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8/11/2010
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8/10/2010
Call for War Crimes Inquiry in Burma Foils U.N. Envoy's Trip
Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK, Aug 9 (IPS) - When a U.N. human rights investigator for Burma called for an international inquiry to look into possible war crimes by the country's military regime, he added significant weight to similar calls that had been made in other quarters. But that call in March by Tomas Ojea Quintana, as part of a scathing 30-page report delivered to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, has come back to haunt the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, as Burma is also known.
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"Climate of Repression" as Voting Concludes in Rwanda
Zack Baddorf
KIGALI, Aug 9 (IPS) - As voting concluded in Rwanda's presidential elections, with incumbent President Paul Kagame expected to win by a landslide, fears remain that not all citizens will accept the results amidst claims the elections were neither free nor fair.
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Kibbutz Returns With Moneyed Communism
Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler
KIBBUTZ TZORA, Israel, Aug 9 (IPS) - It was an idea that became an institution, and that became the moving spirit behind the creation of the State of Israel. These were people who wanted to change the world. Now, they're content to live a life of carefree irrelevance. That's the Kibbutz today. The cooperative farming communities were the driving force that shaped the political landscape and the borders before the newly established state took over that role in 1948.
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Cooking Up a Climate Deal
Analysis by Laure Pichegru and Terna Gyuse
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 9 (IPS) - Another round of negotiations towards a global treaty on climate change concluded in Bonn on Aug. 6, with activists calling on parties to rediscover a spirit of compromise and make offers rather than demands. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) executive secretary Christiana Figueres said progress had been made. "Everyone understands that it's hard to cook a meal without a pot. Governments are much closer now to actually making the pot."
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End to Fuel Subsidies in India Brings Damaging Diversions
Analysis by Ranjit Devraj
NEW DELHI, Aug 9 (IPS) - While India's opposition parties are agitating against moves by the pro-reform government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to remove subsidies on petrol and other fuels, experts say the country has laboured too long under price distortions that have not benefited poorer people -- or the environment.
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The Novelist at Sixteen
Hannah Rubenstein
NEW YORK, Aug 9 (IPS) - At first glance, Sara Samarasinghe's website could be any teenager's: cheerful pink text scrawled against a black background, blog entries about summer clothing sales, and lists of favourites: music (Kelly Clarkson), movies (10 Things I Hate About You), and quotes (Jennifer Aniston, J. K. Rowling).
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U.N. Names High-Level Panel on Sustainability
Sexual Violence in Conflict Labeled Criminal, not Cultural
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8/9/2010
Chile to Straddle Line Between Rich & Poor Nations
Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 8 (IPS) - The 130 developing countries at the United Nations remain divided over Chile's decision to hold onto its seat in the Group of 77 (G77) - even after it formally joined the exclusive club of rich nations, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). What was discussed in whispered tones has broken out into the open, with Latin American countries predictably standing in solidarity with Chile, while some of the African nations are challenging Chile's right to continue its membership in the largest single coalition of developing nations.
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Rich Countries' Farm Subsidies Benefiting Royals
Julio Godoy
PARIS, Aug 8 (IPS) - Subsidies for agriculture in the industrialised countries of the world grew again in 2009, benefiting the largest companies and land owners, such as Prince Albert of Monaco and Queen Elizabeth of Britain. The latest increase came despite repeated and consistent evidence that such subsidies contribute to the destruction of the livelihoods of poor farmers in developing countries, especially in Africa, and that they distort international trade.
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