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India Offers Students Free Midday Meals as Incentive to Stay in School
Posted on 7 Aug 2008 at 12:31am In what has been billed as the biggest lunch program in the world, India targeted 140 million students last fiscal year with an aim to improve nutritional levels and increase attendance.
Africa Struggles With Soaring Food Prices
Posted on 6 Aug 2008 at 12:44am Addressing an emergency summit on the global food crisis in Rome in June, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon underscored the threat to political stability and development.
Harvest of Shame: Former Sierra Leonean Ruler Valentine Strasser
Posted on 5 Aug 2008 at 12:08am The emergence of a power vacuum motivated Strasser and his men to seize power. His ascension to power inspired the youth, who believed that someone had finally emerged to champion their cause.
Blackwater: The Real 'Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy'?
Posted on 4 Aug 2008 at 12:35am Blackwater's success is helping fill the coffers of some of the country's most influential conservative political figures and prompting some observers to call it the "future of war."
Bolivia: Tensions Rising as Vote Looms
Posted on 2 Aug 2008 at 12:01am While the opposition forces are yet to mobilize in the streets around the referendum campaigns, they have begun an intensive publicity campaign attacking the government's record.
U.S. Recession, Drug War Violence Cause Crisis in Mexico Tourism
Posted on 1 Aug 2008 at 12:49am Though it maintains a positive public relations spin on tourism prospects, the Mexican government realizes serious problems exist with the long-standing reliance on United States tourism.
Yemen: The Conflict in Saada Governorate
Posted on 31 Jul 2008 at 12:01am Since 2004 hundreds of people have been killed and thousands displaced as a result of fighting between Shia rebels and government forces in the northern governorate of Saada.
An Abhorrent Form of Censorship
Posted on 30 Jul 2008 at 12:12am Two Zimbabwean journalists from the state-owned Sunday Mail and Herald newspapers?Munyaradzi Huni and Caesar Zvayi?have been placed on the European Union's sanctions list.
Public in Zimbabwe Downbeat About Political Agreement
Posted on 24 Jul 2008 at 6:30am An agreement between Zimbabwe's political parties to pursue negotiations to establish a new constitution and bring an end to political violence has been met with skepticism by ordinary Zimbabweans.
Sierra Leone's Cocaine Plane Saga: Transport Minister Speaks Out
Posted on 22 Jul 2008 at 12:13am The July 13 impounding of a plane loaded with cocaine, and the subsequent arrest of alleged drug traffickers, overshadowed all government business in Freetown, Sierra Leone, for several days last week.
Thousands Still Live in Slavery in Northern Mali
Posted on 15 Jul 2008 at 12:11am People continue to be enslaved in northern Mali, according to Malian human rights organization Temedt, despite a widespread belief that slavery no longer exists in the country.
Hydro Project Approved in Chile's Puyehue National Park
Posted on 28 Jul 2008 at 12:20am If allowed to stand, the decision will set a potentially disastrous precedent, opening the floodgates for development in all of Chile's national parks and other protected areas.
Colombia: A New Beginning
Posted on 19 Jul 2008 at 12:46am Although problems persist, in particular cocaine trafficking, as well as allegations of human rights abuses by government forces, Colombia is undergoing something of a renaissance.
Peru: The Cold War of ALBA
Posted on 10 Jul 2008 at 12:28am The region of Puno is no stranger to poverty, lack of doctors, and, in some areas, deficient basic utilities such as electricity. Support from Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is ever present, however.
Myanmar: Waiting for Aung San Suu Kyi
Posted on 11 Jul 2008 at 12:46am Daw Aung San Suu Kyi remains under house arrest in Yangoon. She has not been allowed to see her doctor since January. She survives in a house that was badly damaged by Cyclone Nargis.

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