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Tuesday, February 07, 2012   09:29 GMT    
Human Rights

Cameroon’s Economy Suffers as Boko Haram Infiltrates Country
By Ngala Killian Chimtom
YAOUNDE - Ahmadou Lamine has been forced to close his business selling fuel imported from Nigeria, known locally as "zoa-zoa", because of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram.
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Burma in the Throes of Change - Part 1
By Preethi Nallu
CHIANG MAI, Thailand - Moves by the Burmese government to settle ethnic conflicts in the country, notably with the Karen in the mountainous eastern part of the country, have caught most observers by surprise.
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Social Media Shows Support for Africa’s Oldest Community Station
By Davison Mudzingwa*
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - When a financial crisis threatened the existence of Africa’s oldest community station, Bush Radio, an outpouring of sympathy and appeals went viral on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. However, despite this outspoken support that showed that the station is worth saving, its future remains uncertain.
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U.S. Weighs Options As Syrian Violence Intensifies
By Samer Araabi
WASHINGTON - Following a failed bid to pass a U.N. Security Council Resolution calling for regime change in Syria, Washington is considering other means to influence events on the ground, as the country slips ever closer toward civil war.
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U.N. Security Council Remains "Neutered" by Five Big Powers
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - Since Russia and China vetoed a key resolution critical of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's violent repression of the ongoing 11-month old civilian uprising, there has been plenty of public outrage directed at the two permanent members of the Security Council who stood defiant against an overwhelming majority.
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Despite Rhetoric, Women Still Sidelined in Development Funding
By Charundi Panagoda
WASHINGTON - As U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro once put it, "Women hold the keys to unlocking the barriers to sustainable development."
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EUROPE-DEVELOPMENT
The "Indignados" Still Have Wind in Their Sails
By Cléo Fatoorehchi
AIX-EN-PROVENCE - Months of protest across the European Union, sparked by ‘indignant’ youth demanding an end to the brand of free market capitalism that has blighted the continent with an unemployment epidemic, finally bore fruit on Jan. 30 when Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, proposed an ambitious jobs scheme.
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Israel and Iran Agreed on Nuclear Ambiguity
Analysis by Pierre Klochendler
JERUSALEM - Will Israel attack Iran’s nuclear facilities this spring? That is a question dominating the international agenda. Meanwhile, the grand project of a nuclear weapon-free Middle East is relegated to the utopian "day after" a solution is found to the Islamic republic’s atomic programme.
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Senegalese Students Call for President to Step Down
By Jedi Ramalapa
DAKAR - The friends of slain Senegalese student protester, Mamadou Diop, say that the 32-year-old master’s student was against injustice and that is why he was protesting against President Abdoulaye Wade’s bid for a third term of office.
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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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