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7/28/2010
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Rape, Deception, or Racism
Slack Oversight of Peru's Amazon Rainforest
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7/27/2010
U.S.-China Tensions Loom in South China Sea Disputes
Analysis by Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK, Jul 26 (IPS) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's recent passage through South-east Asia saw Washington close ranks with its former adversary Vietnam, sending a warning to Asian heavyweight China that its assertive foreign policy in the region will be challenged. The diplomatic battleground is the South China Sea, a stretch of ocean that has a spread of reefs, coral atolls and slender slivers of land that hardly qualify as habitable islands but for decades have been the subject of a territorial dispute in the region.
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Khmer Rouge Verdict Hailed as a "First Step"
Hannah Rubenstein
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 26 (IPS) - Lauding the conviction of a Khmer Rouge leader Monday as a historic moment in the history of Cambodia, some international human rights groups also expressed disappointment with what they view as a lenient sentence, and urged an end to what they described as "political interference" in the judicial process.
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Lack of Funds Hampers Global Fight Against AIDS
Mehru Jaffer
VIENNA, Jul 26 (IPS) - The global conference on AIDS in Vienna last week will be remembered for "Broken Promises Kill", a slogan echoed by a coalition of activists who had gathered from around the world. Throughout the week-long conference, demonstrators clamoured for attention to the funding crisis severely impacting the global fight against AIDS.
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Mentally Ill Adrift in U.S. Immigration System
Esther Banales
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 25 (IPS) - Mentally disabled legal permanent residents of the United States and asylum seekers face indefinite detention, erroneous deportation, and unfair hearings in U.S. courts, according to a new joint report from two leading human rights organisations.
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LGBT Groups Slow to Gain Formal Recognition at UN
Genevieve Marie Ilg
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 26 (IPS) - Gay rights organisations are heartened by the official United Nations accreditation granted to the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHR) last week, after a prolonged three-year struggle. Consultative status allows LGBT NGOs to share information and analysis of the abuses and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity taking place around the world at U.N. meetings, as well as organise events on U.N. premises.
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The Cairo Agenda and the MDGs
Jyoti Shankar Singh*
NEW YORK, July 26 --The 2010 United Nations report on achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), issued last month, indicates that we might be on our way to achieving the most important Millennium Development Goal - reducing by half the proportion of people living in extreme poverty by 2015.
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Newsbriefs
Hopes Fade for Languishing U.S. Climate Bill
No Reparations Yet for Families of Civil War Victims in Peru
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7/26/2010
Israel Gets Brutal With Media
Mel Frykberg
NABI SALAH, Occupied West Bank, Jul 25 (IPS) - Palestinian activists are being jailed, Israeli activists are under surveillance, and the Israeli military is increasingly targeting journalists who cover West Bank protests. The Foreign Press Association (FPA) in Israel issued a statement recently condemning what it sees as a change in Israel Defence Forces (IDF) policy in their treatment of journalists covering the growing number of West Bank protests against Israel's separation barrier, illegal settlements and land expropriation.
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Patchwork of Aid Groups Coming into Focus in Haiti
Aprille Muscara
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 25 (IPS) - Half a year ago, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from around the globe flocked to Haiti to help pick up the pieces after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake shattered the fragile Caribbean nation. Many have since left, but hundreds remain, as does the logistical challenge of their coordination.
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