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TRINIDAD: CLOSING THE BOOK ON COUP ATTEMPT OF 1990
PORT OF SPAIN, Jul. 26, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - For the past 19 years, Wendell Eversley has been staging a one-man protest calling for a public inquiry into the failed coup by a group of radical Muslims against the then Trinidad and Tobago government headed by Prime Minister Arthur N.R. Robinson.
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CHINA: STRICT PARENTS BEWILDERED BY REBELLIOUS CHILDREN
BEIJING, Jul. 27, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Fourteen years ago, Fang Xin declared war on her parents. Whatever they wanted of her, Fang, now 28, did the opposite. She refused to watch news broadcasts by the state’s China Central Television, or the annual Spring Festival Gala, with her father and mother. She would not eat meals with her family.
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U.S.: OBAMA'S AFGHANISTAN STRATEGY INCREASINGLY UNDER SIEGE
WASHINGTON, Jul. 26, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Monday's publication by three major newspapers of tens of thousands of classified documents assembled by the online whistleblower WikiLeaks and detailing the travails of the U.S. military in Afghanistan and Pakistan's secret support for the Taliban from 2004 through 2009 comes amid a growing crisis of confidence here in the nearly nine-year-old war.
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RIGHTS-PERU: NO REPARATIONS FOR FAMILIES OF CIVIL WAR VICTIMS
HUAMANGA, Peru, Jul. 26, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - The families of victims of the political violence in the impoverished southern highlands province of Ayacucho, the epicentre of Peru's 1980-2000 counterinsurgency war, complain that the administration of Alan García has set new conditions for the start of the payment of reparations.
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POLITICS-CUBA: LEADER’S ABSENCE FROM PODIUM RAISES SPECULATION
HAVANA, Jul. 26, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Revolution Day, the anniversary of the attack on the Moncada barracks and one of the most important dates on Cuba's calendar, found the country caught up in speculation that Fidel Castro might appear on the platform, and raised fresh expectations about changes promised four years ago.
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Q&A: "NGOS ARE HERE TO STAY", SAYS INTERACTION CEO
UNITED NATIONS, Jul. 26, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - InterAction is the largest alliance of U.S.-based NGOs, with over 190 members. Its head, Sam Worthington, spoke recently with IPS about the role of NGOs in Haiti, the U.S. and throughout the world.
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URUGUAY: MILLENNIUM GOAL ON MATERNAL HEALTH IN SIGHT
MONTEVIDEO, Jul. 26, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Uruguay is on the point of reaching the Millennium Development Goal for reducing the maternal mortality ratio, but it is still behind in other aspects of maternal health, like providing integrated sexual and reproductive health care, fighting syphilis and checking on mothers and babies during the postpartum period.
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CAMBODIA: KHMER ROUGE VICTIMS DENOUNCE SENTENCE OF 30 YRS
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Jul. 26, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - The Khmer Rouge tribunal delivered its first verdict Monday and sentenced a key leader of the genocidal regime, Comrade Duch, to 30 years behind bars, but many victims were left complaining over this sentence outside the emotional courtroom.
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KENYA: JURY STILL OUT ON TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS
NAIROBI, Jul. 26, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - The government of Kenya has been encouraging women to deliver in hospital. Home deliveries by traditional birth attendants are considered to be a major contributor to maternal deaths.
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MIDDLE EAST: EGYPT RENEGES ON CROSS BORDER HUMANITARIAN TRADE
CAIRO, Jul. 26, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Almost two months since Egypt announced it would reopen its Rafah border terminal with the Gaza Strip, operation of the crossing remains extremely limited.
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ROMANIA: SLOW FOOD MAKES SOME RAPID ADVANCES
BUCHAREST, Jul. 26, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - "We are trying to change children's attitude to food and to make sure there are still farmers in our countries in a decade or two," says Romanian delegate Marta Pozsonyi at the first Terra Madre Balkans meeting in the Bulgarian city of Sofia last week.
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U.S.-RIGHTS: MENTALLY ILL ADRIFT IN U.S. IMMIGRATION SYSTEM
UNITED NATIONS, Jul. 25, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Mentally disabled legal permanent residents of the United States and asylum seekers face indefinite detention, erroneous deportation, and unfair hearings in U.S. courts, according to a new joint report from two leading human rights organizations.
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PALESTINE: ANGER RISES OVER U.S. TAX DOLLARS FOR SETTLEMENTS
RAMALLAH, Jul. 24, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Anger has arisen in Palestinian areas over reports that millions of tax-exempt dollars from the U.S. are being funneled towards Israel's illegal settlement building in the Palestinian West Bank -- in flagrant violation of international law.
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JAPAN: CRITICS WANT LAW ON FOREIGN TRAINEES SCRAPPED, NOT REVISED
TOKYO, Jul. 23, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - The Japanese government may have revised the country’s laws in response to complaints that its system of hiring foreign trainees at lower wages is exploitative, but calls remain for the latter to be scrapped altogether.
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HAITI: PATCHWORK OF AID GROUPS COMING INTO FOCUS
UNITED NATIONS, Jul. 23, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Half a year ago, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from around the globe flocked to Haiti to help pick up the pieces after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake shattered the fragile Caribbean nation. Many have since left, but hundreds remain, as does the logistical challenge of their coordination.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: YOUTH VULNERABLE TO VIOLENCE
JOHANNESBURG and LUSAKA, Jul. 23, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - James Banda, 27, is an unemployed youth although he occasionally is hired to act as a bus conductor at Lusaka’s Kulima Tower Bus Station. He may not have a permanent job, but it is easy to find him. Anyone looking for him just has to go to the bus station and ask. Everyone knows who he is. Banda, or ‘ba-Jay’ as people call him, is a young man who commands a lot of respect from his friends – he is a thug for hire.
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Q&A: PERU IN 'SLANDEROUS CAMPAIGN' AGAINST INTER-AMERICAN COURT
LIMA, Jul. 23, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Politicians and the military in Peru are verbally attacking the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in order to "debase the concept" of fundamental human rights and implicate the Court in an "alleged defense of terrorism", its president, Judge Diego García-Sayán, told IPS.
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U.N.: SECRETARY-GENERAL DEFENDS AGAINST ATTACK ON LEADERSHIP
UNITED NATIONS, Jul. 23, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - A sharp-witted newspaper columnist once remarked that in Washington DC, the ship of state always leaks at the top.
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HEALTH: SOCIAL STIGMA STILL AFFLICTS THOSE WITH HIV
VIENNA, Jul. 23, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Kiren Kaur, 37, has come to terms with HIV she contracted from her husband in 1997. The HIV positive status, per se, is not difficult to deal with. But dealing with the stigma that comes with it is an excruciating experience.
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SWAZILAND: CRITICAL PROGRAMS FOR PREGNANT MOMS DISMANTLED
MBABANE, Jul. 21, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Affectionately known as Gogo Zondo by the community of Ndvwabangeni in northern Swaziland, Margaret Zondo is a traditional health practitioner who helps treat the sick and delivers babies.
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PAKISTAN: DEPRESSION, POVERTY MAKE A DEADLY MIX
LAHORE, Pakistan, Jul. 21, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - She survived the nightmare, but three of her six children, as well as her husband, did not. In fact, Muzammil Akbar says, it was her husband Akbar Ali who fed poison to their three eldest children before handing her a handful of white tablets.
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FINANCE: NEW WAVE OF CHINESE PROTECTIONISM WORRIES THE WEST
LONDON, Jul. 21, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - German Chancellor Angel Merkel's weekend visit to China has put a positive spin on the increasingly complex economic relations between China and the European Union, but the flurry of deals signed has not disguised the fact that Beijing faces challenges over its EU policies both at home and abroad.
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SOMALIA: CENTRE STAGE AHEAD OF AU SUMMIT
KAMPALA, Jul. 18, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - The African Union summit opens in Kampala on July 19 amid heightened security following twin bomb attacks a week earlier.
