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ENERGY: SHALE GAS A BRIDGE TO MORE GLOBAL WARMING
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jan. 24, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - Hundreds of thousands of shale gas wells are being "fracked" in the United States and Canada, allowing large amounts of methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas, to escape into the atmosphere, new studies have shown. (#79737) 1114 words more
CLIMATE: ONLY CIVIL SOCIETY CAN SAVE RIO+20, SAY ACTIVISTS
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 24, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - Large-scale social mobilization, including street protests and parallel activities, is the only thing can save the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) from ending in nothing but frustration, according to activists and analysts. (#79736) 1232 words more
PUERTO RICO: CLEANER ENERGY SOURCES PROVE DIVISIVE
SAN JUAN, Jan. 24, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - As Puerto Rico seeks to lower soaring utility rates while simultaneously shifting toward cleaner energy sources, it faces grassroots opposition to two major projects even though at least one is 100-percent renewable. (#79735) 1409 words more
SOUTH SUDAN: STILL COUNTING THE DEAD IN INTER-ETHNIC CONFLICT
PIBOR, South Sudan, Jan. 24, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - In the ward of a partially destroyed clinic, Mangiro (who did not give his last name) sat on a bed next to his wounded nine-year-old daughter, Ngathin. The little girl is fortunate, she survived the recent inter-ethnic clashes in Pibor county that killed her mother and sisters. (#79731) 1005 words more
RIGHTS: U.N. "OUTRAGED" AT SEXUAL ABUSE BY PEACEKEEPERS IN HAITI
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 23, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - The Caribbean nation of Haiti, still struggling to recover from the devastating 2010 earthquake, is once again trying to cope with the sexual abuse of minors by U.N. peacekeepers - for the third time in five years. (#79729) 803 words more
CHILE: RECOVERY FROM FOREST FIRE COULD TAKE 80 YEARS
SANTIAGO, Jan. 23, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - "It's extremely serious, a full-blown environmental catastrophe," environmentalist Sara Larrain told IPS, describing the impact of the fire that has been raging through the Torres del Paine National Park in Chilean Patagonia since Dec. 27. (#79727) 1176 words more
BURMA: DISMANTLING A DICTATORSHIP - PEACEFULLY
BANGKOK, Jan. 23, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - As he dismantles a 50-year military dictatorship without a shot being fired, Burmese President Thein Sein is resorting to the political art of compromise. (#79701) 921 words more
CZECH REPUBLIC: CASTRATION FOR SEX OFFENDERS DEFENDED
PRAGUE, Jan. 22, 2012 (IPS) - The Czech government has defied calls from international human rights groups to stop the "degrading" practice of surgically castrating sex offenders. (#79705) 1103 words more
INDIA: ADVANCING ECONOMY REVEALS A HUNGRY UNDERBELLY
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, Jan. 21, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - Even a year after Rani, a three-year-old tribal girl in the backward Wayanad district of southern Kerala state, was treated in a government hospital for gastroenteritis she remains grossly underweight and suffers from frequent bouts of diarrhea. (#79707) 742 words more
U.S.: "MONEY ISN'T SPEECH, CORPORATIONS AREN'T PEOPLE"
