http://amlat.oneworld.net/article/archive/1641 sh_SH http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160962/1/1641 Corruption is a fundamental cause and catalyst of the global water crisis, which currently threatens the lives of billions of people around the world, says a new report from a global coalition against corruption. From: Transparency International http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160944/1/1641 Typhoon Fengshen, which hit the Philippines this weekend and is now moving towards China, has killed 244 people, left hundreds missing, and made thousands homeless in the island nation. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160941/1/1641 Japan should take a global leadership role and act to stem the food crisis by re-exporting its 1.5 million tons of surplus rice -- at reasonable prices -- say a trio of international policy experts. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160912/1/1641 The G-8 foreign ministers, meeting next week, must deal decisively with the humanitarian toll that rising food prices and reduced foreign aid are taking on Africa, said a panel of leaders focused on African progress. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83835 Nearly 3,000 Americans have signed a petition by an international aid group urging the G-8 finance ministers, meeting this weekend, to cancel Haiti's "illegitimate" billion dollar debt as Haitians struggle to endure sky-rocketing prices of food and fuel.