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ARABIC

SUOMI

CHINA - Picking up the Pieces

Roxana Saberi Charged With Spying

India & Pakistan : Siblings/Foes

Anwar Ibrahim

Best Reporting on Environment of 2008 Prem Bhatia Award

RUSSIA: Hoping for Much, Expecting Little

POLITICS: U.S. Uses False Taliban Aid Charge to Pressure Iran

FRANCE: Ambiguous on Nuclear Disarmament

POLITICS-US: Playing the Hawk with North Korea

GERMANY: Have no Nuclear Weapons, Just Share Them

SRI LANKA: Journalists Laying Aside Pens Once Again

RIGHTS: Sri Lankan Journalists Face Severe Persecution

SRI LANKA: Will Tamils Have A Say In Reconstruction?

SRI LANKA: Preparing For a New Chapter of Development

SRI LANKA: What’s Next For the Tamil Community?

WOMEN'S HEALTH - A SMART INVESTMENT IN TROUBLED TIMES
By Thoraya Ahmed Obaid

POOR COUNTRIES RAILROADED INTO WEAK COMPROMISE AT UN FINANCIAL SUMMIT
By Sylvia Borren

AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH BOB ROACH : "IN THIS GLOBALISED ECONOMY COMPANIES DON'T RECOGNISE NATURAL BOUNDARIES."
By Lucy Komisar

KEY ISSUES IN THE WORLD CONFERENCE ON THE GREAT ECONOMIC CRISIS
By Martin Khor

BRAZIL - POWER AND REALISM
By Joaquin Roy

RIGHTS-INDIA: India's Historic Gay Ruling
By Ranjita Biswas
KOLKATA - A day after the Delhi High Court's landmark judgment to overturn a colonial law that criminalised homosexuality, Indians expressed mixed reactions to the verdict.
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HEALTH: Sri Lanka's Battle With Dengue

By Amantha Perera
COLOMBO - Sri Lankan health authorities have had to combat an upsurge in cases of the lethal Dengue flu in the island nation this year. They have used mass man-power, public awareness campaigns and even threatened incarceration to stem the spread of the killer disease that has touched epidemic levels in the past six months. But it won’t be easy to stop the disease from spreading.
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IRAN: Picnicking Outside Evin Prison
By Sara Farhang
TEHRAN - Outside the gates of Tehran's notorious Evin prison, hundreds wait impatiently – some with blankets spread out in the parking lot on the street below, making time for dinner.
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US-AFGHANISTAN: Four Thousand Marines to "Drink Lots of Tea"
By Ali Gharib
WASHINGTON - After months of planning and putting pieces in order, aspects of the new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan are beginning to be concretely implemented – including a surge of troops and attempts to curtail the poppy trade that allegedly funds insurgents.
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Opportunity For Biopirates?
By Ranjit Devraj
NEW DELHI - Genetically modified (GM) crops that can withstand environmental stress may be one answer to climate change but a powerful lobby is building up against the patenting of technologies involved, especially when they are derivatives of traditional farmers’ innovations.
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POLITICS: U.S. Uses False Taliban Aid Charge to Pressure Iran
By Gareth Porter*
WASHINGTON - The Barack Obama administration has given new prominence to a Bush administration charge that Iran is providing military training and assistance to the Taliban in Afghanistan, for which no evidence has ever been produced, and which has been discredited by data obtained by IPS from the Pentagon itself.
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MEDIA-CHINA: Government Attempts to Block "Harmful Content" Thwarted
By Antoaneta Bezlova
BEIJING - Beijing’s last minute climb-down on its latest Internet-censorship effort this week highlights the possibility that Chinese communist mandarins’ main challenge in the future lies not in quelling political dissent, but reigning in its tech-savvy educated elite.
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EAST TIMOR: Prime Minister Embroiled in Contract Scandal
By Matt Crook
DILI, EAST TIMOR - Pressure to resign is mounting on East Timor’s Prime Minster, Xanana Gusamo, amid claims that he misused authority when he signed-off on a multi-million dollar government contract last year to a company his daughter has ties with.
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IRAN: Rights Group Seeks Release of Mistreated and Ill Detainee
By Katie Mattern
WASHINGTON - Iranian authorities should release a prominent reformist detained during recent post-election unrest to a medical facility because he has suffered harsh interrogations and inadequate medical care that could have life-threatening consequences, said a prominent human rights group Wednesday.
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PAKISTAN: Public Backs Army’s Push Against Taliban, Poll Finds
By Jared Levy
WASHINGTON - Pakistani public opinion remains supportive of the military’s fight against the Pakistani Taliban, said a new poll released Wednesday. However, Pakistanis roundly reject the U.S. military campaign in the region.
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RIGHTS-MALAYSIA: An Uphill Battle Against Abuse And Torture
By Baradan Kuppusamy
KUALA LUMPUR - Domestic helper Siti Hajar, 33, from Garut district, Indonesia is a picture of calm as she leans against the wall at a shelter for abused maids and dreams of returning to her village.
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HEALTH-LAOS: Inadequate Sanitation Denting GDP
By Nergui Manalsuren
UNITED NATIONS - Poor sanitation and hygiene costs the Lao People’s Democratic Republic 193 million dollars per year, an estimated 5.6 percent of gross domestic product, according to figures from the Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP) of the World Bank.
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AUSTRALIA: Attacks Expose Ills Of A Much-Touted Education System
By Neena Bhandari
SYDNEY - The modern façade of its cities, cost-effectiveness and its high standards of education make Australia an attractive destination for foreign students. But the recent spate of attacks on Indian students has exposed the many ills afflicting the Australian education system, threatening its lucrative markets.
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Flare-Ups In Sri Lanka

Tibet Dilemma

Trouble in Pakistan

Burma Marches On

Iran: The Parthian Shot

Development Deadline

Civil Society - The New Superpower

SRI LANKA In Search of Serendip

PERU: Petroleum Sullies the Amazon

RIGHTS-AFRICA: AU Heeds Perpetrators Not Victims

CUBA-US: Frosty Relations No Bar to Communication

RIGHTS-INDIA: India's Historic Gay Ruling

Q&A: "The Elites Are Like a Huge Elephant Sitting on Haiti"

DEVELOPMENT-KENYA: Fears Over New Land Deal

HEALTH: ‘Global Response Needed for Global (Flu) Challenge’

US-ECUADOR: Chevron Fails in Effort to Lift Trade Benefits

TRADE: Who’s Harming Fish Stocks? Trawlers or Artisanal Fishers?

ECONOMY: Migrant Miseries Will Trickle Down Worldwide, U.N. Warns

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