NEW YORK, Jan. 21, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - In most mainstream media the words "corruption" and "election fraud" accompany images of makeshift polling stations manned by armed guards in Burma or burning tires beside tattered ballot boxes in South Sudan – the insidiousness of stolen elections and a crumbling democracy is very seldom associated with the United States. (#79708) 1117 words more
PAKISTAN: TALIBAN BOMBS GET DEADLIER
PESHAWAR, Jan. 20, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - In their efforts to kill and injure more people as part of a terror campaign in northern Pakistan, the Taliban militia have resorted to lacing bombs with toxic chemicals that leave survivors with complicated wounds. (#79710) 823 words more
JAPAN: PUSHING NUCLEAR EXPORTS AFTER FUKUSHIMA
TOKYO, Jan. 18, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - Japan plans to boost civilian nuclear exports even as it tries to appease its population angered at radiation leaks from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, crippled by an earthquake and tsunami on Mar. 11, last year. (#79700) 816 words more
U.S.: WORRIES MOUNT OVER THREATS OF WAR WITH IRAN
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - A former senior adviser on the Middle East to the last four U.S. presidents says that "the negatives far outweigh the positives" of war with Iran and the United States should augment Israel's nuclear weapons delivery systems to dissuade it from attacking the Islamic Republic. (#79699) 980 words more
MEDIA: WEBSITES BLACK OUT OVER "SOPA CENSORSHIP"
DOHA, Qatar, Jan. 18, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - The number one rule young journalists are taught when starting radio broadcasting is simple: No dead air. Cough into the microphone if you must, but don't allow silence to creep in. (#79688) 1225 words more
U.S.: OBAMA REJECTS GIANT KEYSTONE PIPELINE SCHEME
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - In a decision fraught with political risk, U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday rejected the permit for the proposed giant Keystone XL pipeline project, insisting that his administration needed more time to determine whether it served the national interest. (#79698) 1246 words more
POLITICS: GUATEMALANS LONG FOR SECURITY, FEAR MORE ABUSES
GUATEMALA CITY, Jan. 18, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - Guatemala's new president, retired general Otto Pérez Molina, made campaign promises to deal with crime with a firm hand ("mano dura") in this country, one of the most violent in the world where impunity is almost absolute, giving rise to cautious hopes from civil society. (#79697) 943 words more
CUBA: COUNTDOWN TO FIRST COMMUNIST PARTY CONFERENCE
HAVANA, Jan. 18, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - In the run-up to the first National Conference of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC), the insistence of government sources that the meeting will concentrate on internal party matters seems to imply that social issues are to be excluded from the agenda. (#79689) 910 words more
KENYA: KEY LAKES SUCCUMB TO HUMAN ACTIVITIES
RIFT VALLEY, Kenya, Jan. 17, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - Several years ago, Lakes Kamnarok and Ol Bollosat in Kenya were vibrant water bodies that supported and shaped the ecosystems around them. But today they are shells of their former selves, due to heavy siltation caused by human activities. (#79678) 946 words more
U.S.: IN SIGNAL TO ISRAEL AND IRAN, OBAMA DELAYS WAR EXERCISE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - The postponement of a massive joint U.S.-Israeli military exercise appears to be the culmination of a series of events that has impelled the Barack Obama administration to put more distance between the United States and aggressive Israeli policies toward Iran. (#79681) 1356 words more
