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Friday, February 27, 2009

Innovation shines at TechFest; CCNA Wireless Home Lab: What should I buy?

NETWORK WORLD DAILY NEWS PM ALERT
02/27/09

Innovation shines at TechFest
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By Nancy Gohring
Hundreds of researchers from Microsoft's worldwide labs in
China, England, India and the United States gather at the
company's headquarters in Redmond to exchange ideas with
colleagues, show off their latest innovations, and shine a light
into the future of computing. Here we'll take a sneak peak at
some of the hottest work from Microsoft's research labs around
the world.View slideshow
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Coming up on Panorama

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NEXT PANORAMA - WHAT HAPPENS AFTER SORRY? - MONDAY 8.30PM ON BBC ONE
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TO THE VICTOR'S, THE SPOILS
We start with some good news for Panorama this week - last night we won an RTS award for our programme Primark: On the Rack.

The programme, which aired in June of last year, put Primark's claims that it could deliver cheap, fast fashion without breaking ethical guidelines to the test.

Posing as industry buyers in India, the programme's reporter Tom Heap and his team found some of India's poorest people working long, gruelling hours on Primark clothes in slum workshops and refugee camps.

In presenting the prestigious Current Affairs Home Award, the RTS said of the programme it was "not only an engaging watch but...thorough and also went the extra mile to lay bare the whole chain from refugee camp to the High Street rail".

It should also be noted that Primark: On the Rack had to beat two other nominated programmes to scoop the prize, both of them BBC documentaries, and one of them another Panorama -Omagh: What the Police Were Never Told, John Ware's report on GCHQ intelligence surrounding the Omagh bombing.

Watch our Primark film at www.bbc.co.uk/panorama

DRAGON TURNS UP THE HEAT
Last Monday, business guru Theo Paphitis came out of the Dragon's Den to help Panorama take a look at how businesses are faring during this recession and what is being done to ensure that they stay afloat.

The programme heard how many were experiencing problems with lack of money available on credit and that many small businesses are struggling because the bigger players are creating credit for themselves by taking
longer to pay them.

Business Secretary Lord Mandelson appeared on the programme outlining what help the government is offering and what he thought of how the banks are dealing with small businesses.

BLACK AND BLUE
This week saw the 10-year anniversary of the Macpherson report, which looked at the issue of police racism, following the murder of teenager Stephen Lawrence.

The inquiry into the failure of the Metropolitan Police investigation to find and convict Stephen's killers, headed by Sir William Macpherson, famously concluded that London's Metropolitan Police force was "institutionally racist".

In 2003, as a direct result of the Macpherson report, the BBC made The Secret Policeman in which reporter Mark Daly went undercover as a police trainee and confirmed racism was still a problem.

In October 2008 Mark returned to the issue with Panorama's programme The Secret Policeman Returns, which came amid a series of high profile race rows at the top of the Met.

It told a bleak story of officers and staff who feel sidelined and victimised, as well as disturbing allegations that those police officers who speak out over race feel victimised by their own forces.

EXTREME POINT OF VIEW
Panorama's recent programme Muslim First, British Second looked at the divided loyalties some British Muslims have and examined how best to prevent radicalisation.

The programme revealed that the government is planning a major shift in its strategy for tackling Islamic extremism by excluding Muslim leaders who denounce violence, reject democracy, oppose homosexuality and want to infringe women's rights.

This week, Communities Secretary Hazel Blears told the BBC that the "overwhelming majority" of people in Britain shared the same values and there must be a "dividing line" between those embracing and rejecting British "core values".

SORRY STATE OF AFFAIRS
Finally, this week the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) announced the largest annual loss in UK corporate history - an eye watering £24.1bn. Public anger at the bank was fuelled by the news Sir Fred Goodwin was allowed to retain his £693,000-a-year, for life, pension when he stepped
down as RBS head in October of last year.

On Monday Panorama will tell the story of the bank's dramatic fall from grace in What Happens After Sorry? With contributions from banking insiders, city analysts and legal experts the programme investigates what went wrong at the bank, who is to blame and asks if 'sorry' is enough for the people calling for civil and even criminal proceedings
against RBS.

What Happens After Sorry? is on BBC One, Monday 2 April at 8.30pm GMT.

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Tonight on Newsnight and Newsnight Review

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NEWSNIGHT - FRIDAY 27 FEB 22:30 GBT - BBC TWO
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PRESENTED BY EMILY MAITLIS
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Hello,

We at Newsnight are imagining WANTED posters all over town. The face is
Sir Fred Goodwin, the sum is £16m. And, if my tone is somewhat flippant,
it's because the story, for all that it says about negligence and grim
avarice, now has a kind of cartoon quality to it. Today, the sheriff,
one G. Brown, declared he was seeking legal action to claw back some of
the pension pot.

Does he have a hope in hell of getting it back? Doubtful. Is Fred
Goodwin going to sit out the media storm on a nice beach somewhere?
Highly possible. So what happens after the empty rhetoric? And, key to
all this, how many more other pension promises are already in the
pipeline?

And from Mark Urban:

"As President Obama provides details of his plans to 'withdraw' US
troops from Iraq I'll be looking at whether plans that reportedly could
keep 35,000+ there as 'advisers' invalidate his campaign promise.
Evidently the Iranians, who used their considerable influence in Iran to
try to de-rail last years Status of Forces Agreement between the US and
Iraq will not be happy. Will they use their proxy forces in Iraq to step
up military pressure on the US to withdraw completely?"

And, congratulations is in order after Newsnight triumphed at the RTS
Awards in the Innovative News category for the Ten Days to War series. You can watch the films again here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/10_days_to_war/default.stm

Do join us at 10.30pm and scroll down for details of tonight's Newsnight Review.

