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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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AFRICA
Jan 26
EGYPT: ARAB SPRING GIVES WAY TO MILITARY CHILL
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Jan 25
YOUTH: THE LOGIC AND LIMITS OF NONVIOLENT CONFLICT
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Jan 25
AFRICA: MIRACLE TREE IS LIKE A SUPERMARKET
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Jan 25
MALAWI: STREET VENDORS LOSE CUSTOMERS AFTER STRIPPING WOMEN NAKED
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Jan 24
KENYA: FOURS YEARS ON IDPS REMAIN IN CAMPS
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Jan 23
EGYPT: A YEAR ON, TIRING OF DEMONSTRATIONS
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Jan 22
ZIMBABWE: STREET VENDORS’ PROTEST SPARKING A REVOLUTION
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Jan 21
MAURITIUS: THE DECLINE OF CONSUMER COOPERATIVES
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Jan 20
NAIROBI: PROGRESS TOWARDS A FOOD-SECURE AFRICA
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Jan 19
EGYPT: ISLAMIST PARTIES TO ABIDE BY CAMP DAVID – FOR NOW
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Jan 18
EGYPT: WESTERN FUNDS PROPPING UP REPRESSION, AGAIN
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Jan 18
ZIMBABWE: WOE BETIDE THE RETURN OF THE ZIMBABWEAN DOLLAR
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Jan 17
SWAZILAND-SOUTH AFRICA: NEW RAILWAY LINE TO BOOST ECONOMIES
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Jan 11
CAMEROON-CHINA: A WEDDING WITH UNCERTAIN PROSPECTS
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Jan 11
FINANCES: AFRICA BEGINS TO RISE ABOVE AID
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Jan 10
ZIMBABWE: BROWN REVOLUTION BRINGS NEW HOPE
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Jan 6
CAMEROON: FOOD VENDORS DROP PLASTIC FOR NATURAL WRAPS
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Jan 5
SENEGAL: DOUBLE SENTENCE: AIDS IN A SENEGALESE PRISON
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ASIA
Jan 25
SRI LANKA: POOREST STILL GO HUNGRY
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Jan 24
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: INFORMAL ECONOMY ENSURES EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
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Jan 23
JAPAN: TSUNAMI BRINGS SEA CHANGE TO TOHOKU
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Jan 20
CHINA: DRAGON DRAGS THE WORLD IN
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Jan 18
BURMA: POLITICAL PRISONERS FREED - CONDITIONALLY
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Jan 17
THAILAND: MALAY-MUSLIM INSURGENCY - LESSONS LEARNT
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Jan 13
CHINA: RASH OF SUICIDES AMONG MONKS REVEALS TIBETAN UNREST
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Jan 9
CHINA: RECESSION, GLOOM AND DOOM CLOUD NEW YEAR HOPES
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MIDDLE EAST
Jan 25
LEBANON: COULD A NEW CIVIL LAW UNIFY A DIVIDED SOCIETY?
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Jan 25
SYRIA SECURITY FORCES "DESTROY HOMES" IN HAMA
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Jan 24
MIDDLE EAST: CRACKS WIDEN IN SYRIAN ECONOMY
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Jan 22
MIDEAST: INTO AN UNSETTLED NEW YEAR
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Jan 17
MIDEAST: ALL UNCLEAR ON NUCLEAR
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Jan 16
ENERGY: SAUDI ARABIA AND IRAN SPAR OVER OIL EMBARGO
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Jan 13
IRAN: PRICE HIKES, SLIDING CURRENCY RATTLE CONSUMERS
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Jan 13
MIDEAST: NETHERLANDS OFFERS HOPE TO GAZAN FLOWER GROWERS
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Jan 13
IRAN: RELATIONS WITH LATIN AMERICA ARE LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE
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Jan 12
MIDEAST: NEGOTIATORS TO GO ON TALKING
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Jan 10
IRAN: ELECTIONS PLAYBOOK STARTS WITH CRACKDOWN ON CRITICS
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Jan 8
MIDEAST: THE OLIVE BRANCH FIGHTS BACK
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Jan 6
AFGHANISTAN: CARGO TRAINS FACE A ROUGH POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
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LATIN AMERICA
Jan 24
ARGENTINA: IN FAMATINA, WATER IS WORTH FAR MORE THAN GOLD
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Jan 20
MEXICO: THE GREEN ECONOMY, BOON OR MENACE?
