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SUDAN: Peace Agreement Proving Less Than Comprehensive
By Jedi Ramalapa
PRETORIA - The 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) ended one of Africa's longest and complex civil wars, with nominal agreement reached on security, wealth sharing, and governance issues. But there are renewed fears that conflict could erupt again in the country as divisions between the north and the south deepen.
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CLIMATE CHANGE: China’s Carbon Commitment—Low But Sure
By Antoaneta Bezlova
BEIJING - China and the United States are wrestling to claim leadership during the upcoming climate change talks in Copenhagen, unveiling proposals to cut greenhouse gases one after the other this week and setting the stage for some tough negotiations. But gauntlets thrown, both face challenges in achieving their pledged targets.
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BRAZIL: Development Bank Funds Destructive Projects, Say Activists
By Mario Osava
RIO DE JANEIRO - Public money in Brazil is being used by the state development bank to finance deforestation projects and others that trample rights, concentrate wealth, and encourage "imperialist" expansion of large national companies, according to activists at a three-day meeting in this southeastern city.
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LABOUR-MEXICO: Manufacturing Poverty for Women
By Emilio Godoy
MEXICO CITY - A group of workers in Honduras managed to prevent the closure of an assembly plant manufacturing sportswear for the U.S.-based sports apparel maker Russell Athletic, thereby saving 1,200 jobs.
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CHINA: Postscript to Obama Visit: When Beijing Blinked
Analysis by Antoaneta Bezlova
BEIJING - The jury is still out on what Beijing and Washington achieved during President Barack Obama’s first state visit to China last week. But one trait has emerged more strongly than anything else.
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SRI LANKA: Rights Groups Blame Gov’t Apathy for Migrant Woes
By Feizal Samath
COLOMBO - Dozens of Sri Lankan migrant workers languishing under a flyover in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, claiming to be stranded, exemplify the crisis of migration that Sri Lankan authorities have faced over the years.
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BRAZIL-IRAN: New Boost to South-South Diplomacy
Analysis by Beatriz Bissio
RIO DE JANEIRO - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's controversial visit to Brazil further underscored the independence of this country's diplomacy, and gave Tehran a chance to defend its points of view on the construction of a lasting peace in the Middle East.
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POLITICS: Singh State Visit Cements US-India Ties
By Eli Clifton
WASHINGTON - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and U.S. President Barack Obama met in Washington Tuesday as both leaders sought to reinvigorate the U.S.-India bilateral relationship.
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DEVELOPMENT: China, India Lead South-South Cooperation
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - China and India have been singled out as two countries that have established vibrant economic and financial links with the developing world and played key roles in strengthening South-South cooperation over the last 10 years.
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ECONOMY: Government Failures Feeding Next Financial Bubble
Analysis by Julio Godoy
BERLIN - Numerous failures by industrialised countries’ governments and central banks in managing the financial crisis are feeding the next bubble, which most likely will again provoke economic woes such as recession, unemployment, and poverty, according to economists and analysts.
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US-COLOMBIA: Activists Target "World of Coca-Cola"
By Matthew Cardinale
ATLANTA, Georgia - Activists from the U.S. and Colombia are targeting the World of Coca-Cola museum, located near its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, accusing the company of "union busting", paying its workers "poverty wages", and engaging in environmentally destructive practices.
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TRADE: "African States Need Advice Body Outside WTO for Talks"
By Isolda Agazzi
GENEVA - Since before the creation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 1995, two groups of people have confronted each other: supporters of trade liberalisation, who regard the pursuit of growth as paramount, and opponents of trade liberalisation, who see unfettered trade as the cause of many socio-economic problems.
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ASIA: Civil Society Steps Up Efforts Towards Alternative Economy
By Mutsuko Murakami
TOKYO - Amid worsening poverty, income inequality and a host of environmental hazards that are afflicting many countries, what does the world need today?
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