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NEWSNIGHT REVIEW
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PRESENTED BY TIM MARLOW
Tonight's programme has a distinctly combative edge to it as Pablo
Picasso squares up to the entire tradition of European painting at the
National Gallery in London. Given the vast number of exhibitions devoted
to the greatest artist of the twentieth century it is odd to think that
Picasso's relationship to the past has never been explicitly confronted
before now, but finally there is a chance to see just how much he relied
on, cannibalised, obliterated, reconstructed, transformed and
occasionally paid homage to the art of the Old Masters and, of course,
how he measures up. Sitting in judgment and going head to head will be
Paul Morley, Jeanette Winterson and Tom Service.

In addition to an attack on the Old Masters (which Picasso described as
'a battle to the death'), there's the week's big film which unravels a
global conspiracy involving the self-professed masters of the universe,
or just "bankers" now to you and I. The International stars Clive Owen
and Naomi Watts as the literary-named double-act of Salinger and Whitman
on the trail of a multi-national bank whose portfolio of operations
includes embezzlement, extortion, arms-dealing and murder.

The International is a fictional thriller but distantly alludes to
certain historical facts, particularly the collapse of the BCCI in the
early nineties. Red Riding, a powerful new Channel Four drama series, is
more consciously ambivalent in its blurring of fact and fiction and
suggests that the West Yorkshire Police Force were not just
institutionally corrupt but ran a kind of paramilitary murder squad at
the time of the Ripper inquiry. Just how far our panel feel it played
fast and loose with history and how much it used the past as an
effective creative springboard remains to be seen.

We will also be discussing one of the most ambitious operas of the past
decade by the Pulitzer-Prize winning American composer John Adams. Dr
Atomic, which has its UK premier this week at the London Coliseum,
charts the final stages of the development of the atom bomb in the New
Mexico desert in the summer of 1945. The opera seeks to examine the
uneasy alliance between the US military and the thousands of scientists
led by Robert Oppenheimer at Los Alamos, and to wrestle with the ethical
dilemmas of a project which fundamentally changed the world. It also
attempts the seemingly impossible task of conveying the sensation of a
nuclear test on stage. Explosive, or just, as the scientists feared, a
'mere fizzle'?

Join us on the purple sofa at 11pm to find out.

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BBC DAILY E-MAIL: WORLD EDITION
Friday, 27 February, 2009, 16:00 GMT 10:00 -06:00:US/Central

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BBC NEWS
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TOP STORIES

* Bangladesh troops find mass grave *
Troops searching the site of a mutiny in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, find a grave thought to hold 58 bodies.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/south_asia/7914541.stm

* Obama to reveal Iraq pullout plan *
President Barack Obama is expected to announce details of his plan to withdraw most US troops from Iraq by mid-2010.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/americas/7914061.stm

* Vatican rejects bishop's apology *
The Vatican rejects a British bishop's apology for offending people by denying the full extent of the Holocaust.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/europe/7915022.stm

* US economy suffers sharp nosedive *
The US economy shrank by 6.2% in the last three months of 2008 revised official figures show - worse than thought.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/business/7915040.stm

* China denounces US 'rights abuse' *
Two days after a US report criticised China's rights record, Beijing retaliates with a fiery critique of life in the US.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7914357.stm

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AFRICA

* Zuma dismisses new SA challenge *
Jacob Zuma, leader of South Africa's ruling ANC, tells the BBC he is not worried by the emergence of a new opposition.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/africa/7915276.stm

* South Sudan clashes 'killed 50' *
At least 50 people were killed in this week's clashes between the South Sudan's army and militias, UN officials say.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/africa/7915144.stm

* Mugabe prepares lavish birthday *
Supporters of Zimbabwe's president raise $250,000 to mark his 85th birthday, as the country seeks emergency aid.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/africa/7914369.stm

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AMERICAS

* US increases stake in Citigroup *
Citigroup agrees a deal which sees the US government increase its stake in the ailing bank from 8% to 40%.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/business/7914742.stm

* Betancourt 'selfish in captivity' *
Ingrid Betancourt, held by Farc rebels in Colombia, was selfish in captivity, say fellow hostages in a new book.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/americas/7914287.stm

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ASIA-PACIFIC

* Australasians in Asia trade pact *
South East Asian economy ministers sign a free trade deal with Australia and New Zealand that aims to boost their combined economies.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/business/7914550.stm

* Singapore suspect still at large *
One year after a suspected Islamist militant escaped from a Singapore jail, the authorities vow to track him down.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7914379.stm

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EUROPE

* Eastern Europe banks get bail-out *
Central and Eastern Europe banks are to get a 24.5bn euro rescue package to support them in the economic crisis.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/business/7914359.stm

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MIDDLE EAST

* No deal in Israel coalition talks *
Israel's prime minister-designate says talks to include the centrist Kadima party in a coalition have ended without agreement.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/middle_east/7914838.stm

* Palestinians pledge era of unity *
Leaders of the rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah say they are entering a new era of unity, after talks in Cairo.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/middle_east/7912068.stm

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SOUTH ASIA

* Protests continue on Sharif ban *
Protests against a court decision to ban Pakistan's ex-PM Nawaz Sharif and his brother from elected office enter a third day.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/south_asia/7914255.stm

* Indian economy in sharp slowdown *
India's economy grew by less than expected in the last three months of 2008, official figures show.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/business/7914123.stm

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UK NEWS

* Brown vows to claw pension back *
Gordon Brown pledges to "use every legal means at our disposal" to claw back Sir Fred Goodwin's "unacceptable" £16m pension.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7914993.stm

* Kercher suspect 'did cartwheels' *
Meredith Kercher murder suspect Amanda Knox "turned cartwheels" in the police station after the killing, a policeman testifies.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/europe/7914521.stm

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UK POLITICS

* Iraqis 'impatient' for handover *
Iraqis are "impatient" to run their own affairs once British and US troops have left the country, David Miliband tells the BBC.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7914291.stm

* Councils 'to reveal bosses' pay' *
Councils in England will be forced to publish information on how much their chief executives earn, ministers say.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7913885.stm

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UK EDUCATION

* Brown sets targets for science *
The prime minister sets out plans to increase the number of pupils taking science subjects - and to re-train specialist teachers.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/uk_news/education/7915233.stm

