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Ratko Mladic Goes on Trial for Genocide
By Correspondents*
DOHA, Qatar - The trial of General Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb army chief accused of orchestrating war crimes and a campaign of genocide, has begun at a special U.N. court at The Hague in the Netherlands.
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Rio+20
European Parliament Absent in Sustainability Summit
By Julio Godoy
BERLIN - The decision by the European Parliament (EP) to renounce its participation in the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development next month on the grounds that hotel costs are exorbitant has provoked sharp criticism from civil society organisations.
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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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EU Feels Force of Israeli Demolitions
By Daan Bauwens
BRUSSELS - All 27 foreign ministers of the European Union have strongly spoken out against Israeli demolitions in Area C of the West Bank. Since the beginning of 2011 not less than 60 EU-funded projects have been demolished while 110 others are currently at risk. Several analysts claim the Israeli authorities are specifically targeting EU-funded projects.
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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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EU Backs Aid Through Budget Support
By Daan Bauwens
BRUSSELS - In an unprecedented move, all 27 EU development ministers championed budget support Monday as an effective way of reducing poverty in developing countries. At the same time they gave the green light to a new ground-breaking initiative to prevent new humanitarian crises in the Horn of Africa.
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French Environmentalists Want ‘Green’ Without the ‘n’
By A.D.McKenzie
PARIS - As France’s president-elect Francois Hollande prepares to form a new government, many environmentalists are calling for the appointment of an ecology minister with real power who can deliver on promises to reduce the use of nuclear power as well as cut carbon emissions.
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Financial Middlemen Muddle Climate Commitments
By Sabina Zaccaro
ROME - The European Union has been using all means necessary to fill the multi- billion-euro fund for climate change, including the controversial mobilisation of public resources through private financial intermediaries.
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Round One to Radical Left, Round Two to Europe?
Analysis by Apostolis Fotiadis
ATHENS - Kosmas Bitros (29) didn’t "believe in politics and in elections as a way of changing society". Still, he showed up at the ballot boxes for the first time last Sunday to cast a vote against austerity in the Greek national elections.
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Spain’s "Indignados" Take to the Streets Again
By Inés Benítez
MÁLAGA, Spain - A filthy vacant lot is now sprouting strawberries, tomatoes and carrots. This small community garden in the centre of the southern Spanish city of Málaga was created by the "Indignados" protest movement, which is celebrating its first anniversary Saturday by taking to the streets across the country.
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U.N. Warns of Social Fall-Out from Spain's Austerity Plan
By Gustavo Capdevila
GENEVA - An expert body of the United Nations has warned the Spanish government that the severe budget cutbacks it is applying must not undermine its commitment to upholding the economic, social and cultural rights of the country's people.
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Spain Accused of Denying Justice to Victims of Franco-Era Abuses
By Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES - Global rights watchdog Amnesty International presented an Argentine court Wednesday with documents which show that Spanish courts are blocking lawsuits brought by the families of victims of human rights crimes committed during the 1936-1939 civil war and the 1939-1975 dictatorship of General Francisco Franco.
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Renewable Energies Need New Incentives
Fabíola Ortiz interviews BJÖRN PIEPRZYK of the German Renewable Energy Federation *
RIO DE JANEIRO - Clean, renewable energies contribute to economic growth and job creation while decreasing dependency on imports. This is why governments should be increasing incentives for the development of renewable energy during a crisis like the one facing Europe today, German engineer Björn Pieprzyk told Tierramérica.
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France Dreams of Equality Again
Analysis by A. D. McKenzie
PARIS - With Nicolas Sarkozy’s swerve to the far-right ending in failure, French Socialist voters say they are looking forward to a more egalitarian and unified France.
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Greek, French Elections Sound Death Knell for Austerity
By Julio Godoy
BERLIN - The voting out of conservative governments in France and Greece this weekend heralds the end of harsh European austerity programmes and ushers in an era of new economic, investment, and social policies aimed at restoring growth and employment across the continent.
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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

Renewed Mandate for UNCTAD After North-South Wrangling
By Martin Khor

Hedging on Hunger
By Anuradha Mittal & Jeff Furman

Threat of "Nuclear Terror" Diverts Abolition Efforts
By Kevin P. Clements

Will India Still Supply Cheap Drugs to the World?
By Martin Khor

Solutions to the Economic Crisis
By Johan Galtung

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