, Wazhma Frogh has been making
   waves in Afghanistan by using the Koran to undermine oppression
   of women and boost her literacy and education programs. 

   The Christian Science Monitor reports that Frogh's work is part
   of a trend among liberal-minded Muslims to use sacred texts to
   advance women's issues where secular approaches have failed. 

   Now an employee of a Canadian international development agency, 
   Frogh works at both the policy level and on the street ...

   GET THE WHOLE STORY: 

   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004577.html

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  MEDIA
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 > News Outlet Seeks Reader Donations to Fund Iraq Trip

   An Oregon news service has come up with an unusual way to help
   pay for a reporter's trip to Iraq: It's asking readers to
   donate money to the cause

   Tim King, executive editor for the Salem News, is heading to 
   Iraq later this month to spend up to six weeks embedded with 
   Oregon National Guard troops. 

   In order to defray the high costs of such a trip, the agency is
   putting on a fundraising event ... 

   GET THE WHOLE STORY: 

   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004578.html

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  LABOR
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 > From Sweatshops to Cotton Fields: Child Labor Goes Rural

   Far from the urban industrial sweatshops, child labor remains
   widespread in rural parts of the developing world. 

   In the Philippines, advocates say tens of thousands of children
   are working on farms, in mines, and even in deep-sea fishing. 

   The Philippine Department of Labor and Employment, in a press 
   release late last month, claimed to have rescued 76 children 
   under age 15 from working at a single sugar plantation. 

   The agency plans to send the children back to school, and also 
   to provide them with medical care and ...

   GET THE WHOLE STORY: 

   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004579.html

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Editors: Josh Wilson, Will Crain
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