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POLITICS-MALAYSIA: Malay-Muslim Call Shakes Opposition Unity
By Baradan Kuppusamy
KUALA LUMPUR - A key constituent of the opposition People’s Alliance coalition led by Anwar Ibrahim has opened secret talks with the ruling United Malay National Organisation (UMNO) party of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi in a move that threatens the stability of the fragile five-month-old opposition alliance.
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BURMA: UN Missions Draw Derision
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - In their hour of despair, Burma’s beleaguered people continue to find comfort in humour. New jokes reflect new frustrations. The latest target is Ibrahim Gambari, United Nations special envoy for Burma.
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POLITICS-INDIA: Costly Vote of Confidence
Analysis by Praful Bidwai
NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has won a bitterly contested motion of confidence in his government by 275 to 256 votes in Parliament, securing his government's survival for several months.
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RIGHTS-US: NGO "Blacklist" Unfair and Arbitrary, Groups Say
By William Fisher
NEW YORK - In the name of "global war on terror", the U.S. government is waging war on non-governmental organisations by applying "shortsighted, undemocratic policies" that are "constraining the critical activities of the charitable and philanthropic sectors, stifling free speech, and ultimately impeding the fight against terrorism."
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BRAZIL: Livelihoods Vs. Environment - Afro-Descendants Caught in the Middle
By Mario Osava
REGISTRO, Brazil - "They won’t let us plant our crops," says Leonila Costa Pontes, referring to the laws that require an environmental permit for her to cultivate her small plot of land.
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MEXICO: Prostitution Rings Flourish at all Levels
By Diego Cevallos
MEXICO CITY - "Diamond VIP" class prostitutes, who are mainly from Eastern Europe, Argentina, Brazil or Cuba, can charge as much as 2,000 dollars in Mexico, while sex workers from southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador or Honduras earn a mere 15 dollars. The price indicates which mafia is handling the women.
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IRAQ: Most NGOs Losing Face
By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail*
BAGHDAD - Welcomed at first after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, most NGOs have run into scepticism and mistrust. Few remain to help.
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Q&A: 'Guam Matters, Not Guamanian Rights'
Interview With Julian Aguon, Chamoru Activist
MELBOURNE - In this second of a two-part interview, IPS spoke with Julian Aguon -- whose homeland of Guam is soon to receive thousands more U.S. troops -- regarding the island’s economic problems, why Guam matters to Washington and the value of solidarity links between activists who are divided by oceans, yet united in a cause.
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POLITICS-MALAYSIA: Opposition Leader Unfazed by New Sodomy Charges
Analysis by Anil Netto
PENANG - Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia's de facto opposition leader, is locked in a political battle of wills with ruling coalition leaders and determined to wrest federal control despite fresh charges of sodomy brought up against him.
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CAMBODIA: Scribe's Murder, Temple Dispute Muddy Polls
By Andrew Nette
PHNOM PENH - Cambodia has entered the final week of its national election campaign shocked by the murder of a well-known journalist and facing an increasingly tense standoff with Thailand over a disputed 11th century Hindu temple.
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RELIGION: UN Invited to Create Interfaith Council
By Tito Drago
MADRID - The participants at the World Conference on Dialogue in Madrid have proposed that the United Nations create an interreligious council.
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EGYPT: Locals Step Up Fight Against Factory
By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani
CAIRO - Controversy continues to rise over the fate of a Canadian fertiliser plant currently under construction in Egypt's coastal province Damietta. Residents fear it could adversely affect the environment.
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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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Q&A: ''Guam Remains Functionally a US Colony''
Interview with Julian Aguon, Chamoru activist
MELBOURNE - The tiny island of Guam -- officially an unincorporated territory of the United States -- is soon to be inundated with thousands more U.S. military personnel as the world’s superpower realigns its forces. In this first of a two-part interview, indigenous Guamanian activist Julian Aguon spoke with IPS on issues surrounding the build-up.
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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

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CIVIL SOCIETY UNDER THREAT IN RUSSIA
By Kumi Naidoo and Tanzilya Salimdjanova
With Russia's presidential elections -- notoriously a time of clampdown on dissent -- looming, it is important to ask whether non-governmental organisations there will be able to freely go about their legitimate activities, whether providing services, election monitoring, or holding the government to account, ask Kumi Naidoo, secretary general of CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen participation, and Tanzilya Salimdjanova, associate at CIVICUS - Civil Society Watch programme.

"THE WORLD COULD BE VERY DIFFERENT FROM HOW IT IS TODAY"
By Candido Grzybowski
"The World Social Forum didn’t produce the progressive wave in Latin America by itself; nevertheless, it would be difficult to imagine it without the presence of the WSF", says Cândido Grzybowski, director of Ibase (Brazil) and member of the WSF International Committee, in this interview with IPS's Alejandro Kirk.

CIVIL SOCIETY UNDER ATTACK
By Kumi Naidoo
In the last 12 months we have seen civil society organisations challenged by political threats to civil society's right to exist, by the need to improve its internal governance, and by the threats that face humankind, from climate change crisis to poverty and inequality, writes Kumi Naidoo, secretary general of CIVICUS: A World Alliance for Citizen Participation.

World Social Forum

Int'l NGO Accountability Charter

Choike.org - Portal on Southern Civil Societies

CIVICUS - World Alliance for Citizen Participation

CONGO - Conf. of NGOs at UN

Ubuntu - World Forum of Civil Society Networks

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