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INDIA: FEMALE FARMERS GAIN RESPECT AS DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS
BANGALORE, India, Jul. 21, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- "We don’t know how to read or write, but we make our own films," said Narsamma, 42, a farmer from Pastapur village in Hyderabad, introducing herself and her colleagues.
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AU: SENEGAL AND SOUTH AFRICA ENTER PHASE OF WARMER RELATIONS
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Jul. 21, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Senegal’s opposition to United Nations sanctions against Zimbabwe has aligned President Abdoulaye Wade’s government with that of South Africa.
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NORWAY: COMIC BOOK WRITER TAKES ON TANZANIA’S HEALTH ISSUES
OSLO, Norway, Jul. 21, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Norway's state development agency is trying to raise awareness about child deaths in Tanzania through the use of educational comic books.
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Q&A-GUAM: INDIGENOUS ACTIVIST DECRIES U.S. MILITARY BUILDUP
MELBOURNE, Australia, Jul. 21, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The tiny island of Guam -- officially an unincorporated territory of the United States -- is soon to be inundated with thousands more U.S. military personnel as the world’s superpower realigns its forces.
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EGYPT: RESIDENTS OF COASTAL PROVINCE FIGHT FERTILIZER FACTORY
CAIRO, Egypt, Jul. 21, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Controversy is rising over the fate of a Canadian fertilizer plant currently under construction in Egypt's coastal province of Damietta.
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MEXICO: GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO REGULATE ONLINE MEDICINE SALES
MEXICO CITY, Mexico, Jul. 20, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Mexico is drafting measures to regulate the sales of pharmaceuticals over the Internet, in an attempt to track the “who, how and what” of online sales.
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SUDAN: ICC’S INDICTMENT OF PRESIDENT BASHIR SPARKS HOPE, FEAR
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul. 18, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on 10 counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide has drawn the praise of some Darfuri human rights activists.
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PAKISTAN: TALIBAN INCREASINGLY TRAINS GIRLS AS SUICIDE BOMBERS
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jul. 18, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- "I was able to save my daughter from becoming a suicide bomber," said Jamilur Rehman, a Pakistani schoolteacher whose 13-year-old daughter was taken away by a Taliban group.
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TOGO: ADDICTIONS RISE AS LOME EMERGES AS DRUG TRAFFICKING HUB
LOME, Togo, Jul. 18, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The Togolese capital has become a regional hub for drug trafficking, and many drug addicts in Lomé are now seeking assistance to kick their habits.
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REPORT: MORE TRADE WILL HEAL GLOBALIZATION WOES, WTO SAYS
GENEVA, Jul. 18, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The shortcomings of globalization must be amended by more globalization, according to the World Trade Organization’s latest report.
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Q&A-BRAZIL: PLANNED PARENTHOOD CELEBRATES GAINS OF 40 YEARS
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Jul. 18, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Despite the current wave of conservatism in Latin America, there have recently been more advances than setbacks concerning sexual and reproductive rights in the region, according to Brazilian expert Carmen Barroso.
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ZIMBABWE: LOCAL ECONOMISTS URGE FOREIGN FIRMS NOT TO CUT TIES
HARARE, Zimbabwe, Jul. 18, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- As state violence in Zimbabwe worsens, economists in the nation’s capital are warning foreign leaders that the cutting of international economic ties with Zimbabwe would hit ordinary residents the hardest.
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U.N.: REPORT SLAMS NEGLIGENT STATES FOR LEAKAGE OF SMALL ARMS
UNITED NATIONS, Jul. 18, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Arms experts from the United Nations agreed Friday that governmental negligence and the lack of basic safeguards have facilitated the illicit proliferation of small arms and light weapons across the globe.
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SIERRA LEONE: HARASSMENT HURT CAMPAIGNS OF FEMALE CANDIDATES
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, Jul. 17, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Sierra Leone’s women’s advocacy group "50/50" has expressed disappointment at the poor showing of women in the July 5 local council elections.
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MALAYSIA: DRAWN-OUT CASE STOKES OPPOSITION TO DEATH PENALTY
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jul. 17, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Lawyers and opposition legislators are among a growing number of people expressing concern over the drawn-out suffering of those on death row in Malaysia.
