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31.10.2007 In Argentina, the power-couple's presidential-transfer plan has worked to perfection. But a close reading of the election results casts a shadow on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's triumph, says Celia Szusterman.

31.10.2007 Rwanda's president urged African heads of state and industry leaders at a major conference to promote the development of their continent through home-grown information and communications industries, saying that "in just ten years...the mobile phone has become a basic necessity in urban and rural Africa."
From: New Times (Rwanda)

31.10.2007 While the richest man in the world may boast being Indian, almost half a billion Indians live on less than a dollar a day and are now demanding a bigger share of the country's economic pie.

31.10.2007 A foundation dedicated to nonviolent social change honors an outspoken conscientious objector, a prison gardener, and an organization that gives kids an alternative to gang-membership.
From: New America Media

31.10.2007 Under the pretense of locating criminal fugitives, U.S. immigration officers are raiding, without search warrants, the homes of American citizens and legal residents that they believe may be illegal immigrants, writes Henry Fernandez.
From: Center for American Progress

31.10.2007 Pharmaceutical companies must halt gifts to doctors, says a new report, Drugs, Doctors and Dinners: How drug companies influence health in the developing world.

31.10.2007 An activist protesting the illegal development of genetically modified seeds was shot and killed at point blank range by armed gunmen allegedly linked to the multinational corporation Syngenta.

31.10.2007 Twice a year the Juba River overflows, flooding the surrounding Somali villages and farmlands, inciting hunger, and pushing people out of their homes. With the help of a Kenyan engineer and a disaster relief organization, however, villagers have learned to replace their ineffective sand bags with clay-based levees.

31.10.2007 Help the United Nations' World Food Program avert a food crisis on an island in the Indian Ocean in this exiting and informative online video game.

30.10.2007 An Asian rights group has urged former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to stop her Pakistan People's Party's security organisation from displaying guns at public meetings, which it says is encouraging other parties and groups to arm themselves.

30.10.2007 As the Kenya Human Rights Commission prepares to sue the British Government for personal injuries sustained in detention camps by survivors of the Mau Mau war for independence, Mukoma Wa Ngugi unravels the colonial myths of Christianisation and civilisation and exposes the reality of torture, murder, slavery, landlessness, dehumanisation and internment.
From: Pambazuka News

30.10.2007 As a two-day summit on improving Africa’s information technology infrastructure wrapped up in Rwanda, the head of the United Nations telecommunications agency reminded investors that Africa is “open for business and looking for partnerships.”

30.10.2007 Three French journalists have been charged in Chad with kidnapping minors and fraud for covering the alleged attempt by Arche de Zoé (Zoé’s Ark) to evacuate 103 African children to France.

30.10.2007 Get the lowdown on which dry cleaning methods are best for people and the planet from an association of sustainable environment advocates.

30.10.2007 A human rights court has ruled that Turkey must allow students to opt out of religious education, citing that students from a small Turkish religious group should not be forced to take Sunni Islamic lessons.

30.10.2007 The Thai government's policy of compulsory rehabilitation or incarceration for drug users has increased stigma and HIV risk, but local groups representing Thai drug users and HIV-infected citizens are pushing for more constructive programs.

30.10.2007 Buddhist monks are taught to meditate and avoid public skirmishes -- except when people suffer around them, as they have been at the hands of Burma's repressive regime, comments author Andrew Lam.

30.10.2007 Students in Bangalore, India are taking part in discussions, games, and field trips to learn about civic issues like "Government and why we need it," water, and public transportation. It's a far cry from their usual classes.

30.10.2007 Retired general and leading presidential candidate Otto Perez Molina may have played a role in numerous atrocities committed during the country's civil war, but Guatemalans appear to be overlooking the details, comments academic Ivan Briscoe.

30.10.2007 The UN Mission in Afghanistan has called on the country's warring factions to allow safe passage and access for humanitarian workers delivering aid to vulnerable families before winter cuts off remote regions.
From: UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan