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MIDEAST: UN AFFIRMS ISRAELI-HAMAS WAR CRIMES REPORT

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:37:12 GMT

A 575-page blistering report by Justice Richard Goldstone detailing war crimes in Gaza last December is refusing to die despite an aggressive Israeli smear campaign to kill it.

AFRICA: 'PICK UP YOUR MONEY WITH YOUR GROCERIES'

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:37:12 GMT

Of the many proposals on how to combat poverty in Africa, the United Nations' International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is championing what must be one of the simplest - make it cheaper and easier for migrants to send money home.

LESOTHO: AIDS ORPHANS GET HELPING HAND

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:37:12 GMT

Fifteen-year-old Ntsebeng Tlokotsi* sighs with relief as she is given 140 dollars. Along with it she receives a bag of maize meal and cooking oil. It is a government handout, and she qualifies for this only because both her parents are dead.

UGANDA: COUNTERFEITS BILL THREATENS ACCESS TO MEDICINE

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:37:12 GMT

Uganda is considering an anti-counterfeit bill which analysts say will impair the country’s ability to import and export cheap but effective generic medicines. Activists fear that the bill, once enacted, will deny Ugandans access to safe, effective, quality and affordable generic medication which currently forms the bulk of Uganda’s medicine imports.

LATIN AMERICA: JOURNALISTIC PRIZE FOR MAKING POVERTY NEWS

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:37:12 GMT

The second "Latin America and the Millennium Development Goals" Journalism Prize, sponsored by the UNDP and IPS, was awarded Thursday in the Chilean capital in a ceremony addressed by the head of the U.N. agency, Helen Clark.

MIDEAST: PEACE PLAN MAY YET SURVIVE NEW TWISTS

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:37:12 GMT

U.S. President Obama's Middle East engagement policy reverses the unsuccessful policy of his predecessor, but the U.S. is again committing faux pas aplenty. Yet, for all the uncomplimentary ways in which the President's strategy is now viewed by many in the region, perhaps all is not lost yet.

RIGHTS: PALESTINIAN WOMEN SUFFER AS ISRAEL VIOLATES CEDAW

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:37:12 GMT

Palestinian women continue to suffer abuse and denial of basic human rights at the hands of Israeli settlers and soldiers in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.