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ICELAND
Recovering Dubiously From the Crash

Analysis by Lowana Veal

REYKJAVIK - Three years ago, thousands of Icelanders were standing outside Iceland’s parliament building chanting "incompetent government" in an attempt to bring down the conservative government that had been seen as responsible for the collapse of the country’s banking system.
GUATEMALA
Ríos Montt to Stand Trial for Genocide
Danilo Valladares
GUATEMALA CITY - After a hearing that lasted more than 11 hours, a Guatemalan court ordered the trial of former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt (1982-1983), who could face up to 30 years in prison if he is convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity.
THEMATIC SOCIAL FORUM
Working Towards a Never-Ending Democracy
Antonio Martins
PORTO ALEGRE - For five centuries, Europe has taken it upon itself to enlighten the world, teaching it ways to address and overcome crises, from ideas and wars to missionary work and genocides.
Women in the News: The Gender Wire
Afghan Divide
Global Issues
THEMATIC SOCIAL FORUM: Working Towards a Never-Ending Democracy
For five centuries, Europe has taken it upon itself to enlighten the world, teaching it ways to address and overcome crises, from ideas and wars to missionary work and genocides.
DEVELOPMENT: Uniting Against Extreme Poverty
Senior Management Heads Roll at World Body
Africa
DEVELOPMENT: Uniting Against Extreme Poverty
When Louisamène Joseph Alionat unexpectedly began singing in a packed hall at the United Nations cultural agency here this week, it was an attempt to give encouragement to her peers engaged in the uphill battle of trying to end extreme poverty.
HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: HIV-Related Deaths Slow Economy
MIDEAST: Censorship Changes Colours
Asia - Pacific
INDIA: Male Activists Enhance Pre and Postnatal Care
The primitive Juang tribe in remote Nola village on Chandragiri hill experienced its first three institutional childbirths only a month ago.
U.S.: Growing Elite Opposition to Military Option Against Iran
PAKISTAN: Violence, Death Stalk Child Domestic Help
Europe
BELARUS: Political Prisoners Facing Oppression
"I had to fight to be treated like a human, not animal," dissident Nikolai Avtukhovich wrote from prison. Last month Avtukhovich, Belarusian political activist and entrepreneur, convicted to five years in the penal colony for illegal storage of five cartridges for a hunting rifle, cut his veins.
Romanians Discover Street Protest
CZECH REPUBLIC: Castration for Sex Offenders Triumphs
Latin America
THEMATIC SOCIAL FORUM: Working Towards a Never-Ending Democracy
For five centuries, Europe has taken it upon itself to enlighten the world, teaching it ways to address and overcome crises, from ideas and wars to missionary work and genocides.
GUATEMALA: Ríos Montt to Stand Trial for Genocide
Falklands/Malvinas, From Rhetoric to Pressure
Middle East & Mediterranean
MIDEAST: Censorship Changes Colours
Attempts by regimes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to suppress the flow of information during the region's pro-democracy uprisings has led a higher number of journalists killed, attacked or arrested.
LEBANON: Could a New Civil Law Unify a Divided Society?
/CORRECTED REPEAT*/: The Logic and Limits of Nonviolent Conflict
North America
U.S.: Growing Elite Opposition to Military Option Against Iran
Like the imminent prospect of one's hanging, to paraphrase the 18th century British essayist Dr. (Samuel) Johnson, the suddenly looming possibility of war can concentrate the mind wonderfully.
U.S.: Plan for Popular Presidential Vote Quietly Advances
U.S.: Forced Marriages Still an Ugly Secret
Environment
THEMATIC SOCIAL FORUM: Working Towards a Never-Ending Democracy
For five centuries, Europe has taken it upon itself to enlighten the world, teaching it ways to address and overcome crises, from ideas and wars to missionary work and genocides.
ARGENTINA: Drought Threat Looms Again
AFRICA: Miracle Tree is Like a Supermarket
Human Rights
THEMATIC SOCIAL FORUM: Working Towards a Never-Ending Democracy
For five centuries, Europe has taken it upon itself to enlighten the world, teaching it ways to address and overcome crises, from ideas and wars to missionary work and genocides.
GUATEMALA: Ríos Montt to Stand Trial for Genocide
INDIA: Male Activists Enhance Pre and Postnatal Care
Health
INDIA: Male Activists Enhance Pre and Postnatal Care
The primitive Juang tribe in remote Nola village on Chandragiri hill experienced its first three institutional childbirths only a month ago.
HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: HIV-Related Deaths Slow Economy
PAKISTAN: Violence, Death Stalk Child Domestic Help
Civil Society
THEMATIC SOCIAL FORUM: Working Towards a Never-Ending Democracy
For five centuries, Europe has taken it upon itself to enlighten the world, teaching it ways to address and overcome crises, from ideas and wars to missionary work and genocides.
INDIA: Male Activists Enhance Pre and Postnatal Care
DEVELOPMENT: Uniting Against Extreme Poverty
 

 

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