http://ssla.oneworld.net/article/archive/2716 sh_SH http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160962/1/2716 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/link/gotolink/addhit/83853 Privatization, free trade, and market forces...the rich world insists poor states play by our rules. But they don't work. Time to let countries determine their own destinies, asks Duncan Green. From: New Statesman http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160912/1/2716 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/83841 Wastepickers in Delhi, who live and work in profoundly unsanitary conditions, won a major concession earlier this month from their local government: a portable toilet. The Advocacy Project http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160880/1/2716 UNITED NATIONS, Jun 13 (OneWorld) - Millions of people across the world are more likely to face hunger and starvation due to disruption in aid deliveries caused by the rising prices of food, UN officials said this week.