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RIGHTS-CHINA: MIGRANTS BADLY NEEDED, BUT GET LITTLE SUPPORT
BEIJING, Jul. 18, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Thirty-six-year-old Luo Fusheng left his hometown in China’s Jiangxi province a decade ago to look for work to help support his family. Unskilled and with limited education, Luo eventually ended up in the factory city of Shenzhen, more than 700 kilometres to the south, where he now works as a security guard.
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CHINA: OUTSMARTING THE WEST IN AFRICA
CAPE TOWN, Jul. 18, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - China's interest in Africa is frequently portrayed simply as that of a rising economic power seeking natural resources. Deborah Brautigam argues that this portrayal misses the full complexity of business relations between China and the continent.
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ROMANIA: DIGGING GOLD WITH A CYANIDE LINING
BUCHAREST, Jul. 16, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Canadian company Gabriel Resources has managed to resurrect a cyanide-based gold exploitation project which had been declared illegal in courts, and is opposed by most Romanians.
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CANADA: RIGHT-WING AGENDA SLIPS THROUGH POLITICAL DEADLOCK
TORONTO, Jul. 16, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Canada's parliamentary is so broken and dysfunctional that the country is in danger of becoming "the laughing stock" of the world.
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SOUTH AFRICA: TRAUMA OF CHILDREN CARING FOR HIV-POSITIVE PARENTS
JOHANNESBURG, Jul. 16, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Nine-year-old Nomasonto* had no choice but to switch roles with her mother and care for the HIV-positive woman who gave birth to her. Instead of worrying about homework and going out to play with her friends, Nomasonto’s daily concerns were now a matter of life and death.
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CENTRAL AMERICA: DOORS WIDE OPEN FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY
GUATEMALA CITY, Jul. 15, 2010 (IPS/GIN) – Wind energy farms, hydroelectric projects, solar and geothermal energy are some of the renewable energy projects on the drawing board in Central America.
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KAZAKHSTAN: BIG TOBACCO PROFITS FROM CHILD LABOR, REPORT SAYS
NEW YORK, Jul. 14, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Hoping for better opportunities than they can find at home, many families from Kyrgyzstan travel to find work. Neighboring Kazakhstan has the strongest economy in Central Asia, and tobacco farms attract workers fleeing Kyrgyzstan's high unemployment.
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LIBERIA: MEN TESTING NEW ROLE AS MIDWIVES
ZWEDRU, Liberia, Jul. 14, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Henry Teh gently slides down a blue hospital sheet to expose the bare belly of a pregnant woman. As he pokes around to feel the position of the fetus, the midwife-in-training knows he is breaking tradition and changing the face of obstetric care in Liberia.
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U.S.: OBAMA PLEDGES GREATER EFFORT AGAINST AL-SHABAAB
WASHINGTON, Jul. 14, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - U.S. President Barack Obama has said Washington will "redouble" its efforts against the Somali Islamist group al-Shabaab (The Youth), whose deadly bombings in Kampala Sunday are likely to result in stepped-up U.S. military and other assistance to the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in Mogadishu.
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BRAZIL: ELECTRICITY TRUMPS BIODIVERSITY FOR XINGÚ RIVER
ALTAMIRA, Brazil, Jul. 14, 2010 (IPS) - Herculano Porto de Oliveira, of Brazil, said he felt forced "to live in hiding on my own land, though I never fought with anyone or stole anything," just for making a living from the biodiversity of the Amazon's Xingú River Basin, where he was born 66 years ago.
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INDONESIA: WORLD BANK, NGOS SPAR OVER MINE PROJECT
WASHINGTON, Jul. 14, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - The World Bank's Board of Directors said studies for a potential mining project in Indonesia could move forward Tuesday but civil society groups, citing studies that have already been done, condemned the decision.
