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ICELAND: Road Threatens Heritage
By Lowana Veal
REYKJAVIK - Environmentalists are concerned that a proposed new road will threaten the ecology of Lake Thingvallavatn, Iceland's second largest lake.
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ENVIRONMENT-BRAZIL: Controversy Over Indigenous Land and Biofuels
By Mario Osava
BRASILIA - The legal status of an indigenous territory in the far north of Brazil, and biofuels, are two hot potatoes at the Third National Conference on the Environment being held in the capital city, which is focusing on climate change.
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COLOMBIA: "Mark Him on the Ballot - The One Wearing Glasses"
By Constanza Vieira
BOGOTA - "With Uribe, we thought: this is the guy who is going to change the country," the 41-year-old fisherwoman told IPS.
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BURMA: Junta Gives Referendum Priority Over Cyclone Relief
By Larry Jagan
BANGKOK - Disregarding the disaster caused by Cyclone Nargis, Burma’s military rulers are bent on holding a constitutional referendum on Saturday, said to be designed to enhance the junta’s grip over the country.
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BURMA: Cyclone Nargis Exposes Junta's Anti-People Attitude
By Larry Jagan
BANGKOK - Cyclone Nargis -- Burma’s worst natural disaster in living memory -- has reinforced the image of the military in that country as a force interested solely in perpetuating its grip on power, regardless of costs to the people it claims to protect.
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CHINA: Talks With Dalai Lama's Envoys Leading Nowhere
By Antoaneta Bezlova
BEIJING - With Tibetan unrest smouldering and international pressure building up on Beijing to negotiate with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, Chinese officials have met with his envoys and pledged more talks in the future.
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HONDURAS: Prosecutors on Hunger Strike against Corruption
By Thelma Mejía
TEGUCIGALPA - Prosecutors in Honduras are on hunger strike to demand the dismissal of the attorney general and his deputy, for failure to investigate cases of corruption. Tension mounted when the president of Congress warned of possible intentions to break with the "constitutional order."
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POLITICS-BURMA: Voters Under Pressure Ahead of Referendum
By Moe Yu May
RANGOON - With days to go before Burma votes on its new constitution, the military government’s message to the voters is getting blunt -- openly calling for a ‘yes’ vote to confirm the charter in Saturday's referendum.
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BOSNIA: A Tentative Rebellion Unrolls
By Zack Baddorf
SARAJEVO - It started with a murder.
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RIGHTS-AUSTRALIA: Inquiry Into Terror Suspect Haneef's Case 'Pointless'
By Stephen de Tarczynski
MELBOURNE - Concerns are being raised that the judicial inquiry into the case of former terrorism suspect, Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef, could be a waste of time and taxpayers’ money.
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PARAGUAY: Torture Victim Still Fears Colorado Party ‘Mafia’
By Mario Osava
RIO DE JANEIRO - The Colorado Party has become a "criminal mafia" during its 61 years in government in Paraguay, and it will continue to be a force to be reckoned with in spite of its defeat in last month’s elections, says Anuncio Martí, a Paraguayan citizen living in exile in Brazil.
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BOLIVIA: Referendum Gives Major Boost to Autonomy Movement
By Franz Chávez
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia - The overwhelming vote in favour of autonomy in Bolivia’s richest province has strengthened the challenge to the reforms being ushered in by the government of Evo Morales.
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BURMA: Junta Holds Up Int'l Relief as Cyclone Toll Climbs
By Larry Jagan
BANGKOK - While Burma's state-run radio reports that at least 4,000 people have died and another 3,000 gone missing in the cyclone that devastated that country on Saturday, there is little that the international community can do by way of assistance without a formal request from its secretive military rulers.
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IRAN: Can P5+1 Offer Break the Nuclear Stalemate?

RIGHTS-JAMAICA: Spat Escalates Over Anti-Gay Lyrics

BURMA: UN Aid Arrives, But Many Doors Still Closed

IRAQ: Running Out of Water in Rising Heat

TURKEY: Ruling Party Challenges Closure

ICELAND: Road Threatens Heritage

CHINA: Buying Farmland Abroad, Ensuring Food Security

LEBANON: Hezbollah Unleashes a Coup Bid

INDIA: Gov't 'Helpless' as Farmers Shylocked to Suicide

AUSTRALIA: Women in Top Posts but Discrimination Prevails

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CIVIL SOCIETY UNDER THREAT IN RUSSIA
By Kumi Naidoo and Tanzilya Salimdjanova
With Russia's presidential elections -- notoriously a time of clampdown on dissent -- looming, it is important to ask whether non-governmental organisations there will be able to freely go about their legitimate activities, whether providing services, election monitoring, or holding the government to account, ask Kumi Naidoo, secretary general of CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen participation, and Tanzilya Salimdjanova, associate at CIVICUS - Civil Society Watch programme.

"THE WORLD COULD BE VERY DIFFERENT FROM HOW IT IS TODAY"
By Candido Grzybowski
"The World Social Forum didn’t produce the progressive wave in Latin America by itself; nevertheless, it would be difficult to imagine it without the presence of the WSF", says Cândido Grzybowski, director of Ibase (Brazil) and member of the WSF International Committee, in this interview with IPS's Alejandro Kirk.

CIVIL SOCIETY UNDER ATTACK
By Kumi Naidoo
In the last 12 months we have seen civil society organisations challenged by political threats to civil society's right to exist, by the need to improve its internal governance, and by the threats that face humankind, from climate change crisis to poverty and inequality, writes Kumi Naidoo, secretary general of CIVICUS: A World Alliance for Citizen Participation.

World Social Forum

Int'l NGO Accountability Charter

Choike.org - Portal on Southern Civil Societies

CIVICUS - World Alliance for Citizen Participation

CONGO - Conf. of NGOs at UN

Ubuntu - World Forum of Civil Society Networks

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