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CULTURE-SOUTH AFRICA: Made in Khayelitsha, Sold in New York
By Stephanie Nieuwoudt
CAPE TOWN - Entering the Monkeybiz shop, one is confronted with hundreds of brightly coloured beaded animals, dolls, place mats and pictures. You find yourself smiling involuntarily.
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AFRICA: Link Between Crop Failure and Climate Change Often Missed
By Miriam Mannak
CAPE TOWN - Climate change has a profound effect on food security in Africa, as increasing temperatures and shifting rain patterns reduce access to food across the continent.
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AFGHANISTAN: Taliban Encroach On Karzai's Turf
By Anand Gopal
KABUL - Dozens of civilians were killed over the weekend in Afghanistan, the latest in the trend of spiralling violence that has engulfed the embattled nation. The civilian casualties, Taliban attacks and troop casualty numbers are putting increasing strain on the Western-led coalition, leading some to speculate that the war is unwinnable.
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DEVELOPMENT: Gender Focus Urged for U.S. Aid
By Alison Raphael
WASHINGTON - Women's groups weighed in Tuesday on the growing debate over new goals and strategies for U.S. foreign aid, arguing that to work effectively, foreign aid should target women.
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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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ENERGY: Solar Thermal Power Coming to a Boil
Analysis by Jonathan G. Dorn*
WASHINGTON - After emerging in 2006 from 15 years of hibernation, the solar thermal power industry experienced a surge in 2007, with 100 megawatts of new capacity coming online worldwide.
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MAURITIUS: Workers Urged to Work Nightshift in ‘24-Seven Economy’
By Nasseem Ackbarally
PORT LOUIS - In this era of technological progress people should be working less, not more, says Ashok Subron.
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Wetlands Loss Fuelling CO2 Feedback Loop
By Stephen Leahy
Uxbridge, CANADA - Wetlands are dangerous, scientists say, in the sense that they are ticking carbon bombs best left alone. To help stave off extreme climate change, existing wetlands should be enhanced and new wetlands created so they could capture more carbon.
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TRADE-AFRICA: Senegal and South Africa Moving Closer?
By Stephanie Nieuwoudt
CAPE TOWN - Senegal’s opposition to United Nations sanctions against Zimbabwe aligns Pres. Abdoulaye Wade’s government with that of South Africa. This should boost the two countries’ bilateral relations, which have seemingly been improving in the wake of a recent bilateral trade treaty.
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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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INDIA: Media Lessons From Rural Women
By Keya Acharya
BANGALORE - "We don’t know how to read or write, but we make our own films,’’ is how Narsamma, 42, a farmer from Pastapur village in Hyderabad, introduces herself and her colleagues.
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TRADE: WTO Prescribes More Liberalisation
By Gustavo Capdevila
GENEVA - The shortcomings of globalisation must be amended by more globalisation, according to the World Trade Report 2008, released by the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
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Q&A: "Reproductive Rights Can Overcome the Conservative Wave"
Interview with Carmen Barroso, Int'l Planned Parenthood Federation*
RIO DE JANEIRO - This year marks four decades of international recognition of people's right to decide how many children they want to have and when, and for that reason there is a great deal to celebrate, says Brazilian expert Carmen Barroso, of the International Planned Parenthood Federation.
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ZIMBABWE: ‘‘Companies Cutting Ties Will Hit Average Person Most’’
By Tonderai Kwidini
HARARE - As state violence in Zimbabwe worsens, economists in the capital Harare have warned that cutting international economic ties with the country will hit the average person the hardest.
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HEALTH: Activists Hail US Senate Approval of Major AIDS Bill
By Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON - AIDS and global health activists are hailing Wednesday's approval by the U.S. Senate of an unprecedented five-year, 48-billion-dollar bill to fight AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis overseas, particularly in Africa.
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DEVELOPMENT: U.S. Sliding By Nearly Every Measure
By Alison Raphael
WASHINGTON - The United States is "woefully behind" other developed countries when it comes to providing opportunities and choices -- the very essence of the so-called "American Dream" -- according to a new analysis ranking the quality of life in the country.
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DEVELOPMENT: Progress on Water, Less on Sanitation
By Omid Memarian
UNITED NATIONS - The number of people globally who lack access to an improved drinking water source has fallen below one billion for the first time since data was compiled in 1990, according to a report released Thursday by the World Health Organisation and UNICEF.
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DEVELOPMENT-MADAGASCAR: Not Enough Money for Basic Water
By Fanja Saholiarisoa
ANTANANARIVO - Safe drinking water is a scarce resource in Madagascar. Considerable financial investment is needed to improve sanitation and water treatment and distribution for the population of this large island.
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POPULATION-INDIA: Emergency Contraception Pill The Answer?
By Nitin Jugran Bahuguna
NEW DELHI - 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 possible solution, though conditions in India are regarded far from conducive.
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DEVELOPMENT-MAURITIUS: Water -- Waste Not, Want Not
By Nasseem Ackbarally
PORT-LOUIS - The 1.2 million-strong population of Mauritius presently enjoys plentiful piped potable water from the 2000 mm average annual rainfall that falls over the island annually. But large amounts of water are wasted, and with growing demand from new development, the island's water security may come under pressure in the near future.
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By 2015 the world's governments are committed to halving poverty and hunger, reducing infant and maternal mortality, promoting gender equality, fighting AIDS and malaria and fostering sustainability. Practical solutions exist. The cost is affordable. The political framework is established. But are we even half way to meeting the eight Millennium Development Goals? There are huge disparities across and within countries. IPS brings you independent reporting on the global response -- from communities, NGOs and policy-makers -- and whether it is making a difference on the ground.

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	EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT: THE RISKS OF INACTION by Yash Tandon

	CURRENT PACE TOO SLOW ON UN MILLENNIUM POVERTY GOALS by Thabo Mbeki

	UNQUENCHABLE THIRST: THE WORLD WATER BUSINESS by Riccardo Petrella

	TAILOR THE DEVELOPMENT APPROACH TO LOCAL CONDITIONS by Benjamin Mkapa

	MDGS AT MIDPOINT : THE MONEY IS THERE, THE POLITICAL WILL ISN'T by Kumi Naidoo

	MILLENNIUM GOALS NOT ON COURSE : TIME FOR URGENT ACTION by Mary Robinson

	GLOBALISATION: NOT A ZERO SUM GAME BUT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL by Emma Bonino

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