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CLIMATE CHANGE-US: Too Little, Too Late for Copenhagen?
Matthew Berger

WASHINGTON - The momentum that U.S. climate change legislation has picked up in recent weeks will not be enough to get it through prior to the Copenhagen climate talks that kick off Dec. 7. It has also come at a steep price for those most committed to seeing such legislation pass.
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MIDEAST: Lessons from the Karine A -Déjà Vu All Over Again
Analysis by Marsha B. Cohen
WASHINGTON - As Israeli Defence Forces munitions experts sorted through 300 tonnes of weapons found on a German-owned, Cypriot-operated cargo ship flying the Antiguan flag, Israeli politicians were sifting through the various talking points that could be offloaded from the vessel.
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U.S.: "War Comes Home" with Ft. Hood Shootings
Dahr Jamail
PHOENIX, Arizona - While investigators probe for a motive behind the mass shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas Thursday, in which an army psychiatrist is suspected of killing 13 people, military personnel at the base are in shock as the incident "brings the war home".
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Bush at War Part II
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Civil Society
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Environment
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Development
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> An Ocean Apart in More Ways Than One

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Human Rights
> U.S. Seeks to Limit Warlords in Karzai Cabinet
> U.N. Investigator Probes Housing Crisis
> Congress Out of Step with Public on Intl Law?
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Health
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> New Task Force Targets Poor in Breast Cancer Fight
> Lawsuit Probes Role of Psychologists in Terror War
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More than 300 million strong, the world's indigenous peoples are beginning to make themselves heard, in international arenas like the new United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and at the national level, where their growing numbers are translating into political muscle. Via its local writers, IPS endeavours to transmit these indigenous voices and untangle their issues for a global audience