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DENVER, Aug 26 (OneWorld) - There will be efforts to disenfranchise African Americans and other minorities in the upcoming presidential elections, but advocacy groups are already on the ground helping ensure that every eligible American who wants to vote, gets to vote.

DENVER, Aug 25 (OneWorld) - Author and environmental leader David Orr is upset about the corruption of language in the United States. He doesn't like how some groups have co-opted phrases like "pro-life" and "conservative" to promote their own political agendas, which often have little to do with saving lives or acting conservatively. But the greatest travesty, he says, is the way Americans throw around the term "global warming."

ADDIS ABABA, Aug 26 (OneWorld) - Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein signed an agreement here today ending a month-long standoff between the two men that had threatened to unravel the country's fragile transitional government.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 26 (OneWorld) - As citizens across the United States gear up for a historic and highly competitive set of national, state, and local elections this November, a federal government policy is keeping voter registration groups away from thousands of elderly and disabled military veterans.

STOCKHOLM, Aug 22 (IPS) - A specter is haunting the cities and villages of most developing nations, warns a senior official of a World Bank-affiliated organization.

WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (OneWorld) - The millions of children and thousands of school buildings about to start a new cycle of learning would both benefit from some serious greening, says the Earth Day Network (EDN), offering suggestions from turning off light switches to adding solar panels.

NEW YORK, Aug 20 (OneWorld) - Following revelations about the latest death of a detainee in the custody of U.S. immigration officials, lawyers and human rights groups are urging Congress to adopt new legislation to ensure adequate medical care for all those held by the U.S. immigration enforcement agency.

WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (OneWorld) - A leading U.S. human rights group blasted Olympic corporate sponsors such as McDonald's, Panasonic, and Coca-Cola yesterday for disregarding human rights abuses in host country China.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 19 (New America Media) - For the first time, a big, American utility company is investing in large-scale solar energy. Pacific Gas & Electric has decided that solar is part of the answer for California's energy needs.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 18 (OneWorld) - Community groups are concerned about the Department of Homeland Security's plans to build a giant fence down the middle of a park that marks the westernmost border between the United States and Mexico.

WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (OneWorld) - The fatal ambush of four humanitarian aid workers in Afghanistan Wednesday has provoked a sharp response from the international aid community, including strong condemnation of the Taliban.

NEW YORK, Aug 15 (OneWorld) - Major players in the food and cosmetics industries are coming under heavy pressure from environmental activists to stop manufacturing and selling products that contain palm oil.

WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (OneWorld) - Power-sharing talks between Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai appeared to collapse last night, reflecting an ongoing deadlock over who will hold real power in the country.

MENDOTA, California, Aug 11 (New America Media) - Early each morning these days, the manager of Mendota Food Center on Derrick Avenue in this small community west of Fresno, boxes his aging produce, which he would normally throw away, and leaves it at the back of his store.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 8 (OneWorld) - Human rights groups are condemning Wednesday's conviction of Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, calling his military trial at Guantanamo Bay "flawed," "a betrayal of American values," and contrary to international law.

ADDIS ABABA, Aug 8 (OneWorld) - Ethiopian officials have said that the country will increase its appeal to the international community for a third time this year, criticizing donors for failing to commit resources to a hunger crisis precipitated by drought and rising food prices.

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 7 (OneWorld) - It will be a difficult -- but not impossible -- task to develop an AIDS vaccine, say independent medical researchers at a major international conference on HIV/AIDS taking place in Mexico this week.

DENVER, Aug 6 (OneWorld) - On the sixty-third anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima, groups and individuals around the world are calling on the next U.S. president to take seven concrete steps to end the threat of nuclear terrorism and war.

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 5 (OneWorld) - Aid groups are demanding increased protections for civilians in Afghanistan as fighting continues to escalate in the Central Asian country that is regaining its status as a focal point of the U.S.-led "war on terror."