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Jan 20
HONDURAS: PRESSED BY THE U.S., LOBO AMENDS EXTRADITION LAWS
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Jan 19
MEXICO: MAYANS DEMAND VOICE IN "DOOMSDAY TOURISM" CAMPAIGN
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Jan 18
URUGUAY: MONTEVIDEO IN NOVEL PROJECT TO CURB GAS EMISSIONS FROM SOLID WASTE
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Jan 17
MEXICO: EVEN EDUCATED YOUNG WOMEN FACE POOR, JOBLESS FUTURE
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Jan 14
MEXICO: CROSS-BORDER CHILD CUSTODY, A LEGAL TANGLE
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Jan 13
GUATEMALA: FOR THE MAYA, THE WORLD ISN'T ENDING – THE ENVIRONMENT IS
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Jan 13
LATIN AMERICA: IRAN FLAUNTS ITS ALLIES
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Jan 12
MIGRATION: REFUGE-SEEKING HAITIANS TEST BRAZIL'S SOLIDARITY
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Jan 11
BRAZIL: GROWING PAINS IN A COUNTRY UNDER CONSTRUCTION
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Jan 11
CLIMATE CHANGE: CLEAN-BURNING WOOD STOVES GOOD FOR PLANET
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Jan 10
EL SALVADOR: CASE OF POET ROQUE DALTON'S MURDER CLOSED
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CARIBBEAN
Jan 25
JAMAICA: "MAMA P" FACES PREJUDICE, ECONOMIC CHALLENGES
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Jan 23
RIGHTS: CUBA REBUTS INTERNATIONAL CRITICISM OVER PRISONER'S DEATH
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Jan 23
TRADE: BRITAIN BOOSTS ECONOMIC TIES WITH THE CARIBBEAN
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Jan 12
HAITI: REPORT EXPOSES POST-EARTHQUAKE "SEX FOR FOOD" TRADE
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Jan 12
HAITI: DISPLACED STILL IN TENT CAMPS TWO YEARS AFTER QUAKE
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US & CANADA
Jan 24
U.S. Condemns Boko Haram Attacks
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Jan 21
U.S.: A CREDIT UNION TO BAIL OUT PEOPLE, NOT BIG BANKS
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Jan 19
CANADA: MONEY IS ALL THAT'S GREEN IN BIODIESEL
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Jan 19
TURKEY: FILTERS AGAINST ‘OBJECTIONABLE CONTENT’ ON THE WEB RAISE HACKLES
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Jan 17
CANADA: OPPOSITION BUILDS TO NEW "TAR SANDS" PIPELINE
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Jan 13
U.S.: BURMA’S RELEASE OF PRISONERS, CEASEFIRE HAILED BY OBAMA, RIGHTS GROUPS
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Jan 11
RIO+20: THE MOMENT WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGED?
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Jan 11
US: BUMPER GRAIN HARVEST FAILS TO REBUILD GLOBAL STOCKS
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Jan 10
US-CHINA: LEADING THINK TANK URGES BUILD-UP IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
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Jan 10
CANADA: U.N. TO PROBE MISSING AND MURDERED NATIVE WOMEN
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Jan 9
U.S.: A MOVEMENT EVOLVES TO OCCUPY THE FUTURE
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EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA
Jan 26
SWITZERLAND: RESISTANCE RISES TO ASYLUM SEEKERS
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Jan 26
EU-IRAN: NEW SANCTIONS AIMED AT AVERTING WIDER CONFLICT
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Jan 24
BELARUS: POLITICAL PRISONERS FACING OPPRESSION
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Jan 24
SPAIN: TRIALS OF JUDGE GARZÓN CALLED SCANDALOUS BY RIGHTS GROUPS
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Jan 23
POLITICS: ROMANIANS DISCOVER STREET PROTEST
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Jan 21
RUSSIA: ‘REPRESSION MAY LEAD TO REVOLT’
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Jan 20
GREECE: AUSTERITY PLAN BREACHES LAST LINE OF DEFENSE OF GREEK WORKERS
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Jan 20
EUROPE: UNREST SPREADS EASTWARDS
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Jan 20
GERMANY: WHILE SOME WASTE, OTHERS FEAST
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Jan 19
BALKANS: THE DARK SIDE OF SERBIA'S OIL SHALE FAIRY TALE
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Jan 18
DEVELOPMENT: TAX TO FUND AID PROJECTS FOR THE POOR FAILS TO GAIN SUPPORT
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Jan 17
KAZAKHSTAN: DISSENT STIFLED AMID INDIFFERENCE
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Jan 16
EUROPE: EDUCATORS DEFEND SEGREGATION OF ROMA FROM SCHOOL POPULATION
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Jan 16
HUNGARY: CIVIL SOCIETY STEPS UP AS OPPOSITION IS DETHRONED
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Jan 13
EUROPE: BERLIN URGED TO END AUSTERITY MEASURES
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Jan 10
KAZAKHSTAN: RIOT TOWN HAS ITS SAY
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Jan 6
KYRGYZSTAN: CHINA EXPANDING INFLUENCE, ONE STUDENT AT A TIME
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GLOBAL / UNITED NATIONS
Jan 24
WAR CRIMES IMMUNITY FOR OUSTED LEADERS UNDER FIRE
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Jan 20
UN: U.N. PREDICTS ONE BILLIONTH TOURIST ARRIVAL IN 2012
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Jan 19
U.N.: HALF OF ALL ABORTIONS NOW UNSAFE, GLOBAL STUDY FINDS
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Jan 19
U.N.: U.S. INFLUENCE SEEN OVER KEY U.N. APPOINTMENTS
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Jan 18
U.N.: FROM PEACEKEEPING TO PARTISAN POLICING?
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Jan 11
UN: SECOND-TERM U.N. CHIEF SAYS HIS CONVICTIONS REMAIN THE SAME
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INDIA / PAKISTAN
Jan 17
PAKISTAN: FORESTS FALL VICTIM TO THE TALIBAN
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Jan 13
SRI LANKA: PEACETIME CAN MEAN HARD TIMES
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Jan 13
INDIA: INDIGENOUS RIGHTS VERSUS WILDLIFE RIGHTS? – PART 1
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Jan 11
MEDIA-PAKISTAN: BALOCHISTAN A HORNET'S NEST FOR JOURNALISTS
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