YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's government is preparing to release prisoners under an amnesty, for the second time in just over a month, "very soon" and more political detainees should be among them, a senior official said on Sunday.
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November 12, 2011
Monti named to head new Italy government
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's president appointed former European Commissioner Mario Monti on Sunday to head a new government charged with implementing urgent reforms to end a crisis that has endangered the whole euro zone.
Arab League suspends Syria as global pressure rises
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Arab League suspended Syria and called on its army to stop killing civilians in a surprise move on Saturday that some Western leaders said should prompt tougher international action against President Bashar al-Assad.
Post-Taliban Kabul life 'better'
Ten years since the Taliban were driven from Kabul, Nato's ambassador says there have been big improvements in Afghanistan.
They that are left
(BBC) One photographer's desire to remember those who fought
Age, beauty and Miss World
(BBC) Can a feminist ever learn to love Miss World?
November 11, 2011
Libyan Islamist commander swaps combat rig for suit
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The suit says it all, even if Libya's Islamist military chief is guarded in talking of his own ambitions as war gives way to politics after the killing of Muammar Gaddafi.
UN seeks South Sudan bombs probe
(BBC) UN human rights chief Navi Pillay calls for an investigation into the bombing of a refugee camp in South Sudan, allegedly by Sudan.
Search finds more bodies in quake-hit Turkish city
VAN, Turkey (Reuters) - Rescuers found ten bodies, including a child's, on Friday as they dug through rubble after the latest earthquake to hit Van, a city in eastern Turkey already suffering from an earlier quake and simmering anger over the authorities' emergency response.
U.N. committee says divided on Palestinian bid
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. Security Council committee said Friday it had failed to reach agreement over a Palestinian application for full membership in the United Nations, the Portuguese U.N. ambassador said.
Why can't Nigeria defeat Boko Haram?
(BBC) Why can't Nigeria counter growing threat from Islamist militants?
Bedouin fear relocation by Israel
(BBC) Once nomadic people fear Israeli plans to move them to towns
November 10, 2011
GUINEA: Free maternal healthcare unsustainable - IRINnews.org
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GUINEA: Free maternal healthcare unsustainable IRINnews.org Conakry, 10 November 2011 (IRIN) - Mortality rates in Guinea have dropped significantly over the past two decades, but efforts to speed up progress on the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to reduce maternal mortality by three-quarters by 2015 through ... |
Asia-Pacific talks to seek unity on euro crisis
HONOLULU (Reuters) - Asia-Pacific finance ministers, increasingly alarmed by Europe's failure to stem its debt crisis, will seek to forge a united front Thursday and call for more decisive action as they shore up their own economies against the fallout.
SRI LANKA: Cottage industries offer hope in former war zone - IRINnews.org
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SRI LANKA: Cottage industries offer hope in former war zone IRINnews.org NEDUNKERNI, 10 November 2011 (IRIN) - Cottage industries such as poultry farming, home gardening and bee-keeping are becoming increasingly popular among returnees in Sri Lanka's former northern conflict zone as alternatives to regular jobs, ... |
November 9, 2011
May rejects Labour border attacks
(BBC) Home Secretary Theresa May tells MPs she stands by her comments about a decision to relax some UK border checks - which have been denied by a senior official.
USS Cole suspect faces tribunal
(BBC) The main suspect in the bombing of the American warship, the USS Cole, is appearing at a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay.
Detained UAE blogger's family decries smear campaign
DUBAI (Reuters) - The family of a blogger on trial for calling for political change in the United Arab Emirates has condemned what it calls a smear campaign against him and urged the government to try to rein in people calling for his death.
The daily struggle of Iraq's widows of war
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Halima Dakhil lost her husband in the sectarian slaughter that engulfed Iraq after the U.S. invasion in 2003 and now spends her days tearful and scared, knowing her $250 monthly wage won't pay the rent and feed five children.
KENYA: Pyrethrum farmers look to liberalization to reverse fortunes - IRINnews.org
KENYA: Pyrethrum farmers look to liberalization to reverse fortunes IRINnews.org Mismanagement of Kenya's once globally dominant pyrethrum industry has dealt a harsh blow to the 200000 or so farmers who used to grow the natural pesticide, many of whom have not been paid for three years, leading them to uproot their crops. ... |
BANGLADESH: Disaster-resilient settlement points way forward - IRINnews.org
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BANGLADESH: Disaster-resilient settlement points way forward IRINnews.org SHYMNAGAR, 9 November 2011 (IRIN) - Bangladesh has built its first disaster-resilient settlement, designed to minimize damage during natural disasters. "The houses, built on 2m concrete stilts, are designed to withstand a tidal surge of up to six feet ... |
November 8, 2011
Italy borrowing rate hits record
(BBC) - Italy's cost of borrowing rises to a new record after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi wins a key vote in parliament.
