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ECONOMY: Greek Crisis Impacts the Balkans
By Apostolis Fotiadis
ATHENS, Mar 20 (IPS) - Serious concerns are being raised about the impact of the ongoing recession in Greece on the political and economic situation in the neighbouring Balkans.
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U.S.: Families Sue Over Guantanamo Deaths
By William Fisher
NEW YORK, Mar 19 (IPS) - The families of two prisoners who died at the U.S. Navy Base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, are asking a federal court to reconsider its ruling dismissing their lawsuit, which seeks to hold federal officials and the U.S. government accountable for their sons' torture, arbitrary detention, and ultimate deaths.
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NIGERIA: Acting President Consolidates Power Amid Unrest
By Charles Fromm
WASHINGTON, Mar 19 (IPS) - This week, acting Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan dissolved his cabinet, further securing his tenuous hold on the country's top post amidst rising unrest in the Niger Delta and flaring religious tensions in the central region of the country.
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CLIMATE CHANGE: A Year On, Little Change in Political Climate
By Matthew Berger
WASHINGTON, Mar 19 (IPS) - This time last year, United States federal legislation on climate change was starting to take shape, seemingly more pressing matters were taking up the bulk of U.S. policymakers' time, and a major climate conference was looming at the end of the year.
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LATIN AMERICA: Still a Long Way to Go, for Black Women
By Patricia Grogg*
HAVANA, Mar 19 (IPS) - At the age of 17, Meybelin Bernárdez is clear about the future: "When I finish my studies, I'll return to help my community get on its feet," the young Garifuna woman from Honduras, who is studying medicine in Cuba, says without hesitation.
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ZAMBIA: School Policy for Teen Mothers a Partial Success
By Violet Nakamba Mengo
LUSAKA, Mar 19 (IPS) - Naomi Mulenga is determined to beat the odds by finishing her school education and becoming a nurse – despite being a teenage mother.
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KENYA: Trying to Rebuild Communities After Floods
By Mary Kiio
NAIROBI, Mar 19 (IPS) - After torrential rains and floods claimed lives in Kenya’s North Rift region, hundreds of displaced people are now in dire need of relief aid.
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IRAN: New Budget May Add to Uncertainties, Political Strains
Analysis by Farideh Farhi*
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Mar 19 (IPS) - Iran's 347-billion-dollar budget for the 2010-11 fiscal year, finally approved by the Guardian Council in Tehran Tuesday - just days before its scheduled implementation on the Iranian New Year Mar. 21 - appears likely to add to the tensions and uncertainty that have bedeviled the country since the disputed June 2009 elections.
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Q&A: Sri Lanka Remains Defiant of U.N. Chief
Thalif Deen interviews DR. PALITHA KOHONA, Sri Lanka's Permanent U.N. Representative
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 19 (IPS) - The Sri Lankan government continues to challenge U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's right to appoint a panel of experts to advise him on the human rights situation - euphemistically called "accountability issues" – following the end of a protracted conflict against a secessionist group widely considered a terrorist organisation.
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MEXICO: Kidnapping - A Growing Risk for Central American Migrants
By Emilio Godoy
MEXICO CITY, Mar 19 (IPS) - The increase in kidnappings of Central American migrants crossing Mexico on their way to the United States will be brought up at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) current session next Monday.
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