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July 5, 2012

Nearly Two Of Three Respondents In Iran State TV Poll Want Nuclear Enrichment Stopped

by Golnaz Esfandiari, Radio Free Europe, Czech Republic - More than 60 percent of the respondents in an opinion poll posted on the irinn.ir website of Iran's state television news channel on July 3 said they were in favor of Iran stopping its uranium-enrichment program in return for the gradual removal of international sanctions.

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Leaked Development Plan Raises Land Grab Fears in Mozambique

by Janet Gunter, Global Voices, Netherlands - Against a backdrop of growing concern about ‘land grabs‘ in Africa and the conversion of smallholder agriculture to...