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PAKISTAN: Agitations Planned to Get Top Judiciary Reinstated
By Amir Mir
ISLAMABAD, May 16 (IPS) - Pakistan's ruling coalition is coming unstuck over the issue of reinstating 60 members of the higher judiciary dismissed by President Pervez Musharraf in November, ahead of a court decision on the validity his re-election for a second term.
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TRADE-MALAWI: Aid Will Not Be Conditional Upon Signing of EPAs
By Pilirani Semu-Banda
LILONGWE, May 16 (IPS) - The European Commission (EC) has assured Malawi that the country will continue receiving cooperation aid even if it does not sign an economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union.
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CHINA: Quake Helps Mend Image After Tibet Crackdown
By Antoaneta Bezlova
BEIJING, May 16 (IPS) - A sense of solemnity has enveloped most activities in the Chinese capital these days. Even the avant-garde shows in town strike a note of bereavement for the 50,000 people estimated to have perished in the deadly earthquake this week.
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POLITICS-US: An Ocean Apart, Bush, McCain Play to Neo-Con Dreams
By Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON, May 15 (IPS) - In separate speeches delivered an ocean apart, the two standard bearers of the Republican Party Thursday offered rosy visions of a future designed to gladden the hearts of Israel-centred neo-conservatives without offering any details about how their dreams will be achieved.
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COLOMBIA: Interpol Notes Improper Initial Handling of FARC Laptops
By Constanza Vieira
BOGOTÁ, May 15 (IPS) - Interpol reported Thursday that the files found on computers that Colombia seized from a FARC guerrilla camp in March were not tampered with and did belong to the rebel group.
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POLITICS: Human Rights Council Back in the Spotlight
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, May 15 (IPS) - When the United States was ousted from the Geneva-based Human Rights Commission (HRC) back in May 2001, a right-wing Republican politician was livid that "one of the world's greatest human rights defenders" couldn't find a seat in a body dominated by countries such as Libya, Cuba, Sudan and China.
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PERU: Summit Discusses Climate Change as Glaciers Melt
By Ángel Páez
LIMA, May 15 (IPS) - Peru is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, which is already having perceptible effects in this country. According to a report by the National Environment Council (CONAM), the area of glaciers in the Andes has shrunk from 2,042 to 1,596 square kilometres in just 25 years.
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CULTURE-CHILE: Free Book Selections for 400,000 Families
By Daniela Estrada
SANTIAGO, May 15 (IPS) - The Chilean government has begun distributing carefully selected packages of books to thousands of low-income families. But the programme aimed at promoting reading is not without its detractors, who question the extent of its real impact.
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PORTUGAL: Cuban Cataract Ops Prick Medical Conscience
By Mario de Queiroz
LISBON, May 15 (IPS) - Cuba’s offer to provide cataract operations for people who have been on waiting lists for years at Portugal’s public hospitals triggered a reaction by the government and doctors, who may finally begin to provide a solution to this problem that affects thousands of elderly people.
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HEALTH: World Bank Shifting Gears on AIDS in Africa
By Abid Aslam
WASHINGTON, May 15 (IPS) - The World Bank says it is recalibrating its financing for anti-AIDS efforts in Africa, which shoulders more than two-thirds of the world's HIV/AIDS burden.
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