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Engage brain, drive forward Corporate social responsibility is at a crossroads. If it is to move beyond a little light airbrushing round the edge of the annual report companies and government have to engage with it where it really matters, at the point where public policy and corporate purpose intersect, according to a new report from the Green Alliance. (Guardian, 31 Aug 2003) Lawyers urge UN overhaul The International Association of Lawyers, known by its French initials of UIA, has called for the charter of the United Nations to be overhauled, arguing that it is outdated and not able to respond to the challenges of the 21st century. (BBC, 31 Aug 2003) Kenya lifts ban on Mau Mau The Kenyan Government has decided to legalise the Mau Mau, the movement that fought colonial rule, over 50 years after it was banned by the British authorities. (BBC, 31 Aug 2003) Urban sprawl piles on the pounds 'Walking' neighbourhoods could be healthier US scientists have suggested that people who live in a "sprawling" district - where shops and services are widely spaced - tend to weigh more. (BBC, 30 Aug 2003) Hill to succeed Campbell Former Labour Party director of communications David Hill is to succeed Alastair Campbell at Downing Street. (Ananova, 29 Aug 2003) Health woes, suburban living are linked in national study People who live in spread-out suburbs are on average 6 pounds heavier than urban dwellers and are more likely to suffer from high blood pressure, hypertension, and other ills, according to the first national study linking health trends and where people live. (Boston Globe, 29 Aug 2003) Livingstone demands answers after rush-hour power cut London's mayor has called for an inquiry after a massive power cut caused "unprecedented" disruption to a quarter of a million people trying to get home during the London rush hour. (Ananova, 29 Aug 2003) Milk float races into record books A new version of the humble electric milk float has achieved the inaugural world speed record for the vehicles after travelling at 73.39 mph. (Ananova, 28 Aug 2003) Number of divorces reaches seven-year-high The Office for National Statistics says the number of marriages ending in divorce reached a seven-year high last year. (Ananova, 28 Aug 2003) Blair reveals 'dodgy dossier' resignation thoughts Tony Blair has told the Hutton Inquiry he would have had to resign if allegations that the Government sexed up its Iraqi weapons dossier had been true. (Ananova, 28 Aug 2003) Peacekeepers call off latest Karadzic operation Nato peacekeepers have ended two days of patrols around the home of Radovan Karadzic's daughter, suspected of helping the United Nations war crimes tribunal's top fugitive evade justice. (Ananova, 28 Aug 2003) Grassroots Democracy in Iraq, American Style Majid Muhammed Yousef yearns for democracy. As an Iraqi Kurd, he and his family suffered tremendously under Saddam Hussein. After the US overthrew Saddam, Majid was grateful and excited about building a new Iraq. At the end of May, a group of US soldiers came to his neighborhood in a dangerous section of Baghdad and convened a meeting. ... At the meeting, the soldiers announced that they were going to supervise elections for a local council and asked people to put themselves forward as candidates. (Commondreams, 26 Aug 2003) Cash boost to help poorer families eat 'five a day' Schemes to help families on low incomes eat more healthily in a bid to cut heart disease, cancer and strokes has been given a £1.5 million boost. (Ananova, 19 Aug 2003) Manning fronts anti-milk campaign An animal rights group has revealed plans to launch an anti-milk campaign using the image of comedian Bernard Manning. A billboard poster, created by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta), depicts Manning with a milk "moustache". (Ananova, 18 Aug 2003) Blonde jokes to be made illegal in Bosnia Blonde jokes are set to be made illegal in Bosnia under new laws that will enable women to sue people who make jokes about their hair colour. (Ananova, 18 Aug 2003) Poverty 'hampers heart by-pass recovery' Poverty and social deprivation increase the risk of a patient suffering complications after a heart by-pass operation, it has been claimed. (Ananova, 18 Aug 2003) 'Illegal immigrant' found dead in lorry A suspected illegal immigrant has been found dead in a lorry after the vehicle was stopped by police. (Ananova, 18 Aug 2003) Woman shot by police 'armed with air pistol' Police have refused to comment on claims that a woman shot by armed officers outside a rural cottage was only carrying an air pistol. (Ananova, 18 Aug 2003) Pressure of prison numbers 'raising suicide rate' The prisons chief says the number of people being given custodial sentences is contributing to a record suicide rate in jails. (Ananova, 17 Aug 2003) Fabians attack consumer choice The Government should downgrade the principle of consumer choice in economic policy and in the reform of public services, argues a report published today by the Fabian Society, the Labour-affiliated think tank. Expanding the range of choices available for private consumption can often deprive individuals of other choices which may make them better off, the report argues. Public goods often provide greater quality of life benefits, as well as being more environmentally sustainable. A Better Choice of Choice by Roger Levett et al is available priced £9.95 from the Fabian Society. (Fabian Society Press Release, 17 Aug 2003) Lessons in how to lie about Iraq The problem is not propaganda but the relentless control of the kind of things we think about. (Guardian, 17 Aug 2003) Britons taking risks with rising debt Research claims the average Briton now has debts totalling £3,485, and plans to pay off just 21% of what they owe during the coming six months. (Ananova, 17 Aug 2003) Asylum seekers jailed for detention centre riot Two asylum seekers have