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MIDEAST: NETANYAHU BACKS EXPULSION OF 400 CHILDREN OF MIGRANTS
TEl AVIV, Aug. 31, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Thousands of Israelis have protested in a central park here demanding that their government revoke its decision to deport 400 children of migrant workers.
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MINING-CHILE: MAKE GOOD ON CONCERN FOR WORKER SAFETY, SAY UNIONS
SANTIAGO, Aug. 30, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - While efforts get underway to try to rescue the 33 miners who are trapped 700 metres underground in a mine in northern Chile, trade unions are calling on the country's political leaders to tackle the underlying problems of worker safety.
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RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: VIGILANTES RESORT TO MOB VIOLENCE, LYNCHINGS
KARACHI, Pakistan, Aug. 30, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - A breakdown in Pakistan’s justice system, a sign of a society desensitized to violence, an example of mob brutality.
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BURMA: MILITARY SHAKE-UP REVEALS JUNTA’S PLANS FOR NEW GOV’T
BANGKOK, Aug. 29, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - As the November general election in Burma approaches, the country’s junta is revealing the political designs underway in order to place the powerful military under civilian authority after a lapse of 22 years.
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EUROPE-ENVIRONMENTAL: STUDY FAULTS EU FOR INACTION
PARIS, Aug. 28, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - The European Union (EU) is failing to fulfil its environmental commitments in practically all areas, from protecting biodiversity to improving air quality in the cities, according to official studies released this month.
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PHILIPPINES: MEDIA TAKE A HIT IN HOSTAGE CRISIS
MANILA, Aug. 28, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - In the wake of the bungled hostage-rescue operation that left eight Hong Kong tourists and the gunman dead, the Philippine media are finding themselves a target of anger by many who say that sensationalism and no-holds-barred coverage added to the bloody end to a crisis they call an international embarrassment.
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CONGO: OUTRAGE GROWS OVER FAILURE TO PROTECT DRC CIVILIANS
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 28, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - As details emerged this week of the U.N.'s knowledge of rebel activity in the villages where nearly 200 women were systematically gang raped by armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) late last month, human rights groups are demanding an investigation into the U.N.'s failure to prevent the raid from occurring.
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Q&A: AN ANTI-DEATH PENALTY ACTIVIST HAS NO REGRETS
NEW YORK, Aug. 28, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Thirty-four years ago, Canada was one of the first Western countries to abolish the death penalty. Lawmakers revisited the question in 1987, but the motion to reintroduce capital punishment was soundly defeated despite public opinion polls indicating majority support for it.
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SOUTH AFRICA: LATEST LABOR STRIKE UNLIKE ONES BEFORE
JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 27, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Strikes over wages are not uncommon in South Africa, but the current one is unusual in its size and scope, according to Lucien van der Walt, a senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand.
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INDIA: ACTIVISTS USE LEGAL WEAPONS TO STOP THERMAL POWER PLANTS
HYDERABAD, India, Aug. 27, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Green activists have various ways of pushing their causes, from enlisting movie stars to launching protests, but India’s campaigners have also been quietly using legal weapons to try to get the projects they oppose, such as thermal plants, stopped or reversed.
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AFRICA: OUTRAGE OVER CLAIM THAT ANTI-GM CAMPAIGN "CAUSES HUNGER"
CAPE TOWN, Aug. 27, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Civil society organisations have reacted with outrage to claims that the international campaign against genetically modified (GM) crops is partly responsible for food shortages and food insecurity in Africa.
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MEXICO-ENVIRONMENT: PEASANT ACTIVISTS SEEK JUSTICE IN U.S.
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 27, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Peasant activists Rodolfo Montiel and Teodoro Cabrera hope to find, at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the justice that eluded them in their home country of Mexico, to which they hope to return to rejoin their families.
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ENERGY: IS FRACKING EVEN WORSE THAN DRILLING?
NEW YORK, Aug. 26, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - With cleanup of the Gulf of Mexico barely underway, energy companies are already assuming a crouching stance in anticipation of a no-holds-barred attack by environmentalists on what the industry says is the next major breakthrough in natural resource extraction.
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AFRICA
Sep 1
DEVELOPMENT: FISHERIES CAN PLAY KEY ROLE IN AFRICA
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: GROWING SEED SECURITY
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Aug 31
EGYPT: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES 8 WORKERS FOR SAFETY PROTEST
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Aug 31
RWANDA: GENOCIDE IDEOLOGY AND SECTARIAN LAWS SILENCING CRITICS?
