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Kazakhstan: Investigate Violence in Oil-Rich Western Region
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(Moscow, December 17, 2011) –… |
Malawi: Reviewing, Not Repealing Anti-Gay Law
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Malawi’s Solicitor General says his country is not backing away from its controversial anti-homosexual laws. Malawi’s law classifies homosexual behavior as “indecent practices and unnatural… |
BREAKINGVIEWS-With or without reforms, Putin can't win
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It is a terrible failure on the part of international communities to pull together resources that would help fight against HIV and Aids. M. Makoni […] |
Iran Claims Massive New Caspian Gas Field
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Iran’s oil minister says the country has discovered a huge natural-gas field in the Caspian Sea. […] |
Nations Address Internet Freedom as Users, and Restrictions, Grow
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“Twenty-two countries gathered in The Hague this week to pledge their support for Internet freedoms around the world, but governments, companies and bloggers alike pointed to a host of problems… |
World: Development Cooperation Is Smart Investment in Security, Prosperity; Together, Way Will Be Found to Maximize It, Acting General Assembly President Says
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World GA/11189 Sixty-sixth General Assembly Developing Countries Becoming ‘New… |
World Marks 20th Anniversary Of Dissolution Of Soviet Union
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The world marks the 20th anniversary of the formal dissolution of the Soviet Union after nearly 70 years. […] |
South Africa: Civils Snub Zuma's African Agri-Solution
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South African President Jacob Zuma’s declaration on “climate smart and carbon markets” as a climate change solution for African agriculture has raised suspicions among roughly 100 civil society… |
Mozambique: Hoax Messages Damage Banana Sellers
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Sales of bananas in Maputo have plummeted following the circulation of malicious e-mails and mobile phone text messages claiming that South African bananas are infected with a lethal bacteria. … |
The South African Media and Climate Change
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The parameters of that global agreement are vitally important as a public interest issue because it affects not just environmental policy, but economic and industrial development policy too,… |