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U.S.-REPORT: QUALITY OF LIFE IS NOT ON PAR WITH NATION’S WEALTH
WASHINGTON, Jul. 17, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The United States is "woefully behind" other developed countries when it comes to providing opportunities and choices to its residents, according to an analysis ranking the quality of life in the country.
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INDIA: PUBLIC GRASP OF EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION REMAINS WEAK
NEW DELHI, Jul. 17, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Some doctors in India have begun presenting the emergency contraceptive pill as a possible solution to the country’s high rate of unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortions, but most women still do not understand the pill’s proper uses.
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PERU: PROSECUTORS INVESTIGATE PARAMILITARIES’ POLITICAL TIES
LIMA, Peru, Jul. 17, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The Peruvian justice system is set to prosecute members of the governing for creating a paramilitary unit alleged to have murdered five people during the first administration of current President Alan García.
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FINANCE: CHINA AND INDIA POUR BILLIONS INTO FOREIGN RESERVES
UNITED NATIONS, Jul. 17, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Some developing nations have accumulated three-quarters of the world's foreign reserves, as the global economy continues to be jolted by volatile financial markets, bank failures, a spreading credit crunch, and rising food and energy prices.
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U.N.-REPORT: ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER HAS SPREAD ON GLOBAL SCALE
UNITED NATIONS, Jul. 17, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The number of people globally who lack access to an improved drinking water source has fallen below 1 billion for the first time since data was compiled in 1990, according to a report released Thursday by the World Health Organization and UNICEF.
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PARIS: MEDITERRANEAN UNION ADDRESSES ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT
CAIRO, Egypt, Jul. 16, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The first meeting of the Union for the Mediterranean -- a new coalition that brings 16 non-European Mediterranean states together with the European Union -- focused heavily on the ongoing Arab-Israeli dispute.
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Q&A-IRAN: AHMADINEJAD WELCOMES IDEA OF U.S. DIPLOMATIC OFFICE
NEW YORK, Jul. 16, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has responded positively to a proposal by the United States to open a U.S. Interests Section in Tehran.
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ITALY: PROPOSED LAW WOULD LOCK UP UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS
ROME, Jul. 16, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The Italian Parliament is considering a law that would send undocumented immigrants to jail for anywhere from six months to four years.
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Q&A-U.N.: POST-MASSACRE JUSTICE CAN BE ELUSIVE, ANALYST SAYS
OSLO, Norway, Jul. 16, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- In the aftermath of massive human rights abuses such as the Srebenica massacre or the genocide in Rwanda, the search for justice and reconciliation can be a controversial and dangerous business.
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IRAQ: POLICE CHIEF’S RESIGNATION UNDERSCORES UNREST IN FALLUJAH
FALLUJAH, Iraq, Jul. 16, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Security has collapsed again in Fallujah, where the city's chief of police, Col. Fayssal al-Zobai, has suddenly resigned.
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GAZA: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RATES SPIKE AS ISRAELI SIEGE CONTINUES
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip, Jul. 16, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The siege of Gaza has led to a sharp rise in the number of battered and sexually abused women and children in the region, according to members of the Gaza Community Health Program.
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EU: BLOC SEEKS TO FURTHER CRIMINALIZE MIGRANT WORKERS
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Jul. 16, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Efforts by the European Union to penalize employers who hire unauthorized immigrants have drawn criticism from both business lobbyists and trade unionists.
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U.S.-POLL: DOVES OUTNUMBER HAWKS IN JEWISH COMMUNITY
WASHINGTON, Jul. 16, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- A new poll suggests that strong majorities of U.S. Jews favor diplomacy with Iran, a two-state solution in Israel/Palestine and a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq.
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U.S.: OPENNESS TOWARD IRAN HIGHLIGHTS REALISTS’ GROWING POWER
WASHINGTON, Jul. 16, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The realists appear to have chalked up another win in their ongoing internal battle against hawks within the foreign policy branch of President George W. Bush’s administration.