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AFRICA: ‘WELCOME TO MY TAXI – LET’S DO BUSINESS ON MY CELL PHONE’
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Aug 30
EAST AFRICA: PROTECTING LAKE VICTORIA'S TOP PREDATOR
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Aug 30
SOUTH AFRICA: ‘TEA BAG’ FILTER PROVIDES SAFE DRINKING WATER
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Aug 27
SUDAN: PRESIDENT AND CRIMINAL COURT IN CAT-AND-MOUSE GAME
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Aug 26
UGANDA: HIV PREVENTION SET BACK BY MALE INTRANSIGENCE
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Aug 26
MALAWI: WOMEN CANDIDATES HARD HIT BY ELECTION POSTPONEMENT
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ASIA
Aug 31
JAPAN: HOUSEHUSBANDS SOFTEN THEIR VIEWS ON GENDER EQUALITY
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DEVELOPMENT: SOUTH-EAST ASIAN HIGHWAY HITS ROADBLOCK IN BURMA
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Aug 27
SOUTH-EAST ASIA: CHINA FLEXES HYDROPOWER MUSCLE
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Aug 27
CULTURE-CHINA: NOW SHOWING – INDEPENDENT FILMS
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MIDDLE EAST
Sep 1
AFGHANISTAN: NOT MUCH GOOD NEWS FOR THE MEDIA
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Aug 28
MIDEAST: BUREAUCRACY LIMITS RIGHTS OF PALESTINIAN WOMEN
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LATIN AMERICA
Sep 1
MEXICO: MASSACRE GALVANIZES MIGRANT RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
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Aug 31
VENEZUELA: HUNGER STRIKER DIES IN LAND DISPUTE
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Aug 30
SOUTH AMERICA: ARGENTINE BEEF OUTSOLD BY MERCOSUR PARTNERS
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Aug 28
CHILE: COAL PLANTS UNDER FIRE
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Aug 27
GUATEMALA: NEW CHALLENGES FOR ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION
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Aug 27
LATIN AMERICA: WANTED: NON-PUNITIVE APPROACH TO DRUG POLICY
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Aug 26
NICARAGUA: MAJOR BLOW TO ILLITERACY AMONG NATIVE GROUPS
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Aug 26
PERU: GOV'T TO TRACK DOWN MILLIONS FROM CONVICTED OFFICIALS
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VENEZUELA: OPPOSITION HOPES TO MAKE A COMEBACK
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CARIBBEAN
Aug 27
HAITI: SCRAPING BY ON MUD COOKIES
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US & CANADA
Sep 1
U.S.: ENVIRONMENTALISTS PUSH FOR COAL-ASH REGULATION
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Aug 31
U.S.: SECRET ‘KILL LISTS’ FLY IN THE FACE OF US AND INT’L LAW
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Aug 31
U.S.: BILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT MISSED BY PENTAGON AUDITORS
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Aug 30
U.S.: NO PROBABLE CAUSE REQUIRED FOR FBI SURVEILLANCE
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U.S.: PETRAEUS STORY OF LOW TALIBAN MORALE IS CHALLENGED
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U.N.: EMBATTLED U.N. CHIEF ON CHARM OFFENSIVE, SAYS PRESS CORPS
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US-MIDEAST: END OF TERROR WAR ELUSIVE, DESPITE OBAMA’S EFFORTS
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US: NEW BANKING OVERHAUL MORE LIKE AN UNDER-HAUL
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Aug 27
US: SALMONELLA OUTBREAK TIED TO FACTORY FARMING
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U.N.: GROUPS PRAISE U.S. RIGHTS REPORT AS GOOD FIRST STEP
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Aug 26
U.S.: OBAMA DUCKS PRESSURE FOR RED LINE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
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Aug 26
U.S.: FISH KILLS WORRY GULF SCIENTISTS, FISHERS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS
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EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA
Aug 31
ENVIRONMENT: PORTUGAL'S FORESTS LOSING ABILITY TO CAPTURE CARBON
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Aug 28
SPAIN: MARATHON PUPPET SHOW RAISES FUNDS FOR BOLIVIAN SCHOOL
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Aug 27
KAZAKHSTAN: LEADING BATTLE TO BAN NUCLEAR TESTING
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GLOBAL / UNITED NATIONS
Aug 31
GEOTHERMAL: MINIMAL INVESTMENT IN GETTING ENERGY FROM THE EARTH
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INDIA / PAKISTAN
Sep 1
U.N.: 500,000 PREGNANT WOMEN AT RISK IN PAKISTAN FLOODS
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Aug 31
INDIA: KASHMIRI YOUNGSTERS WAGE ONLINE STRUGGLE
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Aug 27
HEALTH-INDIA: INFANT DEATHS CAST DOUBT ON VACCINATION POLICY
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