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Rusia - Giorgia: Rusia busca apoyo en Asia tras las fuertes críticas de Occidente Jueves 28 de agosto de 2008 .En su viaje a China, el presidente Dimitri Medvedev elogió la “posición unida” y la “comprensión” frente a la posición del Kremlin en Georgia; la UE analiza imponer sanciones DUSHANBE.- En ...

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1 hour ago by Fred Stopsky

A new report for the World Health Organization (WHO) which was put together through the combined efforts of hundreds of researchers and university experts reveals the “toxic” combination of bad policies, economics and politics is killing people on a large scale. Health inequalities are widespread an ...

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2 hours ago by Marwaan Macan-Markar

PERMATANG PAUH, Penang , Aug 26 (IPS) - All eyes in Malaysia and beyond are trained on this constituency of 58,000 voters in mainland Penang, the scene of a pivotal by-election on Tuesday that could determine if an opposition alliance can press ahead with its plan to take over the federal government ...

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2 hours ago by Marwaan Macan-Markar

PESHAWAR, Aug 26 (IPS) - "We are trend-setters. Others are following us," boasts Rauf Khan, mayor of Pakistan’s Buner district, where villagers killed six militants in the Dara Shalbandi area on Aug. 14.

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2 hours ago by Marwaan Macan-Markar

OAKLAND, California, Aug 26 (IPS) - When Michelle May, an avid traveler, returned to New York's John F. Kennedy airport after a seven-week trip to Iran this summer, she says she was closely questioned and her luggage searched after officials read on her customs card that she had been to the Islamic ...

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2 hours ago by Marwaan Macan-Markar

BANGKOK, Aug 26 (IPS) - Nyo Ohn Myint still remembers the moment, 20 years ago, when the legend of Aung San Suu Kyi began. He was there when she gave a stirring speech and became the symbol of hope for a country under the oppressive grip of military rule since 1962.

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2 hours ago by Marwaan Macan-Markar

SINGAPORE, Aug 27 (IPS) - After failing to induce young people to marry early and raise families with tax breaks and ‘baby bonus’ schemes, the government appears ready to fall back on the matchmaker to give the stork a chance.

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2 hours ago by Marwaan Macan-Markar

MANILA, Aug 27 (IPS) - About 100 people have been killed or injured and more than 130,000 others displaced since hostilities resumed this month between government troops and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels, said to be "frustrated" by a new hitch in a peace agreement

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2 hours ago by Marwaan Macan-Markar

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (IPS) - Despite a nasty campaign against him, opposition icon Anwar Ibrahim has won spectacularly in a landmark by-election in the family stronghold of Permatang Pauh, confirming his stature as possible prime minister with truly national appeal, cutting across race and religion.

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2 hours ago by Marwaan Macan-Markar

BANGALORE, Aug 25 (IPS) - While India has been steadily attracting foreign investment into its booming mining sector, the fact that the best prospects lie in tribal-dominated and heavily forested areas is cause for concern.

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