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December 21, 2009

L'Aquila Battles Despair, Inertia and Corruption

by Annette Langer, Spiegel, Germany - Eight months after a powerful earthquake struck the Abruzzo region of central Italy, many of its cities and villages still lie in ruins.

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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...

Australians Caught in Ethiopian Adoption Nightmare

by Cassie White, ABC News, Australia - Australian families have made serious allegations of corruption within Australia's inter-country adoption program with Ethiopia....

Focus on Quiet Graft

by Sarah Wambui, Capital News, Kenya - A report released by the World Bank indicates that if Kenya and other African countries focused on ‘quiet’...

Too Many Women Dying in U.S. While Having Babies

by Jennifer Block, Time, USA - In a new report on pregnancy and childbirth care in the U.S., Amnesty details the maternal-health care crisis in...

The Nowhere Children

by Neha Dixit, Tehelka, India - Human trafficking is the third largest illicit industry after arms and drugs. Neha Dixit went undercover to meet the...