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CHINA/US: Rivals, Partners in Asia
ENERGY-US: Obama Faces Hungry Nuclear Industry
SPECIAL SERIES: Is a U.S.-Iran Deal on the Middle East Possible?
SPECIAL SERIES: Economy, Ties with West Are Key to Iran Polls
NORTH KOREA: Defying Inspection of Nuclear Assets
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LABOUR-SRI LANKA: Gloomy Prospects in 2009
RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'
SRI LANKA: Women Pray for Sons, Husbands Caught in Civil War
SRI LANKA: Terror, Recession Put Tourism in the Doldrums
SRI LANKA: Oil Hedging Deal Turning Into Billion-Dollar Scam
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THERE'S NO LAW THAT SAYS PEOPLE HAVE TO SUFFER
By Daisaku Ikeda
CUBA AT FIFTY
By Joaquin Roy
RECESSION EXPELS MIGRANT WORKERS WORLDWIDE
By Supachai Panitchpakdi
DIVERSITY IN CUBA
By Leonardo Padura
INDIA: PUSHING FOR CHANGE
By Syeda Hameed
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CHINA/US: Wealth of Nations Redefined
Analysis by Antoaneta Bezlova
BEIJING - Chinese and United States leaders have hailed the 30 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries as one of the most defining bilateral ties of the 20th century, but Beijing and Washington are celebrating the anniversary in subdued mood.
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RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: Awaiting Gitmo's Closure
By Zofeen Ebrahim
KARACHI - "I’ve thought a lot about what my first meeting with my father will be like after all these years. I don’t know how I’d react. I don’t even know what to expect,'' said Muneeza Paracha, 26, daughter of Saifullah Paracha, incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay since September 2004.
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INDIA: New Leader Brings Hope for Peace in Kashmir
By Athar Parvaiz
SRINAGAR - As tensions brew between India and Pakistan, a newly elected provincial government, led by the regional, pro-India National Conference (NC) party, has taken over the reins in Jammu and Kashmir -- a territory whose ownership has long been disputed by Pakistan.
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INDIA: Delivers Diplomatic Ultimatum to Pakistan
By Indranil Banerjie
NEW DELHI - India’s Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Monday that his government has delivered a dossier to Pakistan containing evidence of the involvement of Pakistanis in the Mumbai massacre -- an act that strategic experts say amounts to an ultimatum to bring the perpetrators to Indian justice.
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NEPAL: Army-Rebel Integration Hangs Fire
By Renu Kshetry
KATHMANDU - Two years after Maoist fighters put aside their arms and agreed to place themselves in United Nations-monitored camps, the issue of integrating them into the regular Nepal army as part of a peace process hangs fire.
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HEALTH-MALAYSIA: Divided Over HIV Testing
By Baradan Kuppusamy
KUALA LUMPUR - A raging debate over mandatory HIV screening has exposed fear and ignorance within government, despite years of awareness campaigns to eradicate prejudice against people living with the virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
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LABOUR-INDIA: Getting 'Bangalored' Back
By Keya Acharya
BANGALORE - The term 'getting Bangalored' , or having jobs outsourced from the West to this international IT hub, looks set