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TRADE: PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING NATIONS MAY EMBRACE EQUATORIAL GUINEA
LISBON, Aug. 18, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The oil interests of Angola, Brazil and Portugal may pave the way for Equatorial Guinea to become the ninth member of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries two years from now, despite the country’s poor human rights record.
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CUBA: FOUNDER OF DISSIDENT GROUP RESIGNS TO PURSUE JOURNALISM
HAVANA, Aug. 18, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Miriam Leiva, one of the founders of the “Women in White,” a Cuban dissident movement, announced Monday that she is leaving the group of wives, mothers and sisters of imprisoned dissidents to dedicate herself to "independent journalism."
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MIDEAST: LATE PALESTINIAN POET LEAVES BEHIND RICH LEGACY
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip, Aug. 19, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The death of poet Mahmoud Darwish has left Palestinians mourning the loss of a beloved literary and political voice.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: REGIONAL BLOC SIGNS CONVENTION ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Aug. 18, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Gender activists breathed a sigh of relief this weekend as leaders from the Southern African Development Community signed a long-delayed gender protocol.
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PAKISTAN: FACING IMPEACHMENT, MUSHARRAF STEPS DOWN
ISLAMABAD, Aug. 18, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf resigned from office on Monday, ending weeks of speculation over whether he would quit or face impeachment on charges of illegally seizing power.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: NGOS PROTEST PROPOSED TRADE DEALS WITH EU
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Aug. 18, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Southern African nongovernmental organizations recently demonstrated against the proposed economic partnership agreements with the European Union, urging their governments not to sign such trade deals.
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U.S.: REVIEW OF ARAR’S CASE MAY WEAKEN RENDITION PROGRAM
NEW YORK, Aug. 18, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The George W. Bush administration’s detention policies may be in for another blow from a federal appeals court in New York.
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Q&A-LEBANON: HEZBOLLAH’S POPULARITY HAS SOARED FOLLOWING WAR
NEW YORK, Aug. 18, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been the most popular figure in the Arab world since the Doha accord in May, which restored Hezbollah to the Lebanese government and essentially gave it the veto power it demanded.
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UGANDA: FECAL MATTER CONTAMINATES DRINKING WATER IN KAMPALA
KAMPALA, Uganda, Aug. 18, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- A combination of ill-planned urbanization and changing rainfall patterns is threatening the water supply of the 2 million residents of Uganda’s capital, Kampala.
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PARAGUAY: ‘BISHOP OF THE POOR’ TAKES OFFICE AS PRESIDENT
ASUNCION, Paraguay, Aug. 14, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Paraguay is buzzing over Friday’s inauguration of its new president, Fernando Lugo, a center-left politician known as the "bishop of the poor" who is putting an end to six decades of Colorado Party rule.
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SOUTH AFRICA: PROFITS FROM ORGANIC FARMING TRANSFORM DISTRICT
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Aug. 15, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Farmers from the KwaZulu-Natal coast of South Africa have transformed their lives in the years since 2001, when they formed the Ezemvelo Farmers’ Organization.
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CUBA: GOVERNMENT STRUGGLES TO MEET DEMAND FOR HOUSING
HAVANA, Aug. 14, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Cuba’s construction efforts have for years failed to keep up with residents’ need for new housing, and meanwhile the existing houses and buildings have continued to crumble.
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PARAGUAY: DAM AUTHORITIES FORCE 4,000 FAMILIES TO RELOCATE
ENCARNACIÓN, Paraguay, Aug. 14, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- A rise in the water level of the Yacyretá hydroelectric dam has led to flooding in the Paraguayan border city of Encarnación.
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U.S.: BUSH ADMINISTRATION DISTANCES ITSELF FROM BLACKWATER
NEW YORK, Aug. 14, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The 190,000 private contractors in Iraq and neighboring countries will likely cost U.S. taxpayers more than $100 billion by the end of 2008, according to a new report.
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AFRICA
Aug 19
MOROCCO: RIGHTS GROUPS DECRY INHUMANE CONDITIONS ON DEATH ROW
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REPORT: GLOBAL RESEARCH GROUP CALLS FOR SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
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ASIA
Aug 19
CHINA: OLYMPIC ATHLETES DEVOUR HUNDREDS OF ROAST DUCKS DAILY
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SOUTHEAST ASIA: FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM FAILS IN MEKONG RIVER DELTA
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MIDDLE EAST
Aug 14
IRAQ: RULING COUNCIL OF DIYALA FIRES PROVINCIAL POLICE CHIEF
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CARIBBEAN
Aug 18
CARIBBEAN: REGION’S LEADERS AIM FOR POLITICAL INTEGRATION BY 2013
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US & CANADA
Aug 14
U.S.: NEOCONSERVATIVES PAINT PUTIN AS MODERN-DAY HITLER
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GLOBAL / UNITED NATIONS
Aug 19
Q&A: U.N. CONVENTION HAS MADE INROADS AGAINST LAND DEGRADATION
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Aug 18
DEVELOPMENT: SANITATION EMERGES AS MAJOR CONCERN AT WATER SUMMIT
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INDIA / PAKISTAN
Aug 15
PAKISTAN: SOUP KITCHENS STRUGGLE TO MEET GROWING DEMAND
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