• Femlink Pacific, a women's non-government organisation in Fiji launched its first mobile women's community radio project in the second week of January this year. Called "Radio in a Suitcase", the project aims to increase the capacity of women, especially those from rural or poorer communities, to communicate openly on matters related to health and livelihoods.
• The darling of popular consumer culture, Apple Computer Corporation, has become the target of an aggressive environmental coalition in the US. Called the Computer Takeback Campaign, the coalition plans a year-long movement to protest Apple's lacklustre recycling efforts and mountains of e-waste. The advocacy group plans protests at Apple's Californian headquarters throughout 2005, as well as a fierce letter-writing and e-mail campaign.
• According to a new World Health Organization survey, 3 out of 4 films produced by India's prolific film industry over the past decade show their stars smoking. It is the first such study of India's vast film industry.
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