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10/29/2009
MIDEAST
Egypt Makes Cultural Clout Count
By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa Al-Omrani
Egypt has long been recognised as the cultural trendsetter of the Arabic- speaking world. Despite recent challenges to this role with the advent of satellite television, experts say that contemporary Arab culture remains largely defined by Egyptian literature, music, film and television.
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11/29/2009
WORLD:
IMF Has Long Way to Go – Even After "Istanbul Decisions"
By Marina Penderis
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) may be performing better during the current economic crisis than during the Asian crisis of the late 1990s, but it still has "a long way to go".
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10/28/2009
POLITICS-MOZAMBIQUE
Huge Youth Turnout in Elections
By Zenaida Machado
Young Mozambicans turned out in their numbers to vote. A massive youth turnout has been reported as Mozambicans voted in elections on Oct. 28.
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ZAMBIA
Give Us Our Constitution
By Kelvin Kachingwe
Pressure is mounting for a new constitution that is inclusive of all citizen’s views as the ongoing delays by the body granted to draft it still continues.
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SWAZILAND
More Boreholes, No Water
By Mantoe Phakathi
In Siteki where the borehole hand pumps do not work, getting drinking water is a daily chore. Credit:Mantoe Phakathi/IPS In the drought-stricken area of Siteki, Tibuyile Maziya has been trying to fill up her four 20-litre buckets with water at a community for the last four hours. With a baby on her back and two more buckets to fill up, 19-year-old Maziya says she walks to this well at least three times a week to get water for her family of 15.
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ECONOMY-AFRICA
Pros and Cons to Huge Chinese Investment in DRC
By Stephanie Nieuwoudt
Concerns abound about a nine billion dollar Chinese investment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, especially around environmental consequences and transparency. And, on the Chinese side, investors complain not only about the lack of security in the DRC but about their own government not providing enough support.
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10/27/2009
RIGHTS-UGANDA
Colliding with the Fourth Estate
By Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi
Charles Odobo Bichachi, editor of the Independent Newspaper has in a span of a year, been summoned to the police several times accused of publishing seditious statements. And just last month, Bichachi fell into trouble again: this time over a cartoon.
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KENYA
Practical Measures Needed on Teen Sexual Education
By Susan Anyangu
Samuel Katana is a member of the Dance 4 Life club at St Georges school in Kenya; the club is one of a very few places for teenagers to get information and advice on sex. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS Kenyan teenagers are having sex. And they appear to have no clue how to go about it.
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SOUTH AFRICA
GMOs - Strategic Priority in Whose Interest?
By Kristin Palitza
The South African government is in the process of drafting regulations to police genetically modified organisms (GMO) as part of the national Consumer Protection Act, but environmental experts are worried the GMO section of the new Act, which was signed into law last April, will not be put into practice.
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ECONOMY-AFRICA
The "Threat" of an Independent Private Sector
By Francis Kokutse
From Algeria to Zimbabwe, there have been calls to develop the private sector. But some governments regard independent private sectors as a threat to their power and have even actively blocked business. Meanwhile African women have had a particularly raw deal in business. Some Africans question whether the private sector or the state should drive development.
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