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China Taking Over

India & Pakistan : Siblings/Foes

Anwar Ibrahim

Best Reporting on Environment of 2008 Prem Bhatia Award

GEORGIA: Tbilisi Walks Diplomatic High Wire on Iranian Nuclear Issue

IAEA Parchin Demand Puts Iran Cooperation Pact at Risk

French Environmentalists Want ‘Green' Without the ‘n'

U.S. Sets Israel in the Election Mood

U.S.: Israeli Dissent May Create More Space for Iran Nuclear Deal

Adding Rice Farmers to the Rio+20 Agenda

War Widows Turn to Sex Work in Sri Lanka

Refugees Dream of Return, Come Home to Nightmare

Smugglers Devastate Gulf of Mannar Marine Reserve

Crocodiles Edged Out of Habitats in Sri Lanka

The real challenge for Rio+20
By Don de Silva

Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink?
By Mikhail Gorbachev

Victory of Hollande a Cause for Hope in Europe
By Mario Soares

Improving Tense U.S.-Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations
By Johan Galtung

"Crowdfunding" 2.0?
By Hazel Henderson

Manila and Moscow Inch Closer to Labour Agreement
By Kester Kenn Klomegah
MOSCOW - As the number of migrant Filipino workers in Russia inches closer to 5000, Moscow and Manila are busy negotiating a bilateral labour agreement that could allow thousands more overseas workers into various sectors of the Russian economy.
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Adding Rice Farmers to the Rio+20 Agenda
By Amantha Perera
COLOMBO - The year 2011 was one of extremes for the small Sri Lankan village of Verugal.
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GEORGIA
Tbilisi Walks Diplomatic High Wire on Iranian Nuclear Issue
By Giorgi Lomsadze*
TBILISI - Georgia is clearly the closest U.S. ally in the South Caucasus, moving in lockstep with American interests on just about every foreign policy issue – except one: Iran.
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IAEA Parchin Demand Puts Iran Cooperation Pact at Risk
Analysis by Gareth Porter*
WASHINGTON - In meetings with Iranian officials in Vienna this week, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) apparently intends to hold up agreement on a plan for Iran's full cooperation in clarifying allegations of covert nuclear weapons work by insisting that it must first let the nuclear agency visit Parchin military base.
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Private Sector and Conservationists Meet on a Big Date
By Manipadma Jena
YEOSU, South Korea - As schools of whales move to music undersea at image definitions of 6.54 million pixels on the giant ceiling mounted LED screen, 218 X 30 metres in length and width, expectations run high from the International Exposition Yeosu Korea 2012 at harbour town. The expo showcases 104 participating countries’ visions and achievements on the Expo theme: ‘The Living Ocean and Coast: Diversity of Resources and Sustainable Activities’.
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Unresolved Ethnic Issues Threaten Myanmar Reforms
By Carey L. Biron
WASHINGTON - Discussion of economic reforms in Myanmar (Burma) should not overshadow the critical need for a political solution to the longstanding grievances of the country's ethnic minorities, observers in Washington warned on Friday.
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Indonesia Galvanises Youth Ahead of Rio+20
By Kanis Dursin
JAKARTA - Clutching a plastic bag containing a tree sapling in his right hand and a slim notebook in his left, 11-year-old Rizki Fauzi is the picture of a young climate change expert.
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War Widows Turn to Sex Work in Sri Lanka
By Feizal Samath
COLOMBO - On May 18, some 800 women in Sri Lanka’s northern region will hold Hindu religious ceremonies for the welfare of thier husbands who disappeared or surrendered to the military as it moved in to mop up nearly three decades of armed Tamil separatism.
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Journalism is Not ‘More Fun’ in the Philippines
By Dennis Engbarth
MANILA - Reporters working in the Philippines, the world’s third most dangerous nation for journalists, are having difficulty identifying with the "It’s More Fun in the Philippines" tourism promotion campaign launched by the Liberal Party-led government of President Benigno Aquino III.
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U.S. Treasury Claim of Iran-Al-Qaeda "Secret Deal" Is Discredited
By Gareth Porter*
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Treasury Department's claim of a "secret deal" between Iran and Al-Qaeda, which had become a key argument by right-wing activists who support war against Iran, has been discredited by former intelligence officials in the wake of publication of documents from Osama bin Laden's files revealing a high level of antagonism between Al-Qaeda and Iran.
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China Key to Green Tech Innovation?
By Carey L. Biron
WASHINGTON - With U.S. federal funding sources for renewable energy sources already drying up, coupled with a newfound antipathy towards "green" issues issue here in Washington, some are suggesting that China could offer an important opportunity for the future of renewables in the United States and around the world.
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Islamists Stall Gender Equality Bill
By Kafil Yamin
JAKARTA - The fate of a gender equality bill pending in Indonesia’s parliament and aligned with the United Nations convention on the elimination of all forms discrimination against women (CEDAW) has become uncertain after falling afoul of powerful Islamist groups.
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Paramilitary Killings in Bangladesh Dragged into the Light
By Beena Sarwar
NEW YORK - What is a journalist to do when simply providing information is not enough to bring about the desired change? Why, turn to art, of course.
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IRAN
The Strange Case of Saeed Mortazavi
By Yasaman Baji
TEHRAN - After weeks of wrangling between the Iranian parliament and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over the appointment of a highly controversial former judge to direct the country's Social Security Organisation, the parliament has once again failed to impose its will on the president.
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Women and Children Look to Community Justice
By Catherine Wilson
GOROKA, Papua New Guinea - A new community justice programme being rolled out in Papua New Guinea’s vast village court system is bringing international human rights-based laws to rural communities and boosting the protection and empowerment of women and children.
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Flare-Ups In Sri Lanka

Tibet Dilemma

Trouble in Pakistan

Burma Marches On

Iran: The Parthian Shot

Development Deadline

Civil Society - The New Superpower

SRI LANKA In Search of Serendip

Ratko Mladic Goes on Trial for Genocide

OP-ED: Arab Autocrats Aiding Resurgence of Terrorism

Manila and Moscow Inch Closer to Labour Agreement

EU Feels Force of Israeli Demolitions

Public Funds Could Help Provide Water and Electricity, Researchers Say

COLOMBIA-U.S.: Trade Deal "Throws Country into Jaws of Multinationals," Critics Say

Public Funds Could Help Provide Water and Electricity, Researchers Say

GEORGIA: Tbilisi Walks Diplomatic High Wire on Iranian Nuclear Issue

Despite Economic Growth, Food Insecurity Lingers in Africa

Less Politics, More Economic Development

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