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Friday, January 27, 2012 22:34 GMT

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MIDEAST
Censorship Changes Colours

Simba Shani Kamaria Russeau

CAIRO - Attempts by regimes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to suppress the flow of information during the region's pro-democracy uprisings has led a higher number of journalists killed, attacked or arrested.

Arab Uprisings Break Down Media Stereotypes

Social Media Lift the Silence

Arab Spring Set to Music

Arab Spring Gives Way to Military Chill

Falklands/Malvinas, From Rhetoric to Pressure
Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES - Although the latest rhetoric seems to signal a hardening of the historical sovereignty dispute between Argentina and Britain over the Malvinas/Falkland Islands, some experts are sceptical and say nothing will change in essence.

DEVELOPMENT
Uniting Against Extreme Poverty
A.D.McKenzie
PARIS - When Louisamène Joseph Alionat unexpectedly began singing in a packed hall at the United Nations cultural agency here this week, it was an attempt to give encouragement to her peers engaged in the uphill battle of trying to end extreme poverty.

DEVELOPMENT: Uniting Against Extreme Poverty
	When Louisamène Joseph Alionat unexpectedly began singing in a packed hall at the United Nations cultural agency here this week, it was an attempt to give encouragement to her peers engaged in the uphill battle of trying to end extreme poverty.

Senior Management Heads Roll at World Body

/CORRECTED REPEAT*/: The Logic and Limits of Nonviolent Conflict

DEVELOPMENT: Uniting Against Extreme Poverty
	When Louisamène Joseph Alionat unexpectedly began singing in a packed hall at the United Nations cultural agency here this week, it was an attempt to give encouragement to her peers engaged in the uphill battle of trying to end extreme poverty.

HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: HIV-Related Deaths Slow Economy

MIDEAST: Censorship Changes Colours

INDIA: Male Activists Enhance Pre and Postnatal Care
	The primitive Juang tribe in remote Nola village on Chandragiri hill experienced its first three institutional childbirths only a month ago.

U.S.: Growing Elite Opposition to Military Option Against Iran

PAKISTAN: Violence, Death Stalk Child Domestic Help

BELARUS: Political Prisoners Facing Oppression
	"I had to fight to be treated like a human, not animal," dissident Nikolai Avtukhovich wrote from prison. Last month Avtukhovich, Belarusian political activist and entrepreneur, convicted to five years in the penal colony for illegal storage of five cartridges for a hunting rifle, cut his veins.

Romanians Discover Street Protest

CZECH REPUBLIC: Castration for Sex Offenders Triumphs

GUATEMALA: Ríos Montt to Stand Trial for Genocide
	After a hearing that lasted more than 11 hours, a Guatemalan court ordered the trial of former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt (1982-1983), who could face up to 30 years in prison if he is convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity.

Falklands/Malvinas, From Rhetoric to Pressure

BRAZIL: Community Radio Flourishes Online

MIDEAST: Censorship Changes Colours
	Attempts by regimes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to suppress the flow of information during the region's pro-democracy uprisings has led a higher number of journalists killed, attacked or arrested.

LEBANON: Could a New Civil Law Unify a Divided Society?

/CORRECTED REPEAT*/: The Logic and Limits of Nonviolent Conflict

U.S.: Growing Elite Opposition to Military Option Against Iran
	Like the imminent prospect of one's hanging, to paraphrase the 18th century British essayist Dr. (Samuel) Johnson, the suddenly looming possibility of war can concentrate the mind wonderfully.

U.S.: Plan for Popular Presidential Vote Quietly Advances

U.S.: Forced Marriages Still an Ugly Secret

ARGENTINA: Drought Threat Looms Again
	The low humidity in Argentina's most agriculturally productive region has already caused a decline in grain yield - in particular corn and soybean - with ensuing losses for producers and the government.

AFRICA: Miracle Tree is Like a Supermarket

ARGENTINA: In Famatina, Water Is Worth Far More Than Gold

GUATEMALA: Ríos Montt to Stand Trial for Genocide
	After a hearing that lasted more than 11 hours, a Guatemalan court ordered the trial of former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt (1982-1983), who could face up to 30 years in prison if he is convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity.

INDIA: Male Activists Enhance Pre and Postnatal Care

DEVELOPMENT: Uniting Against Extreme Poverty

INDIA: Male Activists Enhance Pre and Postnatal Care
	The primitive Juang tribe in remote Nola village on Chandragiri hill experienced its first three institutional childbirths only a month ago.

HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: HIV-Related Deaths Slow Economy

PAKISTAN: Violence, Death Stalk Child Domestic Help

INDIA: Male Activists Enhance Pre and Postnatal Care
	The primitive Juang tribe in remote Nola village on Chandragiri hill experienced its first three institutional childbirths only a month ago.

DEVELOPMENT: Uniting Against Extreme Poverty

PAKISTAN: Violence, Death Stalk Child Domestic Help