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AFRICA
Jul 29
SALUD-ÁFRICA: NUEVAS VIEJAS PROMESAS
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Jul 28
SIERRA LEONE: ‘GRANNY’ MIDWIVES TOSSED ASIDE IN NEW HEALTH PLAN
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Jul 27
ZIMBABWE: NO DRUGS OR DOCTORS FOR RURAL CHILDREN WITH HIV
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Jul 26
AFRICA: BOYCOTT CEDES POWER TO BURUNDI'S RULING PARTY
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Jul 26
ZIMBABWE: 'FREE' MATERNAL HEALTH CARE TOO COSTLY FOR MOST
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Jul 26
MALAWI: GOV’T MONEY-SAVING MEASURE COSTS TRADERS
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Jul 22
ZAMBIA: LOBBY GROUP DEMANDS MORE WOMEN IN PUBLIC OFFICE
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Jul 22
HEALTH: KENYANS’ RIGHT TO AFFORDABLE DRUGS IN HANDS OF COURT
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Jul 21
AFRICA: ANTIRETROVIRAL GEL LOWERS HIV AND OFFERS HOPE
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Jul 20
KENYA: HIV STRAIN AMONG GAYS SAME AS IN HETEROSEXUALS
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Jul 20
SUDAN: FEAR CAMPAIGN REPORTED AHEAD OF REFERENDUM
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Jul 18
CHINA-NIGERIA: NEW REFINERY PLANNED FOR LAGOS FREE TRADE ZONE
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Jul 16
NIGERIA: TREATMENT FUNDS SOUGHT FOR LEAD-POISONING VICTIMS
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Jul 15
ZIMBABWE: NEW MARKET FOR VEGGIES DRIED AND TASTED
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Jul 14
DEVELOPMENT-ZIMBABWE: "COMPETING WITH THE DOGS FOR BONES"
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EUROPE: A 'NO' TO BIOFOODS COULD CONCEAL A 'YES'
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EGYPT: OIL DRILLING NOW A WORRY FOR TOURIST DEVELOPERS
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MALAWI: WOMEN CANDIDATES PRESSED TO GIVE VOTERS FREEBIES
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ASIA
Jul 28
MALAYSIA: LET INFORMATION FLOW, STATE TELLS FEDERAL GOV’T
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Jul 27
SINGAPORE: CONCERTS SPUR YOUTH CRUSADE AGAINST TRAFFICKING
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Jul 27
CAMBODIA: THE END OF IMPUNITY FOR KHMER ROUGE TORTURER
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Jul 26
POLITICS: U.S.-CHINA TENSIONS LOOM IN SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTES
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Jul 26
MALAYSIA: WOMEN ACTIVISTS MAKE FEW INROADS AS DECISION-MAKERS
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CAMBODIA: KHMER ROUGE VERDICT FAULTED AS SMALL FIRST STEP
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Jul 22
CHINA: DEVELOPMENT OF WESTERN REGION GETS AN UNCERTAIN PUSH
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Jul 21
MALAYSIA: DEBATE ON SEX EDUCATION RISES WITH TEEN PREGNANCIES
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Jul 21
BURMA: LOOPHOLE GIVES JUNTA ROOM TO GO NUCLEAR IN SECRECY
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Jul 20
MEDIA-PHILIPPINES: CITIZEN JOURNALISM GETS PUBLIC INVOLVED
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CAMBODIA: INFORMAL SEX TRADE COULD UNDERCUT GAINS IN HIV
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Jul 19
SRI LANKA: NEW TREMORS, OLD NIGHTMARES
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Jul 19
SE ASIA: BURMA’S NUKE AMBITIONS TO COME UNDER SCRUTINY
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INDIA: KASHMIR JOURNALISTS RESIST NEW WAVE OF CENSORSHIP
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Jul 15
MALDIVES: POLITICAL TENSIONS SIMMER IN TOURIST PARADISE
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CHINA: A YEAR AFTER XINJIANG RIOTS, ETHNIC TENSION STILL POTENT
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CAMBODIA: HOPE EMERGES IN EPICENTRE OF DRUG-RESISTANT MALARIA
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Jul 14
INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS: WOMEN JOIN FORCES FOR POLITICAL EQUALITY
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SRI LANKA: HOSTILITY GROWS TO INTERNATIONAL CRITICISM
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Jul 14