* Foreign students leaving UK debts *
Up to 70% of students from other parts of the European Union are failing to repay loans taken out while at UK universities.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/uk_news/education/7912548.stm

* Young pupils fuel record truancy *
The rate of unauthorised absence in England's primary schools has taken the overall level to a record.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/uk_news/education/7912221.stm

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ENGLAND

* Fake officer steals car with baby *
A man posing as a police officer dumps a baby on a pavement in Bolton after finding him in the back of a stolen car.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/7914146.stm

* Facebook remark teenager is fired *
A 16-year-old office worker from Essex is sacked after describing her job as "boring" on her Facebook page.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/uk_news/england/essex/7914415.stm

* Police hunt 'radioactive' teacher *
Police are hunting a "dangerously radioactive" London college principal accused of child pornography charges.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7914758.stm

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NORTHERN IRELAND

* Girl killed in accident on farm *
An eight-year-old girl dies following an accident on a farm in Drumquin, County Tyrone.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/foyle_and_west/7914601.stm

* Lady Hermon under 'no pressure' *
Sir Reg Empey says Lady Sylvia Hermon is under no immediate pressure to make a decision on a pact with the Tories.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7913967.stm

* Hostage robbers in huge bank haul *
An armed gang gets away with up to 7m euros (£6.2m) from a Dublin bank after an employee's family were held hostage.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7914888.stm

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SCOTLAND

* Lloyds sees HBOS loss of £10.8bn *
Lloyds Banking Group says its subsidiary HBOS made a pre-tax loss of £10.8bn in 2008, while profits at Lloyds fell 80%.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/business/7914013.stm

* Woman denies murdering her mother *
A heavily-pregnant woman denies murdering her mother and then dumping her body in a burn.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7915055.stm

* Brothers admit to street killing *
Two teenage brothers admit killing a father-of-three after chasing him along a street in Glasgow.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7915254.stm

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WALES

* Boy died of acne tablet reaction *
A coroner says the death of a 14-year-old boy from a reaction from taking a single acne pill was "beyond one in a million".
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/7914649.stm

* Man cleared of former Pc's murder *
A man is cleared of the murder of a former policeman who had been awaiting trial accused of possessing child pornography.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/7914961.stm

* Nazi costume councillor suspended *
A Lib Dem councillor is suspended by his local party after he wore a Nazi costume to a fancy dress birthday celebration.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7914660.stm

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BUSINESS

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ENTERTAINMENT

* Ang Lee to head Venice festival *
Brokeback Mountain director Ang Lee is to head the jury at this year's Venice Film Festival, organisers announce.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/entertainment/7915196.stm

* The Simpsons to break US record *
The Simpsons is to become the longest-running prime-time series in US TV history after two more seasons were ordered.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/entertainment/7914265.stm

* 'Lost' Hughes play to be staged *
A play discovered in the archive of poet Ted Hughes is to get its first staging next month in a London theatre.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7914972.stm

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SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

* Earliest 'human footprints' found *
Footprints dating from 1.5m years ago found in Kenya show modern foot shape and walking style had already developed by then.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/science/nature/7913375.stm

* 'Bog oaks' reveal ancient forest *
Naturalists in Cambridgeshire say they have been astounded by the large number of ancient trees that have been found preserved in peat soil.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/science/nature/7914029.stm

* Doctors plan voice box transplant *
British doctors are debating whether it is ethical to start clinical trials to allow voice box transplantation.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/health/7912621.stm

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TECHNOLOGY

* Facebook offers control to users *
Social network Facebook responds to criticism over the way it handles user data by handing over control to its users.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/technology/7913289.stm

* Net TV plans get Trust scrutiny *
Plans to make net-based catch-up TV services accessible via set-top boxes are being scrutinised by the BBC Trust.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/technology/7913363.stm

* New MoD tech 'could save lives' *
The MoD has showcased some new technology as part of its Defence Technology Plans which, it is hoped, will help keep soldiers a bit safer.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/technology/7913529.stm

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HEALTH

* Alzheimer's plaques 'big impact' *
The sticky plaques linked to Alzheimer's disease may have a bigger impact on the brain than it was thought, research suggests.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/health/7910513.stm

* Old drug combination in TB fight *
Two drugs already used for fighting other infections may help in the battle against drug-resistant TB, researchers say.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/health/7913190.stm

* Doodling 'may help memory recall' *
Doodling may look messy, but it could in fact be a sign of an alert mind, a study carried out by Plymouth University suggests.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/health/7912671.stm

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ON THIS DAY

* 2002: Hindus die in train fire *
A fire on a train in India results in the deaths of 57 Hindu pilgrims returning from the disputed holy site of Ayodhya.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/27/newsid_4168000/4168073.stm

* 1975: PC murder linked to IRA bomb factory *
Scotland Yard says the man who shot dead a police officer in London yesterday had been staying in a flat used as a "bomb factory" by the IRA.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/27/newsid_2515000/2515789.stm

* 1963: Argoud charged over de Gaulle plot *
Antoine Argoud, President De Gaulle's arch enemy and a former colonel in the French Army, is charged with an assassination attempt.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/27/newsid_2515000/2515735.stm

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BBC SPORT
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TOP STORIES

* Live text - West Indies v England *
England lose Kevin Pietersen but build towards the 400 mark on day two of the fourth Test against West Indies in Barbados.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/cricket/england/7914949.stm

* Flintoff to return home from tour *
Andrew Flintoff is returning home from England's tour of the West Indies on Friday to have treatment on his injured hip.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/cricket/england/7914910.stm

* Kiwis secure Twenty20 clean sweep *
Brendon McCullum hits an unbeaten 69 as New Zealand beat India by five wickets to take the Twenty20 series 2-0.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/cricket/other_international/7914198.stm

* South Africa v Australia latest score *
South Africa take on Australia in Johannesburg in the first of a three-Test series.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport1/shared/fds/hi/statistics/cricket/scorecards/2009/2/15917/html/scorecard.stm

* Parry to leave post at Liverpool *
Rick Parry is to leave his post as Liverpool chief executive at the end of the season.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/7914358.stm

