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SOUTH AFRICA
Satellite Preparing Scientists for New Space Industry

Chris Stein

JOHANNESBURG - Though practically invisible to the naked eye, a uniquely South African satellite has been orbiting the earth for the past year, creating an archive of images and jumpstarting what its creators hope will be a space revolution in the country.
SUDAN
U.S. Works to Avert Post-Referendum Bloodshed
Matthew O. Berger
WASHINGTON - With just under three months before southern Sudan votes on whether to become an independent country, the U.S. is stepping up efforts to ensure the vote and post-vote resolution are peaceful and credible – and NGOs are stepping up pressure to ensure that Washington follows through.

Homophobia-Free Churches in Mexico
Emilio Godoy
MEXICO CITY - Alejandro González left the Catholic Church to join the gay-supportive Metropolitan Community Churches in Mexico, in search of a more open and tolerant place of worship.
Women in the News: The Gender Wire
Afghan Divide
Global Issues
Following a Paper Trail Out of Homelessness
While questions of funding and accountability shadow the realisation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), some actors have taken matters into their own hands. On Wednesday, the Glasgow-based International Network for Street Papers (INSP) announced that it has helped 200,000 people to get off the streets and onto a path of opportunity.
Rule of Law Prospers Most in Sweden, Least in Pakistan
Sri Lanka Challenges Post-War Human Rights Probe
Africa
SOUTH AFRICA: Satellite Preparing Scientists for New Space Industry
Though practically invisible to the naked eye, a uniquely South African satellite has been orbiting the earth for the past year, creating an archive of images and jumpstarting what its creators hope will be a space revolution in the country.
SUDAN: U.S. Works to Avert Post-Referendum Bloodshed
AFRICA: Hunger Intensifying But Cash Transfers Improving Lives
Asia - Pacific
RIGHTS-AUSTRALIA: Activists Wary of Plan to ‘Export' Asylum Centres
As the Australian government steps up its efforts to establish a regional processing centre for asylum seekers in East Timor, refugee advocates remain watchful for signs that any deal could result in the involuntary removal from Australia of people seeking protection here.
Sri Lanka Challenges Post-War Human Rights Probe
DEATH PENALTY-INDIA: No Noose Is Good News
Europe
EUROPE: Poor Safeguards Against Further Spills
The red sludge spill at the Ajka alumina plant in Hungary has been called one of the three worst environmental disasters in Europe in the last 20-30 years. But environmentalists warn other waste depositing sites in Central and Eastern Europe are prone to similar accidents.
HUNGARY: Mud Leaves More Than a Mark
EUROPE: Yugoslavia Back on Track
Latin America
HEALTH-HONDURAS: Solidarity in Breast Cancer Survival
All too aware of the Honduran public health system's shortcomings and the great vulnerability of the country's poorest people, women who have beaten breast cancer are stepping up to share their experiences and knowledge in an effort to save more lives.
SOUTH AMERICA: Student Exchanges to Foster Mercosur Identity
Homophobia-Free Churches in Mexico
Middle East & Mediterranean
/CORRECTED REPEAT*/: U.S. Jews Increasingly Hawkish on Iran, Sceptical of Obama
U.S. Jews, who, next to African Americans, have constituted the minority most supportive of Barack Obama, are growing more sceptical of his performance and increasingly hawkish on Iran, according to a new poll released Tuesday by the American Jewish Committee (AJC).
EGYPT: Cornered Bedouin Play the Border Card
MIDEAST: But the Coffins Do Come In
North America
Rule of Law Prospers Most in Sweden, Least in Pakistan
The rule of law - a critical element of good governance – thrives best in Sweden, the Netherlands and in several other wealthy nations but is sorely lacking in Pakistan, Kenya, and Liberia, among other poor countries, according to a major new index released here Thursday by the World Justice Project (WPJ).
SUDAN: U.S. Works to Avert Post-Referendum Bloodshed
/CORRECTED REPEAT*/: U.S. Jews Increasingly Hawkish on Iran, Sceptical of Obama
Environment
MALAYSIA: Battle Over Indigenous Groups' Land Rights Shaping Up
As the tabling in Parliament of a proposed law affecting their ancestral land draws near, Malaysia's Orang Asli or ‘original people' are gearing up anew for moves to challenge it.
EUROPE: Poor Safeguards Against Further Spills
EUROPE: Woods Are Lovely, Dark and Disappearing
Human Rights
RIGHTS-AUSTRALIA: Activists Wary of Plan to ‘Export' Asylum Centres
As the Australian government steps up its efforts to establish a regional processing centre for asylum seekers in East Timor, refugee advocates remain watchful for signs that any deal could result in the involuntary removal from Australia of people seeking protection here.
Following a Paper Trail Out of Homelessness
Rule of Law Prospers Most in Sweden, Least in Pakistan
Health
HEALTH-HONDURAS: Solidarity in Breast Cancer Survival
All too aware of the Honduran public health system's shortcomings and the great vulnerability of the country's poorest people, women who have beaten breast cancer are stepping up to share their experiences and knowledge in an effort to save more lives.
AFRICA: Hunger Intensifying But Cash Transfers Improving Lives
MIDEAST: But the Coffins Do Come In
Civil Society
Following a Paper Trail Out of Homelessness
While questions of funding and accountability shadow the realisation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), some actors have taken matters into their own hands. On Wednesday, the Glasgow-based International Network for Street Papers (INSP) announced that it has helped 200,000 people to get off the streets and onto a path of opportunity.
DEATH PENALTY-INDIA: No Noose Is Good News
MALAWI: While the President Flies, the People Queue for Fuel
 

 
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RIGHTS-AUSTRALIA: Activists Wary of Plan to ‘Export' Asylum Centres
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Rule of Law Prospers Most in Sweden, Least in Pakistan
Sri Lanka Challenges Post-War Human Rights Probe
HEALTH-HONDURAS: Solidarity in Breast Cancer Survival
SOUTH AMERICA: Student Exchanges to Foster Mercosur Identity
AFRICA: Hunger Intensifying But Cash Transfers Improving Lives
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DEATH PENALTY-INDIA: No Noose Is Good News
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