JAPAN: RULING PARTY DEALT A SETBACK IN RECENT POLL
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MIDDLE EAST
Jul 27
RIGHTS: ACCUSED OF POSING AS A JEW, ARAB MAN IS CONVICTED OF RAPE
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Jul 25
POLITICS: ISRAEL’S DEMOCRATIC LEGACY IS UNDER ASSAULT
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Jul 22
POLITICS: PALESTINIANS REMAIN SPLIT, US DOESN’T ADJUST
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Jul 22
LEBANON: WOMEN BRINGING AID PREPARE TO SET SAIL TO GAZA
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Jul 22
RIGHTS-BAHRAIN: WOMEN URGED TO REJECT POLYGAMY
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Jul 20
MIDEAST: RESTAURANTEUR CAN'T DIGEST THIS OCCUPATION
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Jul 19
MIDEAST: ISRAEL’S NEXT WAR COULD BE LEBANON
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Jul 19
GAZA: SHELLSHOCKED BY WAR, BEEKEEPING SOON TO BE A LOST ART
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Jul 15
ISRAEL: BLOCKADE ON GAZA IS REDUCED BUT NOT ELIMINATED
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U.S.: IRANIAN DEFECTOR AMIRI MAY HAVE BEEN AN IRANIAN PLANT
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Jul 13
IRAN: POPULAR UNREST GROWS OVER ECONOMIC WOES
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LATIN AMERICA
Jul 27
VENEZUELA: OIL LEAKS SPELL DEATH FOR WILDLIFE IN LAKE MARACAIBO
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Jul 27
ENVIRONMENT: SLACK OVERSIGHT OF PERU'S AMAZON RAINFOREST
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Jul 24
ECONOMY: LATIN AMERICA ECONOMY GROWS DESPITE GLOBAL UNCERTAINTIES
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Jul 22
LATIN AMERICA: PREVENTION IS WEAKEST LINK IN AIDS FIGHT
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Jul 21
BRAZIL: BRICKS FOR HOUSING ARE ECO-FRIENDLY, LOW-COST AND COOL
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Jul 21
GUATEMALA: REVIVING LAKE ATITLÁN
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Jul 20
MEXICO: RISK OF EXOTIC PETS MORPHING INTO INVASIVE PESTS
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Jul 19
BRAZIL: SOCCER PAVES THE WAY TO MASCULINITY WITHOUT VIOLENCE
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Jul 19
ARGENTINA: A LIVELIHOOD FROM WHALES - WITHOUT HUNTING
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Jul 18
COLOMBIA: NEW CHARGES FOIL WARMING OF BILATERAL RELATIONS
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Jul 16
COLOMBIA: 'LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DISAPPEARED'
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Jul 16
HEALTH: TO FIGHT AIDS, FIGHT GENDER INEQUALITY
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Jul 15
VENEZUELA: STARTS ITS OWN "ZERO HUNGER" PROGRAM
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Jul 15
ARGENTINA: NEW LAW OPENS THE DOOR TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
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Jul 15
LATAM : ENVIRONMENT'S POVERTY-FIGHTING POTENTIAL IGNORED
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Jul 14
PARAGUAY: WOMEN MANAGE DAIRY FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY
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COLOMBIA: MIDWIVES SEEK LEGAL RECOGNITION, RESPECT
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Jul 13
BRAZIL: MORE THAN 200 WAYS OF BECOMING A MOTHER
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CARIBBEAN
Jul 26
POLÍTICA-CUBA: ENTRE CONJETURAS Y RENOVADAS EXPECTATIVAS
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Jul 20
TRINIDAD: SPIKE IN MURDER RATE REVIVES DEATH PENALTY DEBATE
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Jul 13
HAITI: TENT CAMPS LIKELY TO REMAIN FOR YEARS
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US & CANADA
Jul 26
U.S.: LEAKED REPORTS MAKE AFGHAN WAR POLICY MORE VULNERABLE
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Jul 26
U.S.: HOPES FADE FOR LANGUISHING U.S. CLIMATE BILL
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Jul 20
HEALTH: WOMEN VITAL IN GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST AIDS
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Jul 20
U.S.: SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE GETS A SECOND LOOK
