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8/25/2010
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Africa @ 50: Progress or Regress
Gender Struggles and Achievements - for Men
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8/24/2010
Civil Society Watchdogs Crucial in New Global Order
Beatrice Paez
MONTREAL, Canada, Aug 23 (IPS) - Six hundred delegates from more than 80 countries flocked to Montreal Aug. 20-23 for the CIVICUS World Assembly in search of innovative ways to approach global challenges like poverty and climate change. An international alliance of about 1,000 civil society organisations, CIVICUS concentrates its efforts on strengthening citizen action and civil society, especially where citizens' right to freedom of association are threatened.
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Brazil Aims for World's "Most Perfect" Population Census
Thalif Deen
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 23 (IPS) - Come Dec. 31, about 68 countries are expected to complete the arduous task of taking an accurate head count of the number of people living within their geographical borders. The demographic census, which traditionally takes place every 10 years in different countries in different time frames, will this year cover nearly half the world's population of 6.7 billion people.
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Fears for South Africa's Press Freedom
Chris Stein
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 23 (IPS) - International media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders ranks South Africa's press as among the freest on the continent. Two proposed new measures are drawing unfavourable comparisons to repressive laws in Zimbabwe and Ethiopia. Nigeria and Zimbabwe have their Official Secrets Acts. In Kenya, it's called the Communications Bill. And in South Africa, it would be called the Protection of Information Act (POI).
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Caribbean Civil Society Unites to Tap EU Development Funds
Peter Richards
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Aug 23 (IPS) - Roosevelt King, the secretary general of the Barbados Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (BANCO), believes that Caribbean governments have dropped the ball when it comes to their commitment to support the initiatives of civil society. He says their lack of commitment dates back to the Cotonou Agreement that was signed in 2000 and regarded as the framework for the European Union's relationship with the 79 countries of the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) regions.
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Jails Fill Up with Political Prisoners - Critics
Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK, Aug 23 (IPS) - The jails in Thailand are filling up with political prisoners, critics say, but how many political dissidents have been incarcerated since a military crackdown on an anti-government protest movement ended on May 19 remains shrouded in mystery. One estimate by Thai human rights activists put it close to 470 political prisoners, but that is only from records documented in Bangkok's sprawling jail north of the capital and central jails in five north-east provinces.
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Attempts to Modernise Traditional Circumcision Rites
Susan Anyangu-Amu
NAIROBI, Aug 24 (IPS) - During every year that ends in an even number, the month of August is a special occasion for young men in Kenya's Western Province. During this month thousands of boys aged between 10 and 18 undergo male circumcision - something that is seen as an important rite of passage into manhood among their communities. But it is also a time were nearly half the young men circumcised will have to fight for their lives.
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Newsbriefs
Brazilian Biofuels Run into EU Obstacles
Another Bicentennial - But This One's for the People
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8/23/2010
In Gaza, Darkness Dawns at Ramadan
Eva Bartlett
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip, Aug 22 (IPS) - "It's been days without electricity and water. We can't do anything, and it's unbearably hot now." Abu Fouad, 83, speaks of the power cuts plaguing all of the Gaza Strip. While Palestinians in Gaza have grown accustomed to power outages, a combined result of the destroyed power plant, bombed by Israeli in 2006, and the siege imposed by Israel and the international community, the blackouts have increased in frequency and duration.
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U.N. Treads Cautiously in Probe of Border Firefight
Jennifer Leong
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 22 (IPS) - Three weeks after a fatal exchange of fire between Israel and Lebanon along the U.N.-demarcated Blue Line, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has yet to make recommendations on easing tension at the border. The incident, the most serious since U.N. resolution 1701 ended the border conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hizbullah in 2006, occurred on Aug. 3.
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