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Q&A: "Karzai Assigned a Rabbit to Take Care of the Carrot"
Chris Arsenault interviews MALALAI JOYA, author and Afghan parliamentarian

VANCOUVER, Canada - In the aftermath of national elections widely condemned as fraudulent, the United States and its allies are wondering what to do about Afghanistan.
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U.S.: Obama Returns to Greater Middle East Mess
Analysis by Jim Lobe*
WASHINGTON - As Barack Obama arrives home from his weeklong tour of East Asia, he confronts a growing list of ever more urgent problems in the Greater Middle East that he inherited from George W. Bush's "global war on terror".
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ENVIRONMENT: Wildfires Spreading as Temperatures Rise
Analysis by Janet Larsen*
WASHINGTON - Future firefighters have their work cut out for them. Perhaps nowhere does this hit home harder than in Australia, where in early 2009 a persistent drought, high winds, and record high temperatures set the stage for the worst wildfire in the country's history.
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Bush at War Part II
In Focus: Iraq
 
 
Economy and Trade
> Dissidents' Plight Unchanged Under Raul, Charges HRW
> Afghanistan, Iraq Near Bottom of Transparency Index
> Nearly One in Six Citizens Went Hungry in 2008
> Challenging 500 Years of Globalisation

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Politics
> "Karzai Assigned a Rabbit to Take Care of the Carrot"
> Obama Returns to Greater Middle East Mess
> Black & Veatch's White Elephant in Kabul
> Paying Off Afghanistan's Warlords

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Civil Society
> Anti-Poverty Fight Needs More Than Money
> Talking About Peace in the Middle of War
> Women on Front Lines of Climate Week
> Activists, Big Business Converge on G20 Meet

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Environment
> Wildfires Spreading as Temperatures Rise
> Clean, Green Goo to Power Engines
> "Green" Jobs Should Be Black and Brown Too
> Too Little, Too Late for Copenhagen?

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Development
> Black & Veatch's White Elephant in Kabul
> Strategy to Cut Vaccine Price Paying Off
> Nearly One in Six Citizens Went Hungry in 2008
> Challenging 500 Years of Globalisation

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Human Rights
> "Karzai Assigned a Rabbit to Take Care of the Carrot"
> Dissidents' Plight Unchanged Under Raul, Charges HRW
> U.S. Credibility as Peace Broker Eroding by the Day
> "New" Military Courts Still Lack Basic Safeguards

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Health
> Strategy to Cut Vaccine Price Paying Off
> Nearly One in Six Citizens Went Hungry in 2008
> Army Underreporting Suicides, Says GI Advocacy Group
> The Healthcare Sausage Factory

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Media & Communications
> Poll Finds Optimism, Amid Political Disenchantment
> Public More Complacent About Climate Change
> Public Sceptical and Hawkish on Iran
> Turning Junk Mail Into Art

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ENERGY: Clean, Green Goo to Power Engines
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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