been jailed for four years for their part in a riot which reduced half of a £100 million flagship detention centre to a smoking ruin. (Ananova, 15 Aug 2003) BNP man wins council by-election The British National Party has its 17th local councillor in England after it won a council by-election. (Ananova, 15 Aug 2003) 'Raped' Kenyan women demand compensation from MoD Women carrying children they claim are the result of being raped by British soldiers are protesting in Kenya, demanding an inquest into their allegations. (Ananova, 14 Aug 2003) Heatwave kills 3,000 in France About 3,000 people have died in France of heat-related causes since unusually high temperatures swept across the country two weeks ago. (Ananova, 14 Aug 2003) Council staff told to stop calling visitors "love" and "dear" Bristol City Council has told its staff not to address members of the public as "love" or "dear". (Ananova, 14 Aug 2003) Smuggling gang members get up to eight years A Belgian court has convicted 25 Albanians and Turks of smuggling 10,000 illegal immigrants into Britain in 2001-2002. (Ananova, 14 Aug 2003) A community service To misquote the old Heineken lager ad, how good is your college at pulling in those punters others can't reach? There are some principals now reviewing the past year who can justifiably be proud of their college's record at widening participation. ... Learning and skills for neighbourhood renewal is published by the Learning and Skills Development Agency. (Guardian, 12 Aug 2003) Writing history It must niggle Simon Schama, David Starkey, Niall Ferguson et al that the most popular historian in this country prefers to think of himself primarily as an entertainer rather than an academic. It must also niggle that there's a good chance that his name will mean little to most adults, though it will to their children. (Guardian, 12 Aug 2003) Virtual reality ... The professor as an avatar - a virtual reality character - is the central idea of The New Virtual Global University, a new book from Professor Tiffin, and his colleague, Dr Lalita Rajasingham. Professor Tiffin, who was born in Leeds, is back in the UK for a holiday and to promote the book. We meet at Leeds University, from where he graduated 50 years ago in 1953 and I three years ago, to talk about his idea for a truly global virtual university. (Guardian, 12 Aug 2003) Book for children markets firm's drugs The government's medical watchdog is to "investigate urgently" a marketing ploy by GlaxoSmithKline that uses a specially-written Mr Men children's book to promote its anti-allergy products. (Guardian, 12 Aug 2003) Servant culture 'killing families, feeding racism' Middle-class families who hire cleaners and nannies so women are free to go out to work are contributing towards a new exploitative "servant economy", a leading American feminist claimed last night. (Guardian, 12 Aug 2003) Police racism guidelines 'diluted' New guidelines on dealing with racist police have watered down one of the Stephen Lawrence inquiry's recommendations. (BBC, 11 Aug 2003) Destruction by degrees Try to picture a world six degrees cooler than the one we live in. Perhaps you imagine a coldish, Canadian existence. Warmish summers, with long, white winters. Almost picturesque, really. (Guardian, 10 Aug 2003) High burnout dims Indian call centers Over half of all call center staff in India burn out and end up quitting due to tough working conditions, according to a study done by market research firm NFO. (CNETAsia, 8 Aug 2003) School sends for radical US professor to tame louts A professor specialising in saving American schools blighted by guns and crime has been hired to transform a failing school in Nottingham. H Jerome Freiberg has made a career of sorting out anti-social children involved in drugs, guns and gang violence, helping to re-establish 200 inner-city schools in the US. (Telegraph, 7 Aug 2003) Reel politik Rewind to the beginning of the second world war, when teenager Stanley Forman was filming peace marches through London while trying to avoid getting mown down by the mounted police. Having absorbed the Lenin dictum that "the most important of all the arts is cinema", the East End tailor's son and his Young Communist League comrades were recording their street protests for posterity. ...· Six programmes charting the history of British film and video activism from 1930-2003 will be shown at NFT2 from September 1-30. For further details visit www.bfi.org.uk or contact 020-7928 3232. (Guardian, 6 Aug 2003) Royal Mail pledges to stamp out sexual harassment A major investigation into widespread sexual harassment of female workers at Royal Mail has been suspended after the company pledged to take a hard line to tackle the problem. (Ananova, 7 Aug 2003) US negotiate over British Guantanamo prisoners American legal chiefs will fly to London next week for further talks over the fate of British terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay. (Ananova, 6 Aug 2003) Driven out of Eden It is surely one of the most brazen evasions of reality ever painted. John Constable's The Cornfield - completed in 1826 and now hanging in the National Gallery's new exhibition, Paradise - evokes, at the very height of the enclosure movement, a flawless rural harmony. (Guardian, 5 Aug 2003) Law lords to reappraise anti-terror rules The whole legal basis under which 13 "suspected international terrorists" are being interned indefinitely in Britain without trial is to be reconsidered by the House of Lords, it was announced last night. (Guardian, 5 Aug 2003) Genocide mass trial ends with 11 death sentences A Rwandan genocide trial has ended after two years with 11 death sentences and 71 life sentences. (Ananova, 5 Aug 2003) Ozone layer begins to recover The rate of destruction of the protective ozone layer in the upper reaches of the atmosphere is slowing. (Ananova, 1 Aug 2003) |
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