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Q&A: Women's Empowerment: 'Men Are Interested'
Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi interviews CHRIS BARYOMUNSI, Ugandan member of parliament
ENTEBBE, Uganda - A trident of gender legislation will be debated in Uganda's parliament in November: the Marriage and Divorce Bill, the Domestic Violence Bill and the Female Genital Mutilation Bill.
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CUBA-US: Mixed Messages
By Patricia Grogg
HAVANA - While the Cuban government has intensified its protests against the U.S. embargo, typically hostile signals between the two nations have been mixed with hints of a more relaxed tone since U.S. President Barack Obama took office.
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LATIN AMERICA: Big Gender, Ethnic Gaps in Wages Found
By Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON - Indigenous people, descendants of Africans, and women in Latin America earn significantly less money than their predominantly white male peers of similar age and education levels, according to a new study released here Monday by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Kyoto Protocol Is a Lifeline for Island Nations
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - "It was a little bit scary," says Dessima Williams, describing how the two weeks of United Nations climate change negotiations ended here on Oct. 9. "Our concerns need to be heard more."
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MEXICO: Fair Trade Will Become Major Trend, Say Growers
By Emilio Godoy
MEXICO CITY - Thanks to fair trade, Jorge Cetz - a lemon and mango grower from the southeastern Mexican state of Campeche - has gained access to markets and organised his cooperative better. But in order to enhance results under this form of sustainable production and alternative marketing, more support is needed, he said.
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CLIMATE CHANGE: New Financial Scheme Turns Heat on Rich Nations
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - A new financial mechanism to help the developing world deal with the challenges posed by climate change looms as a major hurdle on the road leading up to a United Nations summit in Copenhagen in mid-December.
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TRADE: NGOs Welcome EU Vow Not to Push Africa into EPAs
By Isolda Agazzi
GENEVA - Non-governmental organisations have expressed their satisfaction at the European Commission’s declaration that it would not put "undue pressure" on African and other countries to conclude the controversial trade deals called economic partnership agreements (EPAs).
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BOLIVIA: Amazon Nuts at Exploitative Prices
By Franz Chávez*
LA PAZ - Bolivia is the world's leading exporter of the shelled Brazil nut, a nutritious food source that grows abundantly in the country's Amazon rainforest region. But in this tropical paradise, many of the nut-gatherers live in hellish conditions.
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EDUCATION-ZIMBABWE: Students Quit Classes - and Country - As Crisis Deepens
By Ignatius Banda
BULAWAYO - Schooling is increasingly becoming a privilege of the rich, , Zimbabwean parents and teachers' unions complain.
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ECONOMY: Recovery Will Be Jobless
Analysis by Jacques N. Couvas
ISTANBUL - The annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ended Wednesday in Istanbul in a climate of cautious hope for the economy and with a mixed bag of opportunities and challenges for the two institutions.
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FINANCE: Not Reforms, But Reformed
Analysis by Sanjay Suri
LONDON - The annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have run into a predictable roadblock in setting out brave new directions: a roadblock called memory. What could have been an immensely sensible idea of turning the IMF into a new central bank for the world is up against years of mistrust the IMF has built for itself.
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ENVIRONMENT: Novel Tribunal Gives Voice to Climate Change Victims
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - Shorbanu Khatun flew into the Thai capital to share her pain about being a victim of a natural disaster. In May, Cyclone Aila tore through her community along the coast of Bangladesh, adding another layer of misery to the 36-year- old’s already impoverished life.
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POLITICS: China Resists U.S.’s ‘Covert' Trade Agenda
By Antoaneta Bezlova
BEIJING - As the United States talks about rebalancing global growth, China sees a covert agenda of trade protectionism. And while Beijing seems to agree that there is a price to pay for its new ascent as a global power, it bristles at suggestions that it needs to let its export powerhouse fade from prominence by allowing its currency, the yuan, to appreciate faster.
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