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FOOTBALL

* O'Neill stands by Villa rotation *
Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill defends his decision to field a weakened side against CSKA Moscow.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/7914553.stm

* Man Utd hit by Rafael injury blow *
Manchester United full-back Rafael is ruled out for up to a month with a fractured ankle.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/7915085.stm

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AFRICAN FOOTBALL

* Eto'o wants to stay at Barcelona *
Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o says that he wants to stay at Spanish club Barcelona beyond the end of his contract in 2010.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/football/africa/7915287.stm

* Group B wide open at CHAN *
DR Congo and Zimbabwe draw 1-1 and it is the same score between Libya and Ghana in Group B of the African Nations Championship on Thursday.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/football/africa/7913380.stm

* Chelsea 1-0 Juventus *
Didier Drogba's early goal gives Chelsea a slender advantage over Juventus in the Champions League.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/football/europe/7899584.stm

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CRICKET

* Warne backs Panesar to come good *
Shane Warne urges England to keep faith with spinner Monty Panesar despite suggesting he has not improved during his international career.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/cricket/7914267.stm

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RUGBY UNION

* France v Wales (Fri) *
Wales head to Paris looking to make it nine successive Six Nations wins by beating France.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/rugby_union/welsh/7891328.stm

* Hill parts company with Bristol *
Richard Hill leaves his position as head coach of Bristol with the club bottom of the Guinness Premiership.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/rugby_union/my_club/bristol/7914120.stm

* Ireland v England (Sat) *
Unbeaten Ireland host an England side looking for a first win in Dublin since 2003.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/rugby_union/7913489.stm

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RUGBY LEAGUE

* Solomona faces three months out *
Bradford's David Solomona is ruled out for up to three months with a shoulder injury but Jamie Langley is expected back within three weeks.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/rugby_league/super_league/bradford/7912397.stm

* Bradford v Huddersfield (Fri) *
Team news ahead of Friday's Super League fixture.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/rugby_league/7897667.stm

* Hull v Catalans Dragons (Fri) *
Team news ahead of Friday's Super League fixture.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/rugby_league/7897640.stm

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TENNIS

* Goodall & Eaton named in GB team *
Josh Goodall and Chris Eaton join Andy Murray and Ross Hutchins in the GB Davis Cup team to play Ukraine next week.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/tennis/7913941.stm

* Murray out of Dubai with a virus *
Andy Murray pulls out of his Dubai quarter-final against Richard Gasquet because of a virus.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/tennis/7911873.stm

* Ram happy despite defeat in Dubai *
Israeli doubles player Andy Ram says he is pleased to have played in Dubai despite his first-round defeat.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/tennis/7911255.stm

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GOLF

* Woods slumps to Match Play defeat *
Tiger Woods loses 4&2 to South Africa's Tim Clark in round two of the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/golf/7913962.stm

* Webster surges into lead in Bali *
Three successive birdies see England's Steve Webster move to the top of the leaderboard after the second round of the Indonesia Open.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/golf/7914791.stm

* Mayakoba Classic leaderboard *
The first round of the latest PGA Tour event is under way in Mexico.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/golf/live_scores/6680943.stm

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MOTORSPORT

* Ex-Honda team closes on F1 return *
The former Honda team plans to test at Silverstone and Barcelona in the next fortnight, raising hopes it will start the new Formula One season next month.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7911490.stm

* RBS cutbacks to hit British sport *
RBS will halve its funding of British sport as a result of the global economic downturn, BBC Sport can reveal.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/front_page/7911039.stm

* Melandri in one-man Kawasaki team *
Italy's Marco Melandri will be the only rider in Kawasaki's MotoGP team this season.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/7912911.stm

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FORMULA ONE

* US team plans to enter F1 in 2010 *
The founders of a proposed Formula One team from the United States say they have the backing needed to enter the sport next year.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7909357.stm

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BOXING

* Confident DeGale is raring to go *
Olympic gold medallist James DeGale talks up his chances ahead of his pro debut on Saturday night.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/boxing/7913129.stm

* Limond WBU title bout cancelled *
Willie Limond's WBU lightweight title fight against Godwin Mutampuka is cancelled after his Zambian opponent failed a medical.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/boxing/7912685.stm

* Jeffries set for professional bow *
Olympic bronze medallist Tony Jeffries will become the first Beijing star to fight professionally when he meets Aliaksandr Vayavoda on Friday.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/boxing/7912457.stm

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ATHLETICS

* Ennis continues comeback in Cardiff *
Heptathlete Jessica Ennis will continue her comeback from Olympic heartbreak at the Indoor City Challenge in Cardiff.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/athletics/7915062.stm

* Chambers included in GB Euro team *
Dwain Chambers is included in the Great Britain team for next month's European Indoor Championships.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/athletics/7906510.stm

* Garland ready to race for Britain *
Guernsey's Dale Garland is ready to race for the Great Britain team in the 4x400m relay at next month's European Indoor Championships.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/athletics/7911889.stm

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SNOOKER

* Carter storms to Welsh Open title *
Ali Carter produces a blistering evening session to capture his first ranking title with a 9-5 victory over Joe Swail in the Welsh Open final.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/7904701.stm

* Carter seals first ranking title win *
Watch Ali Carter complete an impressive fightback, clinching the concluding frame to beat Joe Swail 9-5 in the final of the Welsh Open.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/7904897.stm

* Selby confronted by member of audience *
Mark Selby's preparations for his match against Anthony Hamilton at the Welsh Open are interrupted by a member of the audience.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/7902931.stm

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HORSE RACING

* Pipe backs Madison for Gold Cup *
Trainer David Pipe believes his charge Madison du Berlais is a live contender to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/7913568.stm

* Festival on track despite economy *
Cheltenham Racecourse managing director Edward Gillespie says the Festival will be a huge hit despite the economic situation.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/7912646.stm

* Nicholls targets Festival success *
Champion trainer Paul Nicholls is confident of repeating last year's success at Cheltenham.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/7898098.stm

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CYCLING

* New GB team to aim for Tour win *
A new cycling team is to be set up with the aim of creating a British winner of the Tour de France by 2014.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/7912024.stm

* Wada close to 'Athlete Passports' *
The World Anti-Doping Agency says it is close to implementing an Athlete Passport system for comparing drug-test samples.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/front_page/7908777.stm

* Armstrong to compete in Ireland *
Tour de France legend Lance Armstrong says he will compete in the Tour of Ireland in August.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/7906257.stm

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OTHER SPORT...

