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US-IRAN: Sanctions Are the Talk of the Day
Mohammed A. Salih
WASHINGTON - If there were any doubts about what exactly U.S. President Barack Obama meant when he warned Iran of "growing consequences" during his State of the Union address last month, they seem to be dispelled by recent statements from top administration officials, who are beating the sanctions drum loud and clear.
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RIGHTS: Group Urges Bahrain to Stop Torture of Detainees
Charles Fromm
WASHINGTON - Bahrain's security forces should immediately cease the use of torture to elicit confessions from prisoners suspected of security offences, says the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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YEMEN: Development Recognised as Crucial for Stability
Mohammed A. Salih
WASHINGTON - Amid growing concerns here over the threat posed by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), a consensus is emerging among U.S. experts that Washington and other donors to Yemen must place at least as much or greater emphasis on promoting sustainable development in the Arab world's poorest country as on counterterrorism.
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Economy and Trade
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U.S. Lawmakers, NGOs Call for Debt Cancellation
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U.S. Banks Abetting Corrupt Regimes, Probe Finds
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Taiwan Arms Sale Heats up Simmering Row
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Obama Calls for More Development, Counterinsurgency Aid
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Politics
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Sanctions Are the Talk of the Day
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Group Urges Bahrain to Stop Torture of Detainees
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Development Recognised as Crucial for Stability
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Peace Talks May Follow Ex-Taliban Mediators’ Plan
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Civil Society
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Time to Build a Just Society, Rights Groups Urge
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Landmark Case Could Restore Felon Voting Rights
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North America's Long Winter of Discontent
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Is a Ceasefire in the Making?
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Environment
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Ill Omens for Senate Climate Legislation
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Desperate Residents Flee Capital, But with Hopes of Return
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Hunt for Oil Patch Bomber Takes New Twist
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Community in Crisis Looks to its Agricultural Roots
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Development
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Development Recognised as Crucial for Stability
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U.S. Lawmakers, NGOs Call for Debt Cancellation
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Iraq Lessons Ignored at Kabul Power Plant
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Obama Calls for More Development, Counterinsurgency Aid
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Human Rights
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Group Urges Bahrain to Stop Torture of Detainees
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Legal Experts Slam "Targeted Killings" of US Citizens
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Lost in the Desert? There's an App for That
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Bill Pledges a Billion Dollars to Fight Gender Violence
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Health
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10-Billion-Dollar Vaccine Pledge by Gates Hailed
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Local Leaders Shut Out of Military-Run Relief Efforts
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Rotavirus Vaccine Making Headway in Africa
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Social Networks Offer News, and Comfort
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Media & Communications
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Lost in the Desert? There's an App for That
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Foreign News Channels Drawing U.S. Viewers
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Spat Escalates Over Internet Freedom
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Clinton Criticises China over Internet Censorship
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POLITICS: Peace Talks May Follow Ex-Taliban Mediators’ Plan
RIGHTS: Legal Experts Slam "Targeted Killings" of US Citizens
MIGRATION: Lost in the Desert? There's an App for That
HAITI: U.S. Lawmakers, NGOs Call for Debt Cancellation
U.S.: Bill Pledges a Billion Dollars to Fight Gender Violence
U.S.: Immigration Enforcement Prone to Abuses
U.S.: Ill Omens for Senate Climate Legislation
AFGHANISTAN: Iraq Lessons Ignored at Kabul Power Plant
POLITICS: West Treats Iran's Nuclear Offer with Caution
CORRUPTION: U.S. Banks Abetting Corrupt Regimes, Probe Finds
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DEVELOPMENT: Crisis Could Open Doors for Change, Says UNCTAD
COSTA RICA: Chinchilla to Join Club of Women Presidents
UKRAINE: Back Full Circle
BIODIVERSITY: Companies Push Hard to Halt Tuna Collapse
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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
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