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The following
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| Week ending Friday, July 18, 2008
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Petrocaribe building ‘anti-crisis, anti-hunger shield’ in Caribbean
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| Caracas, July 14 -- Seventeen countries in Central America and the Caribbean are to make down payments of only 40 percent on Venezuelan oil, while cooperating to expand their food supply, and calling ...
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Mali: Thousands still live in slavery in north
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| Gao, July 14 -- People continue to be enslaved in northern Mali, according to Malian human rights organization Temedt, despite a widespread belief that slavery no longer exists in the country. Read mo...
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Mexico faults U.S. in border suspect's release
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| Washington, July 15 -- Mexican law-enforcement authorities released from jail a man suspected of running over and killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent during an aborted drug-smuggling attempt because U....
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Sarkozy-hosted gathering of the Mediterranean states overlooked the elephant in the room
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| Paris, July 15 -- In the middle of July many Parisians may have been en vacances, but heads of states and governments of Mediterranean countries gathered here for a summit at the invitation of Preside...
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Europe: New punishment planned for hiring migrant workers
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| Brussels, July 16 -- Efforts by the European Union to penalize employers who hire unauthorized immigrants have drawn criticism from both business lobbyists and trade unionists.
Next week the EU's j...
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Saudi King to announce 'openness'
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| Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, July 16 -- An interfaith conference in Spain this week will give Saudi Arabia a chance to declare its "openness" and willingness to cooperate with the international community, a ...
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Congo: Tackling child trafficking
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| Pointe-Noire, July 16 -- Sixteen-year-old Mayi doesn’t remember exactly when she was taken from the Togolese capital Lome to Congo’s second city Pointe-Noire by her “guardian”.
When not selling food...
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Iraq's security 'remarkably better'
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| Washington, July 17 -- The nation's top military officer Wednesday declared the security situation in Iraq "remarkably better," so good in fact that he expects to recommend more U.S. troop reductions ...
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Swap raises stakes for Hamas deal
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| Tel Aviv, July 17 -- Hamas Wednesday congratulated Hezbollah for securing the release of five Lebanese prisoners in exchange for the bodies of two Israeli soldiers, calling the deal a "victory for the...
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India: Emergency contraception pill the answer?
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| New Dehli, Jul 17 -- With unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortions continuing to be a serious problem in India, some doctors have begun advocating use of the emergency contraceptive (EC) pill as a ...
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Delays put execution under scrutiny in Malaysia
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| Kuala Lumpur, July 17 -- Lawyers and opposition legislators are among a growing number of people expressing concern over the drawn out suffering of those on death row in this conservative country wher...
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