* GB is still a priority, says Pops *
GB star Pops Mensah-Bonsu says he is delighted to be back in the NBA but still has his sights set on this summer's European Championship finals in Poland.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/other_sports/basketball/7910649.stm

* Rudman and Bromley ready for World Championships *
GB medal hopes Shelley Rudman and Kristan Bromley tell BBC Points West they are in good shape for the World Championships in Lake Placid.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/7910360.stm

* Scots bobsleigher's Games dilemma *
Gillian Cooke's gold medal at the Bobsleigh World Championships may jeopardise her Commonwealth athletics ambitions.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/7908749.stm

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FUN AND GAMES

* Robbo blog *
"The sigh of a sleeping newborn could knock the average Premier League striker off his feet"
Full story:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/robborobson/2009/02/dozing_and_diving.html

* Ten to tackle *
Test your knowledge of the last seven days in sport
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/funny_old_game/7902603.stm

* Review of the week *
Beckham feels the pinch in Milan as Keane goes back to the future
Full story:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chrischarles/2009/02/review_of_the_week_19.html

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NORTHERN IRELAND

* McMenamin suspension is increased *
Ryan McMenamin's six-week ban imposed for his challenge on Paul Galvin is extended to eight weeks.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/7914958.stm

* Ballymena United v Bangor (Fri) *
Ballymena United have Albert Watson and Gavin Melaugh available for Friday's Premier clash against Bangor.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/football/irish/7912912.stm

* Cliftonville v Glenavon (Fri) *
Cliftonville boss Eddie Patterson calls on his team to match Glenavon's battling qualities at Solitude.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/football/irish/7912990.stm

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SCOTLAND

* Hadden urges Scots to show talent *
Scotland head coach Frank Hadden urges his side to halt their two-game losing run by beating Italy at Murrayfield on Saturday.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/rugby_union/scottish/7908807.stm

* Rangers count cost of Euro exit *
Rangers chairman Sir David Murray says a £3.9m loss for the six months to December was on account of a lack of European competition at Ibrox.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/7915164.stm

* SPL begins chief executive search *
The Scottish Premier League looks to appoint a chief executive with chairman Lex Gold set to take up a new role with the body.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/7914735.stm

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WALES

* France v Wales (Fri) *
Wales head to Paris looking to make it nine successive Six Nations wins by beating France.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/rugby_union/welsh/7891328.stm

* Swans out to prove a point - Monk *
Garry Monk says Swansea City have come "miles and miles" since their opening day loss at Charlton.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/swansea_city/7913049.stm

* Jones angry at Cardiff boo-boys *
Cardiff boss says the small number of fans who booed his promotion-chasing side are "crazy".
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/7915324.stm

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[E-civicus-text] e-CIVICUS 427 27 February 2009

*FROM THE DESK OF CIVICUS' SECRETARY GENERAL
*Send your comments and contributions to editor@civicus.org
<mailto:editor@civicus.org>.

***Reflecting on the US Economic Climate and Reforming Global Finance
for Civil Society *
By Ingrid Srinath, CIVICUS Secretary General

Dear friends and colleagues,

The health metaphor in the article below struck me as being particularly
evocative. It also sparked renewed concern that the treatments currently
being administered do not address any of the fundamental conditions
diagnosed. It caused me to speculate what a similar lens applied to
civil society might reveal.

With gratitude, faith and solidarity,

Ingrid Srinath
/
/*Diagnosing the Economic Body Politic*
Source: Ethical Markets
Mainstream media in 2008 was replete with diagnoses of the sickness of
the US economy. Central bankers, politicians and their economic advisors
sought to explain the economy's swoon in medical terms. The economic
patient was described as having a heart attack, a seizure, a collapse, a
loss of animal spirits, loss of confidence. Our body economic was
described as being in shock, needing liquidity injections, going to the
emergency room, on life support, on the operating table, responding to
the medicine and, hopefully, in the recovery room. /To read more, click
here <http://www.ethicalmarkets.com/?p=1275>/.

*International CSO Steering Group (ISG) on Aid Effectiveness meets in
Johannesburg*
Source: International CSO Steering Group (ISG)
The International CSO Steering Group (ISG) is meeting this week in
CIVICUS House, Johannesburg, to renew its mandate and composition and
finalize its work plan following its last meeting in Accra. The meeting
is chaired by the co-chairs of the ISG: Cecilia Alemany, form AWID and
Tony Tujan Jr, from IBON Foundation. The ISG's mandate is 'To coordinate
and facilitate international engagement by civil society organisations
(CSOs) promoting reforms in international cooperation for development
and aid effectiveness through the global CSO Better Aid Platform'. /For
details, click here
<http://www.civicus.org/media/ISG_meeting_at_CIVICUS_240209.doc>/.
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*CIVICUS Poll Question*
*
This week's question:*

The health of the global economy will definitely improve in

a. 2009
b. 2010
c. It will take longer than 2010

To answer the question, /click here/ <http://www.civicus.org>.*

Previous question:* Civil society crises in smaller countries deserve
more global attention

a. Yes, of course. The world is too obsessed with 'big' international issues
b. No. The global crises need all the attention they are getting
c. I care only about what's happening in my part of the world!

*Results: *a. - 51.7%, b. - 23.2%, c. - 19.6%

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*CIVIL SOCIETY NEWS*

*Prominent Uzbek Human Rights Activist Detained*
Source: Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Human rights activist and journalist Dilmurod Sayyid has been taken into
custody in Tashkent on suspicion of extortion, RFE/RL's Uzbek Service
reported. Sayyid is an outspoken critic of human rights violations in
Uzbekistan and has been under pressure from officials since 2005, when
he sharply criticized the country's rights situation in an article in
the "Advokat-press" newspaper. /For details, click here
<http://www.rferl.org/Content/Prominent_Uzbek_Human_Rights_Activist_Arrested/1498349.html>/.

