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for over 50 years leading and embodying a mass movement rooted in peace, mutual respect, and village development, and for promoting reconciliation and recovery in the face of this year's ferocious end to Sri Lanka's nearly-30-year-long violent conflict Full Story »

WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (OneWorld.net) - Some of the world's influential leaders had the chance to experience life as a refugee during an annual economic summit last week -- for one hour they shared the suffering of 42 million people who have been forced to leave their homes by conflict or natural disaster. Full Story »

for forging their own path out of a patriarchal society, and then returning to provide new opportunities for the girls in their community Full Story »

for speaking out when others wouldn't and being a role model for millions of young people living with AIDS worldwide, until her death on June 5 Full Story »

LEOGANE, Feb 2 (IRIN) - Ensuring seeds are sown during Haiti's principal planting season -- now just one month away -- is key to averting a food crisis in the wake of January's devastating earthquake, experts say. Full Story »

VAVUNIYA, Feb 1 (IRIN) - As the results of Sri Lanka's first post-war presidential election poured in, the mood at Menik Farm, in the main government-run camp for the ethnic Tamil internally displaced (IDPs), in the northern town of Vavuniya, was sober. Full Story »

WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Media Consortium) - In his first State of the Union address, President Barack Obama touched on climate issues only briefly. He called on the Senate to pass a climate bill, but did not give Congress a deadline or promise to veto weak legislation. Nor did he mention the Copenhagen climate conference, where international negotiators struggled to produce an agreement on limiting global carbon emissions. Full Story »

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 28 (New America Media) - Haitians living in the United States are deeply impacted by the devastating earthquake that hit their island homeland earlier this month, according to a poll sponsored by New America Media. Full Story »

WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (OneWorld.net) - Barack Obama is "missing a historic opportunity" to improve lives across the continent of Africa, says a new report from a pair of Africa policy think tanks, urging the U.S. president to create a new, "people-centered" strategy to tackle major ongoing challenges including HIV/AIDS, poverty, human rights violations, and climate change. Full Story »

JOHANNESBURG and CAPE TOWN, Jan 25 (IPS) - The seizure of large commercial farms -- almost all white-owned -- has continued despite the formation of a unity government in Zimbabwe. The country's farm workers say they are the biggest losers. Full Story »