Iran 'does not need atomic bombs'
(BBC) - Iran's president says his country "does not need atomic bombs", amid continuing controversy over Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
MYANMAR-THAILAND: Undocumented workers exploited post-floods - IRINnews.org
MYANMAR-THAILAND: Undocumented workers exploited post-floods IRINnews.org BANGKOK, 8 November 2011 (IRIN) - While the Burmese government has re-opened a key border checkpoint between Thailand and Myanmar to accommodate thousands of migrants fleeing Thailand's flooded factories, undocumented - and now unemployed - migrants ... |
Australia Senate backs carbon tax
(BBC) - A controversial tax on polluters passes its final major legal hurdle in Australia as senators back the plan, in a victory for the Labor government.
PAKISTAN: Wanted: A Revolution For Girls
(IPS) - Sixteen-year-old Noor Bano believes nothing short of a revolution will convince
the men in Malangabad – her remote village in the Khairpur district of the Sindh
province, some 460 kilometres from the southern port city of Karachi – to treat
women as equals.
November 7, 2011
MEXICO: DNA Databank to Identify Missing Migrants
(IPS) - DNA analysis, ethical tribunals and diplomatic pressure are the new instruments that migrants' organisations are wielding to combat the abuses suffered by undocumented migrants in Mexico and the United States.
U.S. Move Hurts More Than UNESCO
(IPS) - The United States' decision to cut funding for the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organisation will hurt the specialised agency's work,
officials here say.
10,000 Surround White House to Protest Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline
(Democracy Now) More than 10,000 protesters surrounded the White House on Sunday calling on President Obama to reject the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast.
Satirical Song, a YouTube Hit, Challenges Extremism in Pakistan
(The New York Times) A satirical song that takes a tongue-in-cheek swipe at religious extremism, militancy and contradictions in Pakistani society has become an instant hit here, drawing widespread attention as a rare voice of the country’s embattled liberals.
African Farmers Battle to Break into Carbon Credit Market
(Mail & Guardian) As South Africa prepares to host UN climate talks at the end of the month, African farmers say they are struggling to access a key programme meant to help them take part in the fight against climate change.
Cuba Legalizes Sale of Private Property
(AJE) Long-awaited reform to economy could attract overseas money and boost communist nation's revenues.
Can a Kosovo-Serbia Deal Cheer Up the Balkans?
(openDemocracy) Unlike most of the world's economic powers, Serbia still does not recognise Kosovo as a state. It will need to, though, before it can start down the road to EU accession.
ZIMBABWE: Thousands of girls forced out of education - IRINnews.org
ZIMBABWE: Thousands of girls forced out of education IRINnews.org HARARE, 7 November 2011 (IRIN) - Poverty, abuse and cultural practices are preventing a third of Zimbabwean girls from attending primary school and 67 percent from attending secondary school, denying them a basic education, according to a recent study ... |
November 6, 2011
Europe turns up heat on Greeks to seal unity coalition
ATHENS/PARIS (Reuters) - The European Union turned up the heat on bickering Greek politicians on Sunday, pushing them to agree a crisis coalition and demanding progress toward backing an international bailout deal in the next 24 hours.
Colombia rebels reject demobilization plea, vow fight
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's FARC rebels scorned the "happy laughter" of their foes and rejected a plea to demobilize after the killing of their leader Alfonso Cano gave President Juan Manuel Santos his biggest military victory.
In pictures: Floods in France and Italy
Aftermath of heavy rains in France and Italy
Intrigue, betrayal in Rome as Berlusconi fights on
ROME (Reuters) - With Silvio Berlusconi's fate resting on a group of party rebels threatening to pull the rug from under his government next week, the Italian prime minister is using carrot and stick to try to win over the doubters and pull off yet another parliamentary escape.
VIDEO: Libyans celebrate Eid after Gaddafi
(BBC) Libyans celebrate Muslim festival of Eid for the first time since Colonel Gaddafi was killed. BBC Correspondent Karen Allen reports from St Martyr's Square in Tripoli.
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