*Right time to develop free media, say WSF campaigners*
By Rahul Kumar, Inter Press Service (IPS) TerraViva
Activists are looking at the constructive side of the global economic
meltdown. Media activists at the World Social Forum (WSF-2009) in
Brazil, say the crisis has provided a historic opportunity to strengthen
the free media movement because the mainstream media has colluded with
the corporate world in bringing the worldwide financial chaos upon
everyone. Speaking at a panel discussion on Monday (26 January), just a
day before the formal inauguration of the WSF, Altamiro Borges of the
Vermelho association said: "The bulk of the media organisations are
guilty for the crisis as most of them supported the conditions that lead
to the meltdown. The mass media played an important role in maintaining
and furthering the hegemony of the corporates." /For details, click here
<http://ipsterraviva.net/tv/wsfbrazil2009/currentNew.aspx?new=1260>/.

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*MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGs)

**Press Briefing: PIGA DEBE for Women's Rights Campaign
*Source: Linda Odhiambo, UN Millennium Campaign
The United Nations Millennium Campaign has commissioned a study to
review the progress African governments are making towards meeting
Millennium Development Goals with specific reference to Gender equality
and empowerment of Women (Goal 3) and Improving maternal health (Goal
5). The study will be used to launch a campaign "PIGA DEBE" for Women's
Rights" in the month of March 2009. PIGA DEBE in Swahili literally means
to make noise or shout. The "PIGA DEBE" campaign draws its inspiration
from women's voices in Africa who have repeatedly shouted over the years
that "Enough is enough, no more deaths in child birth". While many
African countries are making tremendous progress, there are gaps in
achieving MDGs and risks of backsliding in some of the areas where
targets are being met. /For details, click here
<http://www.civicus.org/media/PRESS_BRIEFING_PIGA_DEBE_campaign.doc>/.

*Agriculture and Achieving the Millennium Development Goals
*Source: International Food Policy Research Institute
In 2000, the member states of the United Nations adopted the Millennium
Declaration as a renewed commitment to human development. The
Declaration includes eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), each
with quantified targets, to motivate the international community and
provide an accountability mechanism for actions taken to enable millions
of poor people to improve their livelihoods. About 70 percent of the
MDGs' target group live in rural areas, particularly in Asia and Africa,
and for most of the rural poor agriculture is a critical component in
the successful attainment of the MDGs. Thus, a necessary component in
meeting the MDGs by 2015 in many parts of the world is a more productive
and profitable agricultural sector. /For details, click here
<http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/cp/AgMDG.asp>/.

*Food, Climate and Financial Crises Threaten Sustainable Development
Goals – UN Official
*Source: UN News
A range of challenges from food and financial crises to climate change
are threatening global efforts to achieve development that is
sustainable, or that meets the needs of the present without compromising
the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, a top United
Nations official said today. "These multi-dimensional challenges do not
have purely economic solutions, nor purely social or environmental ones.
They require integrated solutions that combine economic, social and
environmental elements," Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social
Affairs Sha Zukang told a UN meeting on sustainable development that
began today in New York. /For details, click here
<http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/>/.

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*GET* *INVOLVED!

**Call for Action Speak out to stop the displacement of 1500
Palestinians from East Jerusalem *
Source: Joint Advocacy Initiative
Israeli authorities ordered on 23 February, the demolition of
eighty-eight Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem, which will displace
some 1500 residents.The Joint Advocacy Initiative urges all YWCAs,
YMCAs, and the international community with its various organizations to
call on their respective governments to pressure the Israeli Government
to immediately put an end to these demolitions and comply with the
international law. As the Israeli Committee Against Housing Demolition
says, "House demolitions have become the hallmark of the Occupation.
Indeed, since 1967 Israel has demolished over 12,000 Palestinian homes,
leaving some 70,000 without shelter and traumatized. The systematic
demolition of Palestinian homes is an attack on an entire people, an
attempt to make the Palestinians submit to a mini-state or worse, an
'autonomous' set of islands - under Israeli control. We need to struggle
against the Occupation so that both our peoples will eventually enjoy
the fruits of a just peace." /For details, click here
<http://www.jai-pal.org/content.php?page=814>/.

*Press Release Situation Update - Zimbabwe *
Source: Save Zimbabwe Now Campaign
A lot of attention has been focused on the charade of Unity Governance
over the past week. But the violence that has been taking place in
Zimbabwe since the signing of the agreement, culminating in the arrest
of Deputy Minister of Agriculture designate and MDC Treasurer General
Mr. Roy Bennett on Friday, should be heard as piercing screams of alert
to the unfolding crackdown by the state and the complete disregard being
shown towards the fragile deal so desperately enforced by SADC. Despite
assurances to the MDC that Roy Bennett would not be arrested he was
picked up and charged with treason. If South Africa fails to speak out
and condemn what is happening they will be complicit in what follows.
This arrest is only part of an unfolding pattern of violence. /For
details, click here <http://civicus.org/media/save_zim_press_release.doc>/.

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*CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISM* *ON* *GLOBAL INSTITUTIONS

**ASIA-PACIFIC: Hunger a growing threat to region
*Source: IRIN News*
*COLOMBO - Long-term hunger looms large for millions of people in the
world's fastest-growing region, the Asia-Pacific, unless governments
invest heavily in agricultural production and put more money in the
hands of the poor, a leading economist has warned. Poverty-stricken
rural communities are paying more for their food than people in urban
centres, seeing their farm land shrinking due to urbanisation and,
despite impressive economic growth, cannot find alternative employment,
Hafiz Pasha, former UN diplomat and now dean of the School of Social
Sciences in Lahore, Pakistan, told legislators at the Asia-Pacific
Parliamentarians' Forum on Inequality and Hunger in Sri Lanka on 16 and
17 February 2009. "The region has made incredible progress in achieving
MDGs, but hunger is not one of them," said Pasha, adding that most
governments had focused on achieving economic growth and neglected food
security. The MDGs are development targets that world leaders have
pledged to achieve by 2015. /For details, click here
<http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=83037>/.

