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1/7/2009
Israel Attacks Schools, Ambulances
Mel Frykberg
RAMALLAH, Jan 6 (IPS) - At least 42 Palestinians sheltering in a UN school in the Jabaliya refugee camp near Gaza city were killed Tuesday afternoon after two Israeli tank shells exploded outside the school. Hundreds of terrified Palestinians, desperately trying to escape the bombing, had sought shelter there assuming that a clearly marked school would not be targeted. Palestinian sources reported that the school was one of 26 residential buildings hit Tuesday.
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Obama Silence 'Ends Hopes From U.S.'
Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani
CAIRO, Jan 6 (IPS) - With the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip now in its second week -- and as the Palestinian death toll approaches 600 -- U.S. president-elect Barack Obama has continued to remain silent. Obama's reticence, say Egyptian commentators, indicates that he will be no more even-handed on the issue of Palestine than preceding U.S. administrations.
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Obama Enigmatic on Mideast Crisis
Daniel Luban
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (IPS) - As U.S. President-elect Barack Obama settles into Washington and meets with congressional leaders about his stimulus plan, he and his incoming administration remain silent about the intensifying crisis in the Gaza Strip.
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Awaiting Gitmo's Closure
Zofeen Ebrahim
KARACHI, Jan 6 (IPS) - "I've thought a lot about what my first meeting with my father will be like after all these years. I don't know how I'd react. I don't even know what to expect,'' said Muneeza Paracha, 26, daughter of Saifullah Paracha, incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay since September 2004.
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Gas Dispute Raises Political Heat
Kester Kenn Klomegah
MOSCOW, Jan 6 (IPS) - Disputes over gas supply from Russia to Europe have again taken on a political dimension. After Ukraine failed last week to negotiate a new price for Russian gas and to pay more than 600 million dollars demanded by Russia, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ordered the country's gas giant Gazprom to reduce supplies. Gazprom pulled the plug Jan. 1, while maintaining supplies to European Union consumers.
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Czech Presidency Promises Controversy
Analysis by Zoltan Dujisin
BUDAPEST, Jan 6 (IPS) - The rotating EU presidency has been taken over for the first half of the year by a country with a president who may refuse to sign the EU Treaty, and with a weak government that has more faith in the U.S. than in Europe.
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U.S. Networks' Global News Coverage at Record Low in 2008
Brazil in Stormy Waters
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12/24/2008
Death Penalty in Palestinian Territories Alarms Rights Groups
Mel Frykberg
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Dec 23 (IPS) - New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has sent urgent letters to Palestinian leaders in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, urging them to commute the death sentences of 11 Palestinians currently awaiting execution.
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Environment: U.S. Back in the Fold?
Carole Brousse
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 24 (IPS) - After nearly a decade of defiance by Washington toward international efforts to protect the environment, notably its disengagement from the Kyoto treaty to limit greenhouse gas emissions, there are high hopes that the United States will soon play a leading role in addressing what U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has described as "the defining challenge of our era".
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Climate Change: African Proposal Yet to Gain Foothold
Wambi Michael
KAMPALA, Dec 23 (IPS) - Africa's bid to expand carbon-trading mechanisms and create rewards for sustainable farming practices on the continent made little headway at the recently concluded climate change conference in Pozna?, Poland.
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SRI LANKA: 'Attacks on Media Will Continue'
MIDEAST: Israel May Face Charges for War Crimes
CUBA: Racism - "Taboo, Complicated and Thorny" Issue
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MIDEAST: Israel Ponders End to Offensive
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ECONOMY-CHILE: Workers Nervous, Despite Anti-Crisis Plan
MIDEAST: Obama Silence 'Ends Hopes From U.S.'
MIDEAST: Israel Attacks Schools, Ambulances
ECONOMY-HONDURAS: Stormy Outlook for 2009
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RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: 'Young and Poor' at Risk from Trigger-Happy Police
PERU: Foreign Drug Mules Can Serve Sentences at Home
DEVELOPMENT-SOUTHERN AFRICA: No Takers for Funds for Water Projects
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