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3/12/2010
U.S. Concerned Over Curbs on NGOs, Press, Internet
Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON, Mar 11 (IPS) - Releasing its annual report on the state of human rights around the world, the U.S. State Department Thursday said it was increasingly concerned about curbs imposed by foreign governments on civil society groups, the press, and Internet use.
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Sri Lanka Garners Support Against U.N. Probe
Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 11 (IPS) - Sri Lanka, which won a grueling decades-long battle against one of the world's most ferocious terrorist organisations last May, has scored a diplomatic victory in its ongoing war of words with the United Nations. The largest single political coalition has, in a rare rebuke, lambasted Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his decision to appoint a panel of experts to advise him on "accountability issues" relating to post-conflict Sri Lanka, where the country's military has been accused of human rights violations and alleged war crimes.
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Q&A: Equality Is Feminism
Sabina Zaccaro interviews Nobel Peace Laureate SHIRIN EBADI* - IPS/TerraViva
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 11 (IPS) - "I think that Islam has been misinterpreted. No Islamic law says violate women's rights and repress women," says Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi. "Democracy, human rights and women leadership are absolutely not hostile to the Islamic doctrine." And women in Iran are well aware of that, she says.
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Aftershocks Rock Inaugural Ceremony in Chile
Daniela Estrada
SANTIAGO, Mar 11 (IPS) - While Chile's new rightwing President Sebastián Piñera, who announced that he would lead "a government of reconstruction," was being sworn in Thursday, the earthquake-ravaged country was shaken by major aftershocks. In fact his very first words as president referred to the catastrophe: he advised people in coastal areas to heed the tsunami warning and move inland or to higher ground.
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U.N. Slams Abuse of Emergency Law
William Fisher
NEW YORK, Mar 11 (IPS) - Despite diplomatic maneuvering designed to block any review of its human rights record, a United Nations special rapporteur has told the U.N. Human Rights Council that proposed changes in Egypt's constitution "would create a permanent legal state of emergency".
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U.S. Should Accept Islamist Authority in Somalia, Report Says
Charles Fromm and Mohammed A. Salih
WASHINGTON, Mar 11 (IPS) - The United States should accept an "Islamist authority" in Somalia as part of a "constructive disengagement" strategy for the war-torn country, according to a new report released here by the influential Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) on Wednesday. The 39-page report urges the U.S. to recognise that "Islamist authority" even if it includes al-Shabaab, or "the youth" in Arabic, an Islamist insurgent group that has declared loyalty to al Qaeda.
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Newsbriefs
Despite Burma's Loss at Oscars, Film A Testament to Courage
Child Abuse in Vietnam a Wake-up Call for Parents, Government
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3/10/2010
Iran, Israel Spoiling for a Fight?
Analysis by Mel Frykberg
RAMALLAH, Mar 10 (IPS) - Iran and Israel appear to be spoiling for a fight, going by recent belligerent statements emanating from several regional capitals. Military movement on the ground is also lending credence to the idea that the mutual loathing and major ideological differences between the two countries could lead to a vortex of violence capable of sucking the entire region into a new war.
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Africa's Success Stories in Gender Empowerment
Thalif Deen - IPS/TerraViva
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 10 (IPS) - Whenever gender empowerment is a vibrant topic of discussion internationally, some of the countries in Europe, Asia and Latin America are invariably singled out for their success stories in politics, education, health care or civil liberties even as Africa is mostly left out of political reckoning - and wrongly so.
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Abortion - Still Illegal, Still Killing, Despite Growing Awareness
Estrella Gutierrez
CARACAS, Mar 10 (IPS) - Although most of the governments in Latin America today are described as progressive, abortion is only legal in one country, while in five countries it is banned under all circumstances, even when the mother's life is at risk. But draconian laws against abortion that allow very few, or no, exceptions have failed to prevent the average abortion rate in the region from reaching 31 per 1,000 women, two more than the global average, and higher than any other region.
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