*Africa Gets Additional Seat on Bank Executive Board*
By David Theis, World Bank
The Bank's Board of Governors has approved a first phase of reforms to
increase the influence of developing countries within the World Bank
Group, including adding a seat for Sub-Saharan Africa to allow
developing countries a majority of seats on the Executive Board, and
expanding voting and capital shares. "Adding another seat for Africa,
reaching developing country majority on the Board, expanding developing
country shares and laying the groundwork for further reforms represent
real change," said Bank President Robert B. Zoellick. These reforms were
initially agreed at the Bank's Annual Meetings in October 2008. With the
Governors' approval, the amendment to the Bank's Articles of Agreement
to increase basic votes, which benefit smaller shareholders, now moves
to the 185 member countries for final approval. /For details, click here
<http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:22066796%7EpagePK:34370%7EpiPK:34424%7EtheSitePK:4607,00.html?cid=ISG_%0D%0A%20E_WBWeeklyUpdate_NL>.

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*CLIMATE JUSTICE

**Huge new platform to tell world leaders 'to put people first'*
Source: Put People First
A huge new platform of unions, development agencies, faith and
environmental groups plans to tell world leaders attending the G20
summit in April that only just, fair and sustainable policies can lead
the world out of recession. The alliance, which includes the TUC, Oxfam,
ActionAid, Friends of the Earth and CAFOD, is calling on people to join
a major demonstration for jobs, justice and climate in London on
Saturday 28 March, five days before the summit. Under the banner Put
People First - March for Jobs, Justice and Climate, the groups will
demand decent jobs and public services for all, an end to global poverty
and inequality, and a green economy. The organisations backing Put
People First say: "Recession must not be an excuse for putting off
action for global justice or to stop climate chaos. The only sustainable
way to rebuild the global economy is to create a fair distribution of
wealth that provides decent jobs and public services for all, ends
global inequality and builds a low carbon future." /For details,// click
here
<http://www.putpeoplefirst.org.uk/2009/02/huge-new-platform-to-tell-world-leaders-to-put-people-first/>/.

*
**Seeking Feedback for a Climate Change Strategy for South Asia
*Source: The World Bank
The Bank's South Asia Region is in the process of seeking feedback from
interested parties on its draft climate change strategy. "Towards a
Climate Change Strategy for South Asia" will articulate the guiding
principles for the Bank's climate-related work in the region. This is
part of an ongoing consultation process that will be held around the
region from February to March, 2009. The region is seeking the views of
representatives from governments, donor agencies, civil society, and
other stakeholders, on the document. Your feedback will be essential to
help shape, strengthen and define the strategic approach. /For details,
click here
<http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT/0,,contentMDK:22038355%7EpagePK:146736%7EpiPK:146830%7EtheSitePK:223547,00.html?cid=ISG_E_WBWeeklyUpdate_NL>/.
/

/*African youth to climb Kilimanjaro, joining UN campaign for climate change
*Source: UN News Centre
25 February 2009 – A group of young people from impoverished urban areas
in Kenya, Tanzania and Ghana, will set off on a gruelling trek to the
top of Mount Kilimanjaro under the United Nations banner to draw
attention to the effects of climate change. Ten underprivileged youth
will join 25 other people from the private and public sectors in the
fourth annual ascent to the "rooftop of Africa" organized by the
Kilimanjaro Initiative, a Nairobi-based non-governmental organization
(NGO), in partnership with the "UNite to Combat Climate Change" global
campaign. "This year's climb will highlight – with the melting ice of
Mount Kilimanjaro as a backdrop – how global warming has a direct impact
on the living conditions of individuals and communities throughout the
world," said Wilfred Lemke, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General
on Sport for Development and Peace. /For details, click here
<http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=30012&Cr=climate&Cr1=>/.

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*PROFILES

DONOR: The Vodafone Foundation*
The Vodafone Foundation received recognition as registered charity
number 1089625 from the Charity Commission for England and Wales on 4
December 2001. The Foundation is at the centre of a network of global
and local social investment programmes. Globally, The Foundations make
social investments by funding projects which support disaster relief and
preparedness or fund sport and music projects which benefit some of the
most disadvantaged young people and their communities. Locally, the
social investment is delivered by a unique footprint of 23 Vodafone
Foundations and social investment programmes (with one currently being
registered). Organisation can apply through the local organisations or
by email groupfoundation@vodafone.com. These foundations respond to the
needs of the communities in which Vodafone operates and celebrate their
diversity and the tangible contribution and difference they make to the
people's lives.. /For details, click here
<http://www.vodafone.com/start/foundation.html>/.*

MEMBER: **CERANEO - Centre for Development of Non-Profit Organisation*
Association, established in 1995 to promote recognizable role of civil
society in development processes in Croatia. CERANEO is a think tank
organization dedicated to collecting, analysing and researching problems
in the social policy, promoting new initiatives and advocating more
important role for civil society. Since it was founded CERANEO has been
a key resource centre for development of civil society in Croatia. It
has contributed to establishing both an appropriate legal framework for
the non-profit organizations and has acted as the voice of the sector.
CERANEO has developed projects of strategic importance for development
of civil society in Croatia, also implemented CIVICUS Civil Society
Index in Croatia 2001, 2003-2005, and 2009 underway. CERANEO is
headquartered in Zagreb / Croatia. /For //details, click here
<http://www.ceraneo.hr/>/.

Read more profiles <http://www.civicus.org/memberships/member-profiles>...

