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ZAMBIA: School Policy for Teen Mothers a Partial Success


Violet Nakamba Mengo

LUSAKA - Naomi Mulenga is determined to beat the odds by finishing her school education and becoming a nurse – despite being a teenage mother.
U.S.: Families Sue Over Guantanamo Deaths
William Fisher
NEW YORK - The families of two prisoners who died at the U.S. Navy Base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, are asking a federal court to reconsider its ruling dismissing their lawsuit, which seeks to hold federal officials and the U.S. government accountable for their sons' torture, arbitrary detention, and ultimate deaths.
POLITICS-SUDAN: African Leaders Call for Peaceful Elections
Amelia Lawrence
NAIROBI - With less than a month to the historic multi-party poll in Africa’s largest country, Sudan, eminent African leaders are calling for a peaceful and calm election process.
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CLIMATE CHANGE: A Year On, Little Change in Political Climate
This time last year, United States federal legislation on climate change was starting to take shape, seemingly more pressing matters were taking up the bulk of U.S. policymakers' time, and a major climate conference was looming at the end of the year.
Q&A: Sri Lanka Remains Defiant of U.N. Chief
DEVELOPMENT: Political Will the Missing Link for MDGs
Africa
NIGERIA: Acting President Consolidates Power Amid Unrest
This week, acting Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan dissolved his cabinet, further securing his tenuous hold on the country's top post amidst rising unrest in the Niger Delta and flaring religious tensions in the central region of the country.
ZAMBIA: School Policy for Teen Mothers a Partial Success
KENYA: Trying to Rebuild Communities After Floods
Asia - Pacific
IRAN: New Budget May Add to Uncertainties, Political Strains
Iran's 347-billion-dollar budget for the 2010-11 fiscal year, finally approved by the Guardian Council in Tehran Tuesday - just days before its scheduled implementation on the Iranian New Year Mar. 21 - appears likely to add to the tensions and uncertainty that have bedeviled the country since the disputed June 2009 elections.
Q&A: Sri Lanka Remains Defiant of U.N. Chief
POLITICS-BURMA: A Poll, Yes, But Not Political Change
Europe
DEVELOPMENT: 'Aid Industry is Part of the Problem'
Aid organisations perpetuate humanitarian disasters. That is one of the conclusions made by war correspondent Linda Polman in her latest book as she describes the world of humanitarian aid.
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LATIN AMERICA: Still a Long Way to Go, for Black Women
At the age of 17, Meybelin Bernárdez is clear about the future: "When I finish my studies, I'll return to help my community get on its feet," the young Garifuna woman from Honduras, who is studying medicine in Cuba, says without hesitation.
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IRAQ: Seculars Gain as Religious Parties Lose Ground
Iraq's largest secular bloc appears to be the biggest surprise of the parliamentary elections at a time when some of the most well-known religious groups and figures have sustained great losses, preliminary election results so far indicate.
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North America
U.S.: Families Sue Over Guantanamo Deaths
The families of two prisoners who died at the U.S. Navy Base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, are asking a federal court to reconsider its ruling dismissing their lawsuit, which seeks to hold federal officials and the U.S. government accountable for their sons' torture, arbitrary detention, and ultimate deaths.
NIGERIA: Acting President Consolidates Power Amid Unrest
CLIMATE CHANGE: A Year On, Little Change in Political Climate
Environment
CLIMATE CHANGE: A Year On, Little Change in Political Climate
This time last year, United States federal legislation on climate change was starting to take shape, seemingly more pressing matters were taking up the bulk of U.S. policymakers' time, and a major climate conference was looming at the end of the year.
KENYA: Trying to Rebuild Communities After Floods
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Human Rights
U.S.: Families Sue Over Guantanamo Deaths
The families of two prisoners who died at the U.S. Navy Base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, are asking a federal court to reconsider its ruling dismissing their lawsuit, which seeks to hold federal officials and the U.S. government accountable for their sons' torture, arbitrary detention, and ultimate deaths.
NIGERIA: Acting President Consolidates Power Amid Unrest
LATIN AMERICA: Still a Long Way to Go, for Black Women
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KENYA: Trying to Rebuild Communities After Floods
After torrential rains and floods claimed lives in Kenya’s North Rift region, hundreds of displaced people are now in dire need of relief aid.
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MEXICO: Kidnapping - A Growing Risk for Central American Migrants
The increase in kidnappings of Central American migrants crossing Mexico on their way to the United States will be brought up at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) current session next Monday.
DEVELOPMENT: 'Aid Industry is Part of the Problem'
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New Budget May Add to Uncertainties, Political Strains
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HONOLULU, Hawaii, Mar 19 (IPS) - Iran's 347-billion-dollar budget for the 2010-11 fiscal year, finally approved by the Guardian Council in Tehran Tuesday - just days before its scheduled implementation on the Iranian New Year Mar. 21 - appears likely to add to the tensions and uncertainty that have bedeviled the country since the disputed June 2009 elections.
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