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Gloria flaunts military might vs Sona protests
Published July 5, 2009, 7:19 am, The Daily Tribune
The show of military force last Saturday in Camp Aguinaldo as a prelude to President Arroyo’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) on July 27 was widely assailed yesterday as being meant to intimidate administration critics who are preparing massive protest actions in the days leading up to the annual address.
OIKOCREDIT: WHERE IS YOUR INVESTMENT GOING?
Published July 3, 2009, 4:20 am, Ekklesia
The company in which the Church of England has its biggest shareholding is responsible for bringing impoverishment, conflict, human rights abuses and despair to the majority of the people in the oil-producing areas of the Niger Delta of Nigeria, according to a new Amnesty International report.
Poverty And Cultural Loss Are Some Of The Essential Causes Of The Health Gap Between Indigenous And Non-Indigenous ...
Published July 3, 2009, 3:12 am, Medical News Today
The second of two reviews in this week´s The Lancet discusses the primary origins of the health gap. In an effort to understand these inequalities, the authors attempt to give an Indigenous perspective.
Zidane pulls out of exhibition soccer game
Published July 2, 2009, 10:12 pm, CTV British Columbia
Soccer superstar Zinedine Zidane has pulled out of a charity game that was scheduled to be played at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver on Sunday.
UN aids Liberia's crooked justice system
Published July 2, 2009, 7:44 pm, People's Daily
After repeated appeals by the Liberian government, the United Nations will fund the country's efforts to reform its beleaguered justice system. "This project is designed to increase public confidence ... by addressing weaknesses in the prosecution element of the criminal justice system stemming from (the) lack of qualified and properly trained prosecutors," James N. Verdier, Jr., the program's ...
Zidane to give Vancouver kids a soccer lesson
Published July 2, 2009, 2:57 pm, CTV British Columbia
About 100 lucky kids from East Vancouver are set to get a soccer lesson from one of the world's greatest players, Zinedine Zidane.
UN says Iraq far behind in mines clearance operations
Published July 2, 2009, 1:14 pm, The Daily Star Lebanon
The Iraqi government's failure to grasp the scope of its land mine and bomb problem has derailed efforts to clear what is considered one of the world's most contaminated countries, two United Nations agencies said Wednesday. A government decision to ban all civilian land-mine clearance because of military fears.
Iraq far behind in mine clearance
Published July 1, 2009, 11:46 pm, Journal Gazette & Times-Courier
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi government’s failure to grasp the scope of its land mine and bomb problem has derailed efforts to clear what is considered one of the world’s most contaminated countries, two United Nations agencies said Wednesday.
Background Note: Lesotho
Published July 1, 2009, 9:03 pm, Scoop.co.nz
Geography Area: 30,355 sq. km. (11,718 sq. mi.), about the size of Maryland. Cities: Capital --Maseru (173,700). Other cities --Leribe (35,000), Mafeteng (32,900), Teyateyaneng (22,800), Mohale's Hoek (18,400).
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Published July 1, 2009, 1:24 pm, The Hays Daily News
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