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COLOMBIA-SIDEBAR: ALLEGED RUSE CONFLICTS WITH LAW, JURISTS SAY
BOGOTA, Colombia, Jul. 16, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The possibility that the Colombian government may have used the Red Cross symbol to trick two guerrillas into giving up their hostages and boarding a helicopter has caused a legal stir.
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AFRICA
Jul 22
MAURITIUS: GOVERNMENT AIMS TO EXPAND NOCTURNAL ECONOMY
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Jul 22
NIGERIA: LAWMAKERS SHOUT DOWN BILL TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
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Jul 22
Q&A-KENYA: EMPTYING OF CAMPS FORCES MANY FAMILIES TO BREAK UP
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Jul 19
Q&A-AFRICA: WATER SCARCITY WILL NOT LEAD TO WAR, ANALYST SAYS
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Jul 17
MADAGASCAR: STATE BORROWS MILLIONS TO FIX WATER SYSTEM
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Jul 16
MAURITIUS: DEVELOPMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE DRY UP WATER SUPPLY
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ASIA
Jul 23
Q&A-GUAM: U.S. IGNORES LOCAL NEEDS, POURS FUNDS INTO MILITARY
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Jul 18
AUSTRALIA: COURT UPHOLDS RIGHT TO PROTEST AT CATHOLIC EVENT
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Jul 18
THAILAND/CAMBODIA: BORDER TEMPLE SPARKS TERRITORIAL FIGHT
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MIDDLE EAST
Jul 23
IRAQ: MANY RESIDENTS LOSE FAITH IN SINCERITY OF NGOS
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Jul 22
U.S.: SCOWCROFT, BRZEZINSKI CALL FOR GENTLER APPROACH TO IRAN
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Jul 22
WEST BANK: NEW ROADBLOCKS HURT ECONOMY, JACK UP WATER PRICES
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Jul 21
IRAQ: FALLUJAH RESIDENTS BRACE FOR ANOTHER ASSAULT FROM U.S.
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Jul 21
LEBANON: FRESH DISPUTES TROUBLE NEWLY FORMED GOVERNMENT
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LATIN AMERICA
Jul 22
COLOMBIA: FORENSIC TEAM SAYS LABOR ORGANIZER WAS TORTURED
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Jul 18
ARGENTINA: FERNÁNDEZ REGROUPS FOLLOWING DEFEAT IN SENATE
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Jul 17
ARGENTINA: RIVAL PROTESTERS BUTT HEADS OVER EXPORT TAX
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Jul 16
COLOMBIA: CAPTURED GUERRILLA SAYS HE WAS TRICKED BY URIBE
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Jul 16
COLOMBIA-SIDEBAR: FARC ACCUSES CAPTURED REBELS OF BETRAYAL
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CARIBBEAN
Jul 16
GUYANA: APPEAL FOR FORENSIC AID ELICITS SNUB FROM WASHINGTON
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US & CANADA
Jul 22
U.S.: ACLU LEADS LEGAL CHALLENGE AGAINST NEW SPYING LAW
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Jul 18
IRAN/EU: U.S. PRESENCE AT NUCLEAR TALK DOESN’T SIGNAL REAL SHIFT
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Jul 17
U.S.: SUPPORT OF 70 EVANGELICALS BOLSTERS MCCAIN’S CAMPAIGN
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Jul 17
U.S.: HEALTH ACTIVISTS HAIL SENATE’S APPROVAL OF MAJOR AIDS BILL
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EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA
Jul 23
FRANCE: PRESIDENT SARKOZY EXPANDS HIS POWER OVER THE MEDIA
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Jul 22
EU: FRANCE REVIVES TALKS ON REGION-WIDE SOIL PROTECTION
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Jul 22
SPAIN: BASQUE LEADERS PRAISE POLICE FOR BUSTING TERRORIST CELL
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Jul 21
TRADE: REALPOLITIK DOMINATES LATEST DOHA NEGOTIATIONS
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INDIA / PAKISTAN
Jul 21
PAKISTAN: FAMILIES FLEE PESHAWAR SUBURB, FEARING TALIBAN
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Jul 19
INDIA: NUCLEAR DEBATE GIVES WAY TO POLITICAL FREE-FOR-ALL
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