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Wednesday, February 01, 2012 17:34 GMT

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China Looks Both Ways on Iranian Oil

Analysis by Antoaneta Becker

LONDON - China’s response to calls from the West to join an oil embargo penalising Iran for its nuclear programme so far has been to choose the middle course typical of its non-interfering foreign policy of the last 30 years – denouncing sanctions on one hand yet working to protect its national interests on many fronts.

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Guatemala Heeds the Cries of Femicide Victims
Danilo Valladares
GUATEMALA CITY - The relentless wave of femicides in Guatemala, which has one of the highest female murder rates in the world, has prompted actions by the government, civil society groups, and two Nobel Peace laureates to try to put a stop to this brutal violence against women, which has reached horrific proportions.

UGANDA
Using Community Radio to Heal After Kony’s War
Andrew Green*
GULU, Uganda - Radio Mega FM’s transmission tower rises from the centre of Gulu town, transmitting talk shows and the latest Ugandan radio hits to listeners across the district. But it also serves as something of an informal memorial to community radio-driven peace efforts during the Lord’s Resistance Army’s destruction of northern Uganda.

2011 - A Year of Weather Extremes, with More to Come
	The global average temperature in 2011 was 14.52 degrees Celsius (58.14 degrees Fahrenheit). According to NASA scientists, this was the ninth warmest year in 132 years of recordkeeping, despite the cooling influence of the La Niña atmospheric and oceanic circulation pattern and relatively low solar irradiance.

Mekong Unquiet Over Contain China Moves

Thematic Social Forum Awash with Criticism for Green Economy

Radio Static for Ghana's Community Stations
	There is a tension resonating through Ghana's airwaves, an electric current fueled by rivaling interests between community radio advocates and Ghana's National Communications Authority.

UGANDA: Using Community Radio to Heal After Kony's War

SIERRA LEONE: Government Online Mining Database to Increase Transparency

Pakistan Denies "Intimate" Taliban Links
	Pakistan has rejected as "frivolous" a leaked NATO report which claims that the country's security services are helping the Taliban, and suggesting that the group believes it is poised to regain power.

China Looks Both Ways on Iranian Oil

Indian Retailers on Edge as 800-Pound Gorillas Come Knocking

RUSSIA: Putin Remains Leading Candidate in Presidential Elections
	Election season in Russia promises to be stormy, as Prime Minister Vladimir Putin emerges as the leading candidate in the presidential race scheduled for March 4 and unresolved issues of voting fraud and voter manipulation spark massive protests amongst opposition groups.

Pakistan Denies "Intimate" Taliban Links

BALKANS-SOCIETY: First Abused, Then Imprisoned

CUBA: Party Aims for Efficient, Inclusive Socialism
	Cuba's communist leaders have mapped out a strategy to modernise their country's one-party socialist model and make it more efficient, which implies making it more inclusive and representative of a society that is increasingly diverse.

Guatemala Heeds the Cries of Femicide Victims

OP-ED: After Durban, Latin America Looks Towards Rio+20

MIDEAST: And At Last There Was Water
	Only days ago, turning on the tap was cause for concern. Would there be running water? Now, it's reason for celebration.

US-BAHRAIN: Rights Groups Oppose Smaller Arms Transfer

SYRIA: "Street Fighting Rages" Near Damascus

Pakistan Denies "Intimate" Taliban Links
	Pakistan has rejected as "frivolous" a leaked NATO report which claims that the country's security services are helping the Taliban, and suggesting that the group believes it is poised to regain power.

Rights Groups Denounce Duvalier Ruling, U.S. Urges Appeal

U.S.: Building Communities Around Sustainable Food

2011 - A Year of Weather Extremes, with More to Come
	The global average temperature in 2011 was 14.52 degrees Celsius (58.14 degrees Fahrenheit). According to NASA scientists, this was the ninth warmest year in 132 years of recordkeeping, despite the cooling influence of the La Niña atmospheric and oceanic circulation pattern and relatively low solar irradiance.

OP-ED: After Durban, Latin America Looks Towards Rio+20

NICARAGUA-HONDURAS: Re-Greening the Border

CUBA: Party Aims for Efficient, Inclusive Socialism
	Cuba's communist leaders have mapped out a strategy to modernise their country's one-party socialist model and make it more efficient, which implies making it more inclusive and representative of a society that is increasingly diverse.

UGANDA: Using Community Radio to Heal After Kony's War

Guatemala Heeds the Cries of Femicide Victims

PAKISTAN-INDIA: Women Expose Secret Genital Cutting Rite
	"It was a dark and dingy room, where an elderly woman asked me to take off my panties, made me sit on a low wooden stool with my legs parted and then did something…I screamed out in pain," recalls Alefia Mustansir, 40, of her childhood experience.

PAKISTAN: New Rehab Plan Brings Hope for War-Disabled

INDIA: Male Activists Enhance Pre and Postnatal Care

Radio Static for Ghana's Community Stations
	There is a tension resonating through Ghana's airwaves, an electric current fueled by rivaling interests between community radio advocates and Ghana's National Communications Authority.

SIERRA LEONE: Government Online Mining Database to Increase Transparency

Occupy DC Protesters Stay Put Amid Eviction Threats