CLIMATE: MELTING ICE MAKES ARCTIC ACCESS A HOT COMMODITY
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jan. 16, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - China, Brazil and India want seats on the Arctic Council as global warming creates new opportunities for shipping and resource extraction in the vast Arctic region. (#79682) 879 words more
EL SALVADOR: TWENTY YEARS OF PEACE FAIL TO BRING PROSPERITY
SAN SALVADOR, Jan. 16, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - Two decades after the signing of the Peace Accords, together with the social commitments they contained, El Salvador's levels of poverty and violence are so high that academic and social leaders are proposing new accords to overcome the crisis. (#79684) 1110 words more
INDIA: TOUR GROUPS DEMEANING TRIBALS FOR EXOTIC TROPHY PHOTOS
KOLKATA, Jan. 16, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - In the eastern city Kolkata, a tourist just back from a holiday in India’s Andaman islands last week boasts he threw bananas to Jarawa tribe members and secretly photographed them when their car passed through a jungle. (#79666) 956 words more
INDIA: INDIGENOUS RIGHTS VERSUS WILDLIFE RIGHTS? – PART 2
BANGALORE, Jan. 14, 2012 (IPS/GIN) – As the spread of coffee estates and other enterprises diminishes India’s protected forests, indigenous groups and wildlife find themselves living cheek to jowl in an increasingly contested space. (#79668) 980 words more
DEVELOPMENT: FRANCE STEPS FORWARD WITH ROBIN HOOD TAX OF THE RICH
PARIS, Jan. 14, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - The decision by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to push ahead with a financial transactions tax (FTT) may be a political ploy ahead of elections, but it has the approval of many non-governmental organizations, even as support lags elsewhere. (#79669) 891 words more
PAKISTAN: NEW PRICE TAGS ON STRANDED NATO SUPPLIES
KARACHI, Jan. 12, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - From a distance, the neatly stacked red, blue and orange containers suggest that business is good at Karachi’s Kemari port. (#79649) 1023 words more
EL SALVADOR: PESTICIDES LEAVE TRAIL OF DEATH IN RURAL VILLAGES
NUEVA ESPERANZA, El Salvador, Jan. 12, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - Sitting in the shade under a tree at a careful distance, Francisco Sosa watches his son prepare the land for planting by spraying the weeds with an herbicide from a tank carried on his back. (#79646) 1145 words more
US: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION EDGES TOWARD IRAN REGIME CHANGE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - The Barack Obama administration is increasingly giving the impression that it supports a policy of regime change against Iran - a policy that could backfire and convince Iran to build nuclear weapons. (#79655) 1128 words more
GUINEA-BISSAU: LEADER’S DEATH A BLOW TO A FRAGILE DEMOCRACY
LISBON, Jan. 11, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - The death of the president of Guinea-Bissau, Malam Bacai Sanhá, could usher in a replay of the military uprisings that have set an unmistakable seal of instability on the political life of this small West African country. (#79654) 1189 words more
US: CLINTON RENEWS DUBIOUS CLAIM OF "COVERT" IRANIAN BOMB SITE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's charge Tuesday that Iran had intended to keep the Fordow site secret until it was revealed by Western intelligence revived a claim the Barack Obama administration made in September 2009. (#79652) 1334 words more
SYRIA: ARAB OBSERVER CALLS SYRIA MISSION A "FARCE"
