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Middle East Quartet failing, warn aid agencies

25.09.2008 The Middle East Quartet (EU, Russia, UN, US) is failing to make progress on improving the lives of Palestinians and improving the prospects for peace, a group of aid agencies said today.
+ Palestinian TV stations suffer in power struggle between rival factions
+ OneWorld Palestine Guide

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From: Save the Children UK

Image: Palestinian classroom © United Nations Development Programme

Award for mine clearers in Lebanon

Mine clearers head off to work in southern Lebanon. (© UNHCR/P.Taggart)

15.09.2008 A group of mine clearers win the Nansen Award for enabling hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced people to return home.

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Related topics/regions: [Lebanon]

Image: Mine clearers head off to work in southern Lebanon. (© UNHCR/P.Taggart)

Five countries accused over juvenile executions

11.09.2008 Ending executions for crimes committed by children in just five countries - Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Pakistan, and Yemen - would result in universal implementation of the prohibition on the juvenile death penalty, says a leading rights organisation.

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Related topics/regions: [Iran] [Pakistan] [Saudi Arabia] [Sudan] [Yemen]