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CORRUPTION: Paying Off Afghanistan's Warlords
By Pratap Chatterjee*
KABUL, Nov 18 (IPS) - Every morning, dozens of trucks laden with diesel from Turkmenistan lumber out of the northern Afghan border town of Hairaton on a two-day trek across the Hindu Kush down to Afghanistan's capital, Kabul.
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HEALTH: Strategy to Cut Vaccine Price Paying Off
By Eli Clifton
WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (IPS) - The price of a major combination vaccine called the 'pentavalent' has fallen considerably over the past year, bringing the cost per dose below three dollars - a decrease of almost 50 cents, according to data released Wednesday by an alliance of public and private partners who have worked to bring down vaccine prices in the developing world.
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CUBA: Dissidents' Plight Unchanged Under Raul, Charges HRW
By Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (IPS) - While Cuban President Raul Castro has implemented some economic and administrative reforms, his three-year-old government has continued to isolate and persecute political dissidents, according to a major new report released here Wednesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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MIDEAST: U.S. Credibility as Peace Broker Eroding by the Day
By Ellen Massey
WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (IPS) - In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, movement in the standoff between the two sides can be as often backward as it is forward. The past couple of weeks have seen moves from both sides that have garnered the attention of the world, but forward progress remains elusive.
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Women Central to Adaptation, Mitigation
By Nastasya Tay
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, Nov 18 (IPS) - Poor women will bear the greatest ‘climate burden’, says the United Nations Population Fund in its 2009 State of the World Population report, released today.
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CORRUPTION-SIERRA LEONE: Song Sparks Governance Debate
By Mohamed Fofanah
FREETOWN, Nov 18 (IPS) - Nothing has ever sparked a debate on the state of governance in the country like the song released by one of Sierra Leone’s most popular artists, Emerson Bockarie.
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DEVELOPMENT: Climate Change Likely to Increase African Hunger Woes
By Julio Godoy
BERLIN, Nov 18 (IPS) - Africa, the continent already most affected by hunger and food scarcity, is likely to see its woes increased due to climate change and the changing rain patterns it provokes, experts and scientists say.
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DEVELOPMENT: UNFPA Puts Human Face on Climate Blowback
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 18 (IPS) - A new U.N. report on the hazards of climate change brings a fresh human perspective to an ongoing wide-ranging debate that has focused primarily on energy efficiency and industrial carbon emissions.
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RIGHTS-US: "New" Military Courts Still Lack Basic Safeguards
By William Fisher
NEW YORK, Nov 18 (IPS) - While conservatives complain about Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other terror suspects from Guantanamo coming to New York for trial, many legal experts and human rights groups are being equally outspoken in their criticism of the "new and improved" military commissions designated to try five other detainees.
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Q&A: Women Should Be More Than Window Dressing
Jedi Ramalapa interviews Ingrid Srinath, Secretary General of CIVICUS

JOHANNESBURG, Nov 18 (IPS) - Women in developing countries are among the most vulnerable to the effects of crisis - be that climate change, food price hikes, the HIV/AIDS pandemic or the global recession. It is becoming more commonplace to hear women's testimony, but are women's voices heard when it comes to deciding on solutions?
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