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Tuesday, February 07, 2012   09:36 GMT    
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EUROPE-DEVELOPMENT
Mapping Out the EU’s Harmful Projects
By Bari Bates
BRUSSELS - Dozens of European Union-funded projects across several countries are ‘environmentally or socially unsound’, according to a map created by a joint effort between CEE Bankwatch Network and Friends of the Earth Europe.
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DEVELOPMENT-NIGER
Three Million Children Threatened by Hunger
By Ousseini Issa
BOBOYE, Niger - Women have been left in charge of many of the households in the village of Zamkoye-Koïra, in western Niger, as food shortages have driven male family members to leave in search of work elsewhere. A national survey of vulnerable households shows that 5.4 million people face food insecurity across Niger.
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UNICEF Funding Falls Short Leaving Millions of Children at Risk
By Bari Bates
BRUSSELS - If the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) had 1.28 billion dollars it could help 97 million people around the world.
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Latin America Takes a New Look at Neglected Diseases
By Fabiana Frayssinet
RIO DE JANEIRO - The rise of emerging economies in Latin America is an opportunity to improve strategies for fighting neglected illnesses and increase the region's contribution to the global struggle against them, says the regional director of an organisation devoted to this purpose.
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Brazil Deploys "Junior Firefighters" to Snuff Out Dengue
By Fabiana Frayssinet
RIO DE JANEIRO - The government of the state of Rio de Janeiro is unveiling a battery of creative tactics to engage the population in the battle against dengue fever, which is threatening to reach unprecedented epidemic proportions as a new virus strain hits Brazil.
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PAKISTAN-INDIA
Women Expose Secret Genital Cutting Rite
By Zofeen Ebrahim
KARACHI - "It was a dark and dingy room, where an elderly woman asked me to take off my panties, made me sit on a low wooden stool with my legs parted and then did something…I screamed out in pain," recalls Alefia Mustansir, 40, of her childhood experience.
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PAKISTAN
New Rehab Plan Brings Hope for War-Disabled
By Ashfaq Yusufzai
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - The prolonged United States-led war against terrorism has left a large number of people disabled in Pakistan, compelling the government to institute a rehabilitation plan that will include imparting vocational skills.
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INDIA
Male Activists Enhance Pre and Postnatal Care
By Manipadma Jena
BHUBANESHWAR, India - The primitive Juang tribe in remote Nola village on Chandragiri hill experienced its first three institutional childbirths only a month ago.
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HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA
HIV-Related Deaths Slow Economy
By Kristin Palitza
CAPE TOWN - If there was no HIV/AIDS, South Africa would have 4.4 million more people than today, the size of a major city. This significant slow-down in population growth is causing a slow down in economic growth and resulting in social ills, researchers warn.
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PAKISTAN
Violence, Death Stalk Child Domestic Help
By Zofeen Ebrahim
KARACHI - "He was a happy child, my younger brother," Mohammad Ramzan, 18, reminisced, his voice steeped in sadness.
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