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July 3, 2009

Ban the Burqa

by Mona Eltahawy, New York Times, USA - I am a Muslim, I am a feminist and I detest the full-body veil, known as a niqab or burqa.

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Water Wisdom

by Vandana Shiva, Resurgence, UK - Since 1966 – and as a consequence of the introduction of the Green Revolution model of water-intensive, chemical farming...

Africa’s Growth Lies in Agribusiness

by Elizabeth Tankeu, Business Daily, Kenya - As Africa embraces the wind of industrialisation, nations are determined to seize the emerging industrial development opportunities as...

No Place Like Home: Iraq’s Refugee Crisis Threatens the Future of Iraq

by Rachel Schneller, The Jamestown Foundation, USA - The massive upheaval of Iraq’s population that has occurred since 2006 threatens the long-term stability of the...

JAMAICA: The Other Side of Paradise

by Kathy Barrett, IPS, Italy - It's just before midnight, and the music pulsates through the massive speakers perched under the ceiling, scantily clad girls...

Back to Bloody Square-One in Darfur

by Julie Flint, Daily Star, Lebanon - 2002 is being rerun in 2010 – despite Save Darfur, despite UNAMID, and despite the ICC. SLA-controlled Jebel...