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*BOOKS, REPORTS & RESOURCES *

*Final NGLS report on the Civil Society Consultation
*From the United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS)
The final NGLS report on the Civil Society Consultation on the Work of
the President of the UN General Assembly's Commission of Experts on
Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System has been
released. The report was sent to the Office of the President of the
General Assembly yesterday and was forwarded to Prof. Stiglitz earlier
today, for consideration at the upcoming meeting of the Commission of
Experts in Geneva on 10-11 March. The report as well as individual NGO
submissions will be available on the NGLS website. /For details, click
here <http://www.civicus.org/media/ngls_cs.pdf>.
/
*MiniAtlas of Millennium Development Goals: Building a Better World*
Source: The World Bank
The greatest challenge of the 21st century is to provide every human
being on the planet with a long, healthy, and fulfilling life, free of
poverty and full of opportunities to participate in the life of their
community. The Millennium Development Goals - signed by 189 countries in
2000 - set clear targets for reducing poverty and other sources of human
deprivation and for promoting sustainable development. But how far are
we towards meeting these goals? And what resources are needed to help
those countries that are not on track? The third volume in the miniatlas
series is an at-a-glance guide to the world's most pressing problems and
challenges. Illustrated in a clear and accessible format, the miniatlas
presents colorful world maps and engaging graphics that provide a wealth
of information for over 200 countries and territories on today's key
global issues, from eradicating poverty and reducing child mortality to
eliminating HIV/AIDS and promoting environmental sustainability. /For
details, click here
<http://publications.worldbank.org/ecommerce/catalog/product?item_id=4724647>/.

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*CONFERENCES* *& EVENTS*

**International Women for Peace Conference: Women as Creative Agents for
Peace**
5 - 6 March 2009 Dili Timor Leste
"Women as Creative Agents for Peace," is the theme of the second
International Women for Peace Conference which will bring together some
200 participants on 5 – 6 March, 2009 in Dili, Timor Leste. Issues to be
explored include the use of creative formats like drama, songs, visual
arts and storytelling to address issues of justice, peace and security.
Discussions will also consider ways of acknowledging traditional
cultural values while reducing their negative impact on society and will
offer women an opportunity to share their experiences on conflict
transformation and reconstruction, including solidarity building. /For
details, click here
<http://www.alolafoundation.org/womenforpeaceconference.php>/.

*Youth Dialogue Series (Videoconference) - Embracing Diversity and
Fostering Dialogue for Development*
AIM-World Bank Distance Learning Resource Center, Asian Institute of
Management, Makati City
Today, globalization has made our world much closer and more
interconnected than ever before. With it, come new challenges and new
threats. While globalization has the power to transmit and encourage the
flow and exchange of ideas and knowledge, it can also bring about
ignorance, xenophobia and conflict. Dialogue helps to open up spaces for
young people to learn and understand people, cultures and issues. Young
people under the age of 25 constitute half of the world's population and
are poised to inherit a world more complex than ever before. They are
the forefront of the social change and the most receptive to new trends
and ideas and are keen to connect, learn and explore new initiatives for
a better world. /For details, click here
<http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:22072863%7EmenuPK:34482%7EpagePK:2524753%7EpiPK:51421526%7EtheSitePK:4607,00.html>/.

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*WORKSHOPS AND COURSES*

*Standardising Social Responsibility: ISO 26000*
FNB Conference and Learning Centre, 114 Grayston Drive, Sandown,
Johannesburg, South Africa
The African Institute of Corporate Citizenship (AICC) kindly invites you
to a seminar on Standardising Social Responsibility: ISO 26000 in
Johannesburg. Your invaluable experience and expertise will be greatly
appreciated in identifying gaps and assessing the adequacy, practicality
and applicability of the guidance on organizational governance, human
rights, labour practices, the environment, fair operating practices,
consumer issues and community development as proposed in the ISO 26000
International Standard on Social Responsibility. /For details, click
here
<http://www.ngopulse.org/event/standardising-social-responsibility-iso-26000>/.

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*CALL FOR PAPERS, SUBMISSIONS, SURVEYS & NOMINATIONS**

Call for papers: Conference on Classes and Civil Society*
Application Deadline: 31 March 2009
The relationship between social classes and the civil society has been
one of the central themes in sociology and social sciences in general
from the 19th century to the present. However, it seems that since the
1980s this theorization has been carried out partly with avoiding the
use of class theoretical conceptualisations. The purpose of this seminar
organised by CINEFOGO, an acronym for Network of Excellence "Civil
Society and New Forms of Governance in Europe" is to get together
researchers studying various aspect the class -- civil society relations
for developing method(olog)ical solutions for empirical research. /For
details, click here
<http://www.cinefogo.org/workpackages/wp16/wp16-classes-and-civil-society>/.
*

Call for Nominations: 2009 Raymond Georis Prize for Innovative
Philanthropy in Europe*
Application Deadline: 3 April 2009
We have the pleasure of announcing the launch of the sixth annual
Raymond Georis Prize for Innovative Philanthropy in Europe, established
by The Network of European Foundations' Mercator Fund. The Prize will be
awarded at a ceremony in Rome on the occasion of the European Foundation
Centre's 20th Annual General Assembly which will take place on the 14-16
May, 2009. The Prize rewards exceptional and innovative European
Philanthropy and is described in detail on the Call for Nominations
brochure attached. Candidates must be proposed by a Nominator in order
to be considered for the Prize, thus offering the opportunity to
attribute recognition to a project, foundation, organisation or
individual's contribution to European Philanthropy. /For details, click
here
<http://www.civicus.org/media/Brochure_Call_For_Nominations_Georis_09-02-23.pdf>/.

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*APPOINTMENTS
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*JOBS OF THE WEEK

***Full-time Media Coordinator (maternity cover) *
*Application Deadline: 3 March 2009
Global Call to Action Against Poverty
/For details, click here <http://civicus.org/vacanciesandinternships>/.

*Senior Researcher *
Application Deadline: 2 March 2009
DARA Humanitarian Response Index (HRI).
Location: Madrid, Spain
/For details, click here <http://civicus.org/vacanciesandinternships>/.

*Knowledge Management Officer *
Application Deadline: Position open until filled
The International Center for Transitional Justice
Location: New York, USA
/For details, click here <http://civicus.org/vacanciesandinternships>/.

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