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POLITICS-US: Online Poll Shows Obama a Hit in China
Beijing has a tradition of sound relations with Republican presidents of the United States, but the latest China poll shows popular opinion bucking the trend with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama becoming an "overwhelming hit" with ordinary Chinese.PHILIPPINES: 'Women Take the Brunt of Climate Change'
Filipina farmer Trinidad Domingo views the coming rice harvest season with trepidation. A typhoon destroyed much of her crop and Domingo estimates that her two-hectare plot will produce less than the usual 200 sacks of rice.YEMEN: Govt Holding More Than 1,000 Political Prisoners
A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) urges Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to launch an independent commission to investigate arbitrary arrests and disappearances and to hold those responsible to account.ECONOMY-US: It’s Not the “Greedy Poor People”
A 31-year-old law designed to put an end to "redlining" and other restrictive practices that effectively shut poor and minority families out of home-ownership and neighbourhood development is being attacked by conservative commentators as a major cause of today's sub-prime mortgage mess.ECONOMY: World Bank Assails Israeli Chokehold on West Bank
The West Bank's economy continues to gasp for air despite increased international aid mainly because Israel keeps the Palestinian territory in a stranglehold, says the World Bank.BOOKS-US: A Liberal’s Travels in “Flyover Country”
"What are they thinking?" is a question my mother screams at the television every election season. A union nurse in overwhelmingly liberal, Democratic San Francisco, she cannot believe that the presidential election is even close.
POLITICS-US: E-Voting Worries Focus on Swing States
A common criticism of technology is that the more complex it gets, the more likely it is to break down; more moving parts means more potential problems.
INDIA: Reaching for the Moon on a Shoestring Budget
With the successful launch of its maiden, unmanned mission to the moon, India has signalled growing confidence as an emerging Asian space power, ready to rub shoulders with Japan and China.RIGHTS-EUROPE: Turned Away at Gunpoint
Weapons were pointed directly at migrants trying to enter Italy during a recent operation coordinated by the European Union's border control agency, it has been alleged.CULTURE-NEPAL: Religious Tradition vs Maoist Secularism
Nepalis, religious and tradition-bound as they are, have in recent months worried over the fate of their centuries-old rituals and customs in the newly minted Maoist republic.
INDIA: Tata Motors Move to Gujarat Less Than Secular
Tata Motors' decision to shift the production site of its ultra-cheap, iconic Nano car from communist-ruled West Bengal state to Gujarat - scene of the 2002 anti-Muslim pogrom - has caused consternation and dismay among liberals and secular-minded people all over India.JAMAICA: Brutal Killings Put Focus on Child Protections
Stephanie Christian, a family life director at the Holy Cross Church in Jamaica, just could not understand why an adult would sexually assault a nine-month-old baby.JAPAN/NORTH KOREA: Abductees Issue Traded Over Nuclear Deal
With Washington removing North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, Japan finds itself isolated over the issue of its nationals abducted by the reclusive communist state, during the cold war, to be trained as spies.
EGYPT: Food For The People
Caught between low wages and rising prices, many Egyptians have had to replace meat and vegetables with cheaper food.ECONOMY: Asia-EU Summit to Address ‘Financial Tsunami’
Cast in the role of global saviour in the unfolding financial turmoil, China is playing host to a meeting of Asian and European leaders in Beijing this week that is expected to castigate the Anglo-Saxon model of capitalism and press for a reshaped global economic order.AFGHANISTAN: Journalist Serving 20 Years for “Blasphemy”
International human rights groups have called on Afghan authorities and President Hamid Karzai to free 24-year-old Afghani journalist Perwiz Kambakhsh, who has been sentenced to 20 years of prison after being convicted of blasphemy.RIGHTS-US: Next President Will Inherit Guantanamo Dilemma
Leading human rights groups reacted with outrage Tuesday to media reports that the administration of President George W. Bush has decided not to close the iconic prison at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.DEVELOPMENT: Reviving the Family Farm
The world is in a phase of transition, in which family farming is emerging as an "anti-cyclical" alternative for guaranteeing economic growth and food security, said Brazilian expert Laudemir André Müller.RIGHTS-US: Freedom Recedes for Uighurs at Guantanamo
Seventeen Chinese Muslims who have been imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for seven years will now have to wait still longer to discover whether a U.S. appeals court will confirm or reverse a judge's earlier decision that they be immediately released into the United States.ECONOMY: Usual Suspects Eyeing Zimbabwe for Massive Deregulation
As the global financial crisis unfolds and more questions are asked about excessive deregulation, the World Bank and others are preparing economic policy prescriptions that will throw open Zimbabwe’s economy to the whims of the world markets.ARGENTINA: Non-Sexist Language for Reporters
An organisation of over 100 journalists in Argentina has drawn up ten "commandments" for news coverage of gender-based crimes, which include avoiding expressions like "crime of passion" and incorporating terms like "femicide."« Previous Page — Next Page »
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