DOHA, Qatar, Jan. 11, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - A former Arab League observer in Syria has decried the organization's monitoring mission to the country as a "farce", as the U.N. Security Council heard security forces had stepped up the killing of protesters after the observers' arrival. (#79638) 740 words more
EGYPT-RIGHTS: A TOUCH OF SPRING FOR LGBT ARABS
CAIRO, Jan. 11, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - With a yearning for human rights playing a vital role in the Arab revolts; putting an end to discriminatory LGBT laws may determine how the future democratic process unfolds. (#79642) 790 words more
U.S.: A DECADE IN THE PURGATORY CALLED GUANTANAMO
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - Hundreds of protesters, dozens outfitted in orange jumpsuits and black hoods, took to the streets outside the White House on Wednesday to demonstrate against torture and indefinite detention on the 10th anniversary of the opening of the U.S. prison facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. (#79651) 889 words more
NIGERIA: SIPHONED BILLIONS ARE TARGET OF PROTEST
KANO, Nigeria, Jan. 11, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - As a nationwide strike and protests against the lifting of the fuel subsidy paralyzed Nigeria for the third day in a row Wednesday, analysts say the billions of dollars a year lost to corruption in the oil industry could have been used to leave the subsidy in place. (#79634) 980 words more
SRI LANKA: FEMALE UNEMPLOYMENT RISES WITH EDUCATION
COLOMBO, Jan. 10, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - Every weekend it has been the same ritual for so many months. Buying the newspaper, going through the classifieds and the employment sections inch by column inch, marking job offers that could offer a chance, even remotely. (#79630) 711 words more
SOUTH AMERICA: RESPONSIBLE TOURISM AT THE "END OF THE WORLD"
USHUAIA, Argentina, Jan. 10, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - An innovative responsible tourism initiative in the Beagle Channel - a narrow strait linking the Atlantic and Pacific near the southernmost tip of South America - ensures the compatibility of the observation and conservation of unique bird and mammal species. (#79629) 940 words more
ZIMBABWE: RESENTMENT BUILDS TO ‘LOOK EAST’ CHINA POLICY
HARARE, Jan. 7, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - Alec Marembo built his family fortune making bricks in Dzivarasekwa, a sprawling high-density suburb north of the capital of Zimbabwe. But due to the economic crisis of the last decade, his fortune started crumbling. Although he could break even when the downturn started, he finally gave in to competition from the Chinese. (#79621) 1045 words more
TAIWAN: POLL WILL DECIDE NUCLEAR PLANT’S FATE
TAIPEI, Jan. 7, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - Voters in Taiwan’s upcoming presidential and national legislative elections will also decide the fate of a bitterly controversial 9.3 billion dollar nuclear power plant. (#79622) 1014 words more
WASTE DISPOSAL: NO ONE WANTS MEXICO CITY'S GARBAGE
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 6, 2012 (IPS/GIN) - The closure of Mexico's biggest garbage dump has highlighted the absence of a comprehensive policy for urban waste collection, disposal and processing, a failure that has serious consequences for health and the environment. (#79624) 903 words more
AFRICA
full story Jan 26  EGYPT: ARAB SPRING GIVES WAY TO MILITARY CHILL (#79744)
full story Jan 25  YOUTH: THE LOGIC AND LIMITS OF NONVIOLENT CONFLICT (#79751)
full story Jan 25  AFRICA: MIRACLE TREE IS LIKE A SUPERMARKET (#79743)
full story Jan 25  MALAWI: STREET VENDORS LOSE CUSTOMERS AFTER STRIPPING WOMEN NAKED (#79745)
full story Jan 24  KENYA: FOURS YEARS ON IDPS REMAIN IN CAMPS (#79739)
