[RED DEMOCRATICA] Human rights advocates raise alarm about Syria's crackdown

 

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	December 29, 2011 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate Human rights advocates raise alarm about Syria's crackdown Syrian and international human rights advocates are expressing concern Arab League observers visiting the country are failing to receive or report an accurate picture of the situation, and that Syrian authorities are hiding detainees. A months-long deadly crackdown on pro-reform protesters that has killed thousands prompted the observer visit. 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UN Dispatch Durban landfill awaits UN approval A landfill in the South African city of Durban, one of the country's largest dumps, is capturing methane and carbon dioxide gases from decomposing waste, then using it to create electricity. The level of destruction of methane gas is tantamount to 20,000 carbon credits each month -- but UN certification for sales of carbon credits has not been forthcoming. Al-Jazeera (12/29)        Other News Ban calls on Guinea-Bissau officials to demonstrate leadership United Press International (12/28)      UN staff member succumbs to injuries from Nigeria blast The Washington Post/The Associated Press (12/28)      Anti-malaria net campaign struggling in DR Congo A program that distributes insecticide-treated mosquito bed nets in the Democratic Republic of Congo isn't having the same level of success in fighting malaria than in other parts of Africa. BBC (12/27)      Is Bolivia extracting plentiful lithium fast enough to help poor? Opinion is divided in Bolivia on the efficacy, and rate of extraction, of lithium -- seen as a green-energy fuel of the future, powering mobile phones, laptops and electric cars -- from beneath a 10,000-square-kilometer salt flat. The country has enough reserves of the metal that it could become the "Saudi Arabia of lithium." The Guardian (London)/Poverty Matters blog (12/29)        Other News Skin odor affects odds of bite by malarial mosquito DiscoverMagazine.com/Not Exactly Rocket Science blog (12/28)      Cookstove design lab aims for less fuel, emissions At the nonprofit BURN Design Lab, near Seattle, engineers and metalsmiths are devising new designs for compact, portable and inexpensive cookstoves. "We want to make a stove that uses 50 percent less fuel and produces 90 percent less emissions," said Peter Scott, founder of the lab, a partner in the United Nations Foundation's Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. Voice of America (12/27)      Women farmers get a boost from new initiatives Development organizations are innovating ways to enhance the ability of women to produce food in a bid to build on women's efforts, ensure food security and reduce poverty. Vertical farming, which allows women to grow food without having to own land, microcredit systems and female collectives are being used to help women overcome traditional challenges to growing a steady food supply. The Christian Science Monitor (12/28)      Vietnamese farmers battle climate change effects Vietnamese farmers are getting help from development organizations to introduce new crop variations and adopt alternative farming techniques to battle the effects of climate change. Vietnamese farmers have been battling rising sea levels and saltwater intrusions into farmland that are already causing significant crop damage. IRINNews.org (12/28)      India's commitment to solar energy meeting expectations Two years ago the Indian government, amid widespread skepticism, set out by 2020 to drastically increase solar power usage from virtually nothing to 20,000 megawatts, roughly the equivalent of the power needed to run up to 15 million American homes. The government, which is being credited by industry for the solar boom, is making believers out of doubters. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (12/28)      Other News Japan leads the world on plastics recycling efforts The Guardian (London) (12/29)      TRAFFIC: Elephant poaching on the rise AlertNet/Reuters (12/29)      Livestock cultivation could save rare African species The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/Green blog (12/27)      North Korea leadership change moves forward Kim Jong-un stepped into the limelight as North Korea's leader Thursday, a day after funeral services for his father Kim Jong-il, promising to turn sorrow into strength. No foreign delegations have attended any of the ceremonies, but United Nations missions worldwide lowered their flags to half-mast to acknowledge the funeral. 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