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Jul 20
U.S.: BP OIL POISONS THE GULF OF MEXICO'S FOOD CHAIN
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Jul 19
HEALTH: U.S. INTENSIFIES ANTI-COUNTERFEIT DRIVE IN EAST AFRICA
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Jul 19
U.S.: AMIRI TOLD CIA IRAN HAS NO NUCLEAR BOMB PROGRAM
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Jul 19
CANADA: SLOWING BIODIVERSITY PROTOCOL’S PROGRESS
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Jul 16
US-IRAN: MOSQUE BLASTS DENOUNCED BY OBAMA, CLINTON
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Jul 15
U.S.: NEW OIL AND MINING TRANSPARENCY STANDARDS HAILED
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Jul 15
U.N.: WATER AS HUMAN RIGHT THREATENS TO SPLIT WORLD BODY
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Jul 15
ENVIRONMENT: MAJOR STRIDES SEEN IN HALTING ILLEGAL LOGGING
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Jul 13
U.S.: NEW WEATHER PATTERNS THREATEN U.S. BREADBASKET
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EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA
Jul 27
LABOR: BRAZILIAN IMMIGRANTS WEATHER CRISIS IN SPAIN
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Jul 27
AFRICA: "FREE TRADE IN NATURAL RESOURCES BAD FOR DEVELOPMENT"
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Jul 27
NETHERLANDS: DUTCH CHRISTIAN GROUP BACKS ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS
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Jul 26
TURKEY: ERDOGAN SEEKS ROLE AS PEACE BROKER IN REGIONAL DISPUTES
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Jul 20
GERMANY: NO SIGN OF FINANCIAL REGULATION
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Jul 20
HEALTH: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS HIKE DRUG PRICES
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Jul 19
EU: CANADIAN TAR SANDS JUDGED WORSE THAN OIL
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Jul 19
HEALTH: BAD LAWS POSING PROBLEMS FOR GENERIC DRUGS - WHO
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Jul 18
HEALTH: MORE INFORMATION TO BE SHARED ON AIDS VACCINE
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Jul 15
RIGHTS-BURMA: YOUNGSTERS, FAMILIES EVADE ARMY RECRUITERS
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Jul 14
EUROPE: ‘FAILED’ DRUG WAR CAUSED SPIKE IN AIDS, LEADERS SAY
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GLOBAL / UNITED NATIONS
Jul 27
U.N.: LACK OF FUNDS HAMPERS GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST AIDS
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Jul 26
U.N.: LGBT GROUPS SLOW TO GAIN FORMAL RECOGNITION
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Jul 21
UN: IS SG DILLY-DALLYING ON PANEL TO PROBE ISRAELI KILLINGS?
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Jul 21
WEST AFRICA: WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR SAHEL RAPIDLY CLOSING
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Jul 21
U.S.: OBAMA-CAMERON MEETING OVERSHADOWED BY BP AND LIBYA
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Jul 19
UN: BIG FIVE FACILITATE ARMS TRANSFERS TO RIGHTS VIOLATORS
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Jul 16
BALKANS: YUGOSLAVIA TRIBUNAL FACES UNCERTAIN LEGACY
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Jul 15
NORTH KOREA: IN DIRE NEED OF FOOD, MEDICAL AID, AMNESTY SAYS
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Jul 15
AFRICA: RESULTS OF "EVERYTHING BUT ARMS” DEAL DISAPPOINT
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Jul 14
FINANCE: PACIFIC ISLANDS CRITICIZE STALLED CLIMATE FINANCING
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Jul 13
U.N.: IS GLOBAL POVERTY REDUCTION A POLITICAL MYTH?
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INDIA / PAKISTAN
Jul 28
PAKISTAN: LIFE AT A TIME OF SUICIDE BOMBINGS
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Jul 25
SRI LANKA: WAR OVER, WOMEN NOW FACE BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL
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Jul 16
PAKISTAN: SWAT VALLEY’S FESTIVAL A CALL FOR PEACE
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Jul 15
ENVIRONMENT-INDIA: FIGHTING DROUGHT WITH CHECK DAMS
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