full story Jan 23  EGYPT: A YEAR ON, TIRING OF DEMONSTRATIONS (#79704)
full story Jan 22  ZIMBABWE: STREET VENDORS’ PROTEST SPARKING A REVOLUTION (#79696)
full story Jan 21  MAURITIUS: THE DECLINE OF CONSUMER COOPERATIVES (#79725)
full story Jan 20  NAIROBI: PROGRESS TOWARDS A FOOD-SECURE AFRICA (#79713)
full story Jan 19  EGYPT: ISLAMIST PARTIES TO ABIDE BY CAMP DAVID – FOR NOW (#79695)
full story Jan 18  EGYPT: WESTERN FUNDS PROPPING UP REPRESSION, AGAIN (#79692)
full story Jan 18  ZIMBABWE: WOE BETIDE THE RETURN OF THE ZIMBABWEAN DOLLAR (#79686)
full story Jan 17  SWAZILAND-SOUTH AFRICA: NEW RAILWAY LINE TO BOOST ECONOMIES (#79677)
full story Jan 11  CAMEROON-CHINA: A WEDDING WITH UNCERTAIN PROSPECTS (#79636)
full story Jan 11  FINANCES: AFRICA BEGINS TO RISE ABOVE AID (#79641)
full story Jan 10  ZIMBABWE: BROWN REVOLUTION BRINGS NEW HOPE (#79632)
full story Jan 6  CAMEROON: FOOD VENDORS DROP PLASTIC FOR NATURAL WRAPS (#79625)
full story Jan 5  SENEGAL: DOUBLE SENTENCE: AIDS IN A SENEGALESE PRISON (#79627)
ASIA
full story Jan 25  SRI LANKA: POOREST STILL GO HUNGRY (#79747)
full story Jan 24  PAPUA NEW GUINEA: INFORMAL ECONOMY ENSURES EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT (#79734)
full story Jan 23  JAPAN: TSUNAMI BRINGS SEA CHANGE TO TOHOKU (#79703)
full story Jan 20  CHINA: DRAGON DRAGS THE WORLD IN (#79712)
full story Jan 18  BURMA: POLITICAL PRISONERS FREED - CONDITIONALLY (#79690)
full story Jan 17  THAILAND: MALAY-MUSLIM INSURGENCY - LESSONS LEARNT (#79675)
full story Jan 13  CHINA: RASH OF SUICIDES AMONG MONKS REVEALS TIBETAN UNREST (#79659)
full story Jan 9  CHINA: RECESSION, GLOOM AND DOOM CLOUD NEW YEAR HOPES (#79619)
MIDDLE EAST
full story Jan 25  LEBANON: COULD A NEW CIVIL LAW UNIFY A DIVIDED SOCIETY? (#79752)
full story Jan 25  SYRIA SECURITY FORCES "DESTROY HOMES" IN HAMA (#79748)
full story Jan 24  MIDDLE EAST: CRACKS WIDEN IN SYRIAN ECONOMY (#79733)
full story Jan 22  MIDEAST: INTO AN UNSETTLED NEW YEAR (#79706)
full story Jan 17  MIDEAST: ALL UNCLEAR ON NUCLEAR (#79680)
full story Jan 16  ENERGY: SAUDI ARABIA AND IRAN SPAR OVER OIL EMBARGO (#79683)
full story Jan 13  IRAN: PRICE HIKES, SLIDING CURRENCY RATTLE CONSUMERS (#79657)
full story Jan 13  MIDEAST: NETHERLANDS OFFERS HOPE TO GAZAN FLOWER GROWERS (#79661)
full story Jan 13  IRAN: RELATIONS WITH LATIN AMERICA ARE LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE (#79672)
full story Jan 12  MIDEAST: NEGOTIATORS TO GO ON TALKING (#79648)
full story Jan 10  IRAN: ELECTIONS PLAYBOOK STARTS WITH CRACKDOWN ON CRITICS (#79628)
full story Jan 8  MIDEAST: THE OLIVE BRANCH FIGHTS BACK (#79620)
full story Jan 6  AFGHANISTAN: CARGO TRAINS FACE A ROUGH POLITICAL LANDSCAPE (#79626)
LATIN AMERICA
full story Jan 24  ARGENTINA: IN FAMATINA, WATER IS WORTH FAR MORE THAN GOLD (#79742)
full story Jan 20  MEXICO: THE GREEN ECONOMY, BOON OR MENACE? (#79714)
full story Jan 20  HONDURAS: PRESSED BY THE U.S., LOBO AMENDS EXTRADITION LAWS (#79718)
full story Jan 19  MEXICO: MAYANS DEMAND VOICE IN "DOOMSDAY TOURISM" CAMPAIGN (#79721)
full story Jan 18  URUGUAY: MONTEVIDEO IN NOVEL PROJECT TO CURB GAS EMISSIONS FROM SOLID WASTE (#79687)
full story Jan 17  MEXICO: EVEN EDUCATED YOUNG WOMEN FACE POOR, JOBLESS FUTURE (#79693)
full story Jan 14  MEXICO: CROSS-BORDER CHILD CUSTODY, A LEGAL TANGLE (#79671)
full story Jan 13  GUATEMALA: FOR THE MAYA, THE WORLD ISN'T ENDING – THE ENVIRONMENT IS (#79674)
full story Jan 13  LATIN AMERICA: IRAN FLAUNTS ITS ALLIES (#79658)
full story Jan 12  MIGRATION: REFUGE-SEEKING HAITIANS TEST BRAZIL'S SOLIDARITY (#79663)
full story Jan 11  BRAZIL: GROWING PAINS IN A COUNTRY UNDER CONSTRUCTION (#79635)
full story Jan 11  CLIMATE CHANGE: CLEAN-BURNING WOOD STOVES GOOD FOR PLANET (#79640)
full story Jan 10  EL SALVADOR: CASE OF POET ROQUE DALTON'S MURDER CLOSED (#79643)
CARIBBEAN
full story Jan 25  JAMAICA: "MAMA P" FACES PREJUDICE, ECONOMIC CHALLENGES (#79749)
full story Jan 23  RIGHTS: CUBA REBUTS INTERNATIONAL CRITICISM OVER PRISONER'S DEATH (#79730)
full story Jan 23  TRADE: BRITAIN BOOSTS ECONOMIC TIES WITH THE CARIBBEAN (#79728)
full story Jan 12  HAITI: REPORT EXPOSES POST-EARTHQUAKE "SEX FOR FOOD" TRADE (#79662)
full story Jan 12  HAITI: DISPLACED STILL IN TENT CAMPS TWO YEARS AFTER QUAKE (#79664)
US & CANADA
full story Jan 24  U.S. Condemns Boko Haram Attacks (#79741)
full story Jan 21  U.S.: A CREDIT UNION TO BAIL OUT PEOPLE, NOT BIG BANKS (#79709)
full story Jan 19  CANADA: MONEY IS ALL THAT'S GREEN IN BIODIESEL (#79723)
full story Jan 19  TURKEY: FILTERS AGAINST ‘OBJECTIONABLE CONTENT’ ON THE WEB RAISE HACKLES (#79724)
full story Jan 17  CANADA: OPPOSITION BUILDS TO NEW "TAR SANDS" PIPELINE (#79694)
full story Jan 13  U.S.: BURMA’S RELEASE OF PRISONERS, CEASEFIRE HAILED BY OBAMA, RIGHTS GROUPS (#79670)
full story Jan 11  RIO+20: THE MOMENT WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGED? (#79639)
full story Jan 11  US: BUMPER GRAIN HARVEST FAILS TO REBUILD GLOBAL STOCKS (#79650)
full story Jan 10  US-CHINA: LEADING THINK TANK URGES BUILD-UP IN SOUTH CHINA SEA (#79644)
full story Jan 10  CANADA: U.N. TO PROBE MISSING AND MURDERED NATIVE WOMEN (#79645)
full story Jan 9  U.S.: A MOVEMENT EVOLVES TO OCCUPY THE FUTURE (#79633)
EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA
full story Jan 26  SWITZERLAND: RESISTANCE RISES TO ASYLUM SEEKERS (#79746)
full story Jan 26  EU-IRAN: NEW SANCTIONS AIMED AT AVERTING WIDER CONFLICT (#79750)
full story Jan 24  BELARUS: POLITICAL PRISONERS FACING OPPRESSION (#79732)
full story Jan 24  SPAIN: TRIALS OF JUDGE GARZÓN CALLED SCANDALOUS BY RIGHTS GROUPS (#79738)
full story Jan 23  POLITICS: ROMANIANS DISCOVER STREET PROTEST (#79702)
full story Jan 21  RUSSIA: ‘REPRESSION MAY LEAD TO REVOLT’ (#79726)
full story Jan 20  GREECE: AUSTERITY PLAN BREACHES LAST LINE OF DEFENSE OF GREEK WORKERS (#79715)
full story Jan 20  EUROPE: UNREST SPREADS EASTWARDS (#79711)
full story Jan 20  GERMANY: WHILE SOME WASTE, OTHERS FEAST (#79716)
full story Jan 19  BALKANS: THE DARK SIDE OF SERBIA'S OIL SHALE FAIRY TALE (#79722)
full story Jan 18  DEVELOPMENT: TAX TO FUND AID PROJECTS FOR THE POOR FAILS TO GAIN SUPPORT (#79691)
full story Jan 17  KAZAKHSTAN: DISSENT STIFLED AMID INDIFFERENCE (#79676)
full story Jan 16  EUROPE: EDUCATORS DEFEND SEGREGATION OF ROMA FROM SCHOOL POPULATION (#79665)
full story Jan 16  HUNGARY: CIVIL SOCIETY STEPS UP AS OPPOSITION IS DETHRONED (#79667)
full story Jan 13  EUROPE: BERLIN URGED TO END AUSTERITY MEASURES (#79673)
full story Jan 10  KAZAKHSTAN: RIOT TOWN HAS ITS SAY (#79631)
full story Jan 6  KYRGYZSTAN: CHINA EXPANDING INFLUENCE, ONE STUDENT AT A TIME (#79623)
GLOBAL / UNITED NATIONS
full story Jan 24  WAR CRIMES IMMUNITY FOR OUSTED LEADERS UNDER FIRE (#79740)
full story Jan 20  UN: U.N. PREDICTS ONE BILLIONTH TOURIST ARRIVAL IN 2012 (#79717)
full story Jan 19  U.N.: HALF OF ALL ABORTIONS NOW UNSAFE, GLOBAL STUDY FINDS (#79720)
full story Jan 19  U.N.: U.S. INFLUENCE SEEN OVER KEY U.N. APPOINTMENTS (#79719)
full story Jan 18  U.N.: FROM PEACEKEEPING TO PARTISAN POLICING? (#79685)
full story Jan 11  UN: SECOND-TERM U.N. CHIEF SAYS HIS CONVICTIONS REMAIN THE SAME (#79653)
INDIA / PAKISTAN
full story Jan 17  PAKISTAN: FORESTS FALL VICTIM TO THE TALIBAN (#79679)
full story Jan 13  SRI LANKA: PEACETIME CAN MEAN HARD TIMES (#79660)
full story Jan 13  INDIA: INDIGENOUS RIGHTS VERSUS WILDLIFE RIGHTS? – PART 1 (#79656)
full story Jan 11  MEDIA-PAKISTAN: BALOCHISTAN A HORNET'S NEST FOR JOURNALISTS (#79637)

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