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SERBIA: Most Wanted Man Was Always There
By Vesna Peric Zimonjic
BELGRADE - Serbians are still in shock after revelations that Radovan Karadzic was living in Belgrade as a psychiatrist and bio-energy healer, holding seminars and lectures, and writing for the magazine Healthy Life under the name Dragan Dabic.
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EUROPE: Germans Love Obama – For Now
By Julio Godoy
BERLIN - The extraordinary enthusiasm with which Germans greeted U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama in Berlin Thursday may have concealed a fear: once the presidency of George W. Bush ends, Germans might be forced to close ranks with the U.S. and go back to playing the role of military junior partner of a superpower at war.
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DEATH PENALTY: Final Quarter Yet To Be Convinced

By Petar Hadji-Ristic
ROME - Nine countries have taken major steps towards jettisoning the death penalty over the past 18 months, leaving just a quarter of nations left to abolish the practice, according to the 2008 report from the group Hands off Cain.
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CORRUPTION: Romania and Bulgaria In the Dock
By Claudia Ciobanu
BUCHAREST - After putting up a reformist face in order to join the European Union (EU) in 2007, Romanian and Bulgarian politicians have quickly returned to fostering corruption. And there is little the EU can do about it.
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FRANCE: 'Excited Little Boy' Takes Hold of the Media
By Julio Godoy
PARIS - The media in France, already in a heavy financial and credibility crisis, did not need yet another blow. But that is just what it got in President Nicolas Sarkozy's announcement that he will personally pick the directors of the public television and radio broadcasting companies.
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ENVIRONMENT-EUROPE: No Consensus on Saving the Soil
By David Cronin
BRUSSELS - Soil is one of the few major areas of environmental policy to remain largely outside the purview of European Union law. Humanity's survival might hinge on whether crops can continue to be grown in soil, yet just nine of the EU's 27 countries have deemed soil protection a pressing enough issue to have introduced legislation on the subject at national level.
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SPAIN: ETA on the Brink

By Tito Drago
MADRID - Police in Spain brought the Basque separatist group ETA to the brink of total collapse Tuesday after dismantling what was described as its most active cell, and perhaps the only one left after a string of major blows dealt to the group in the past few years.
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Q&A: "Humans Are Now the Primary Drivers of Our Climate"
Interview with climate expert Sir David King
BARCELONA, Spain - Humanity faces enormous challenges at the start of the 21st century, says Sir David King, Britain's former chief scientific advisor and now director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford University in England.
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ROMANIA: Looking to Rome to Escape the Roma
By Claudia Ciobanu
BUCHAREST - A decision by Italian authorities to fingerprint nomads -- mostly Roma -- is supported by many Romanians, in spite of statements from Romanian officials condemning the measure as discriminatory.
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SERBIA: Karadzic Arrest Opens Doors to EU
By Vesna Peric Zimonjic
BELGRADE - One of the most wanted men in the world, former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, was arrested Monday night by Serbian security forces.
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MIGRATION-BOLIVIA: European Dream Becomes a Nightmare
By Franz Chávez
LA PAZ - His deportation order from Spain in his pocket, Juan Mercado walks the streets of Madrid for the last time as he waits to board a plane to return to the western Bolivian city of Oruro, with little in the way of savings, but "with dignity," he says clearly and firmly.
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NORWAY: Make Africa's Tragedies Comic
By Tarjei Kidd Olsen
OSLO - How do you wake up comfortable Norwegians to the distressing realities of child deaths and maternal health in developing countries? Through the comic books they so love.
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TRADE: Realpolitik Takes Over
By David Cronin
BRUSSELS - When a new round of world trade talks was launched in Doha almost seven years ago, there was no shortage of rhetoric about the need for global cooperation to bring tangible benefits for the poor and the vulnerable. "International trade can play a major role in the promotion of economic development and the alleviation of poverty," noted the official declaration issued by the World Trade Organisation as its conference in the Qatari capital concluded.
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MIDEAST: Palestinian 'Che' Blindfolded and Shot

SERBIA: Most Wanted Man Was Always There

LEBANON: Syria Comes In From the Cold

MIDEAST: In Israel, Obama Looks to Votes Back Home

CULTURE-SOUTH AFRICA: Made in Khayelitsha, Sold in New York

EUROPE: Germans Love Obama – For Now

UAE: US-Iran Detente Viewed With Caution

POLITICS-MALAYSIA: Malay-Muslim Call Shakes Opposition Unity

BURMA: UN Missions Draw Derision

POLITICS-US: Latino Voters Heavily Favour Obama

CUBA: SOCIALIST REALISM
By Leonardo Padura Fuentes

BURMA JUNTA EXPLOITS DISASTER TO ADVANCE ITS INTERESTS
By Zin Linn

COLD WAR I AND II - SOLUTIONS ANYONE?
By Johan Galtung

CUBA: HEAT AND SCEPTICISM
By Leonardo Padura Fuentes

WISDOM OF ANCIENT MAYA FOR MODERN CIVILISATION IN CRISIS
By Leonardo Boff

U.S. LAGS BEHIND WORLD OPINION IN LINGERING SUPPORT FOR DEATH PENALTY
By Mark Sommer

GEORGE W. BUSH DESERVES NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
By Roberto Savio

AFRICA: TREES VS. DESERTS
By Wangari Maathai

HISTORIC CROSSROADS FOR BOLIVIA AND EVO MORALES
By Jose Enrique Pinelo

BOLIVIA TEETERS BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC LAW AND FRATRICIDAL WAR
By Guillermo Bedregal Gutierrez

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