Full Coverage: North America

31.05.2006 WASHINGTON, DC, May 31 (OneWorld) - A dramatic shift of funds and priorities is needed to stem the tide of the global AIDS pandemic, said women's health advocates in Washington, DC last week, marking the 25th anniversary of the disease's discovery.

31.05.2006 Human induced climate change, rather than naturally occurring ocean cycles, may be responsible for the recent increases in frequency and strength of North Atlantic hurricanes, according to US researchers.

31.05.2006 Professor Colin Samson has won the Pierre Savard Award for his book on the forced assimilation of the Innu people of Canada's Labrador-Québec peninsula.

31.05.2006 If you're like most parents of teenagers, your kids spend quite a bit of time after school tapping away at the computer. Well, here's a tip: They're probably not doing homework.

31.05.2006 Since Mother’s Day, a dedicated group of activists have taken action every day to demand an end to the war in Iraq. Check out the photos and learn more about how these women made their voices heard.

31.05.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, May 30 (OneWorld) - American private aid agencies are responding to the massive earthquake that hit Indonesia over the weekend. The magnitude 6.3 quake that struck southern Java in the early morning Saturday left over 5,000 dead, 20,000 injured, and 130,000 homeless.

31.05.2006 A Californian appeal court’s decision that online journalists and bloggers have the same right to protect their sources as other kinds of journalists has been hailed as "historic".

31.05.2006 "Nuestro himno", la polémica versión del himno nacional estadounidense en español, fue cantado en público por primera vez este martes en Ellis Island, la pequeña isla frente a Manhattan que sirvió de puerta de entrada a 20 millones de inmigrantes hasta mediados del siglo XX.

30.05.2006 Genetically engineered papaya has devastated the Hawaiian export market, according to a new report.

30.05.2006 ”Lopullisena tavoitteena on poistaa tyrannia maailmasta”, Yhdysvaltain presidentti George W. Bush julisti toisen kautensa virkaanastujaispuheessa alkuvuodesta 2005. Nyt varsinkin muslimimaiden tyrannit kelpaavat taas ystäviksi.

29.05.2006 What does a Bosnian do when he, or she, wants to see a good film? Just go out and make it!! All the visitors of the third in a row Bosnia and Herzegovina Film Festival BHFF, held at the end of May of this year at the Antology Film Archives in New York, could testify that every joke has at least a trace of truth in it. The common denominator of the eight documentaries, two long features, seven short features and seven animated films presented at the BHFF was to be found in the subjects of identity, survival and justice in war-time and post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina.

29.05.2006 The momentous changes in world politics provoked by the 9/11 attacks have still not been recognised in the United States itself, reports Fred Halliday in New York.

27.05.2006 from Climate Change blog:
Both countries are building dirty coal-fired power stations fast. These are not 'clean energy sources' as industry PR suggests: the 'lie that may destroy the Earth's atmospheric system'.

26.05.2006 The partial Sudan peace deal signed in Abuja in May is unravelling in Darfur and the international community appears paralysed in the face of Khartoum’s objections to a UN force, warned a US African affairs lobby group.
* Government allows UN to assess proposed Darfur mission
* Darfur: no peace, no food
* Darfur needs robust protection force
* Joint UN-AU assessment team to visit Darfur within days

26.05.2006 Amnesty International USA, a Yahoo stockholder, challenged the company to uphold human rights in its operations in China at the annual stockholders meeting Thursday. Yahoo provided sensitive information to the Chinese government that may have helped convict Li Zhi, a civil servant, who was jailed for criticizing the government.

25.05.2006 Yhdysvaltain kongressi tuhlaa turhaan resursseja lyhyen aikavälin rangaistustoimiin pyrkiessään pysäyttämään laittomat maahantulot, totesivat aktivistit mielenilmauksissa eri puolilla Yhdysvaltoja. Johtajilta vaaditaan realistisia, rakentavia, pitkän ajan poliittisia ratkaisuja maahanmuuttoon.

25.05.2006 from Deltoid, Tim Lambert's blog:
How to apply for a job at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), home of the 'alleged global warming crisis' ads. Pink Punko leads the way...

25.05.2006 The U.S. Congress is wasting valuable time and money on short-term, punitive provisions to halt illegal immigration, said activists across the country Wednesday calling for true leadership to devise realistic, constructive, and long-term policy solutions.

25.05.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, May 24 (OneWorld) - Though President George W. Bush's plan to send 6,000 members of the National Guard to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border is meeting with little resistance in Washington, residents of the Texas border town of Redford are not so easily convinced.

24.05.2006 "When you just look at the need, I feel like it's too hard to ignore," said Green Bay Packers running back Samkon Gado, who worked undercover at a local Wisconsin hospital this off-season to further his goal of returning to Nigeria to practice medicine.