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Mother Teresa of Skopje
The city of Skopje, Macedonia, commemorates Mother Teresa with a special award for humanitarian engagement that bears her name and, this year, with the construction of a new memorial house. By Risto Karajkov. |
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Has the Surge Prevented Peace in Iraq?
Republican presidential candidate John McCain has made his earlier endorsement of the "surge" strategy in Iraq a prominent feature of his campaign, but he might one day be embarrassed by it. By Dan Lieberman. |
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Venezuela Calls Visit of U.S. Drug Czar 'Useless'
The Foreign Ministry rejected the "animosity and hatred" of John P. Walters and reaffirmed its accusations against the D.E.A., calling it "a body that operated in a criminal way in Venezuelan territory." By Elvia Gómez. |
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Fiji Charter in Unchartered Waters
Upon the release of the much anticipated draft Peoples' Charter on Aug. 5, Bainimarama warned that all of its recommendations must be implemented before any general election was possible. By Sanjay Ramesh. |
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Fighting African Poverty, Village by Village
Innovative Millennium Villages Project in Bonsaaso, a cluster of poor and remote settlements in Ghana's Ashanti Region, focuses on achieving Millennium goals. By Ernest Harsch. |
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Voice of Power Threatens Voice of Dialogue
Abu Ghraib. Guantanamo Bay. Shocking arrests and mysterious disappearances. Extraordinary renditions. Will these initiatives really make the world a better place or contribute to irreversibly dividing it? By Sharunas Paunksnis. |
Africa
South Africa: Rethinking Asylum
Integrated Regional Information Networks (United Nations), Johannesburg, South Africa
Africa Struggles With Soaring Food Prices
By Michael Fleshman, Africa Renewal, United Nations
Harvest of Shame: Former Sierra Leonean Ruler Valentine Strasser
By Roland Marke
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Americas
Searching for Solutions to Mexico's Skyrocketing Violence
By Amy Coonradt, Research associate, Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Latin America: 'Restraining the Media Brings About Dictatorship'
By Giuliana Chiappe, El Universal (Centrist), Caracas, Venezuela
Brazil's Nuclear Ambitions: Worrisome?
By Elizabeth Reavey, Research associate, Council on Hemispheric Affairs
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Asia-Pacific
Protests Against Thai Leader Intensify
Integrated Regional Information Networks (United Nations), Bangkok, Thailand
India's Concept of Nonviolence and Gandhi
By Ravindra Kumar, Delhi, India
Nepal Invites Tourists to Visit Its Villages
By Kamala Sarup
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Europe
Boisterous Bear, Wounded Eagle: U.S.-Russian Tensions From a Post-Communist Perspective
By Michael Werbowski, Prague, Czech Republic
Lessons of the Caucasus Conflict
By Anton Caragea
Rejected Somali Asylum Seekers in Britain Sent to Mogadishu
By Dalmar Yuusuf, Leicester, England
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Middle East
Mahmoud Darwish: A People and a Poet
By Ibtisam Barakat, Common Ground News Service, Columbia, Mo.
Yemen: The Conflict in Saada Governorate
Integrated Regional Information Networks (United Nations), Sanaa, Yemen
Israel: Road Map or Bulldozer Map?
By Nasser Lahham, Ma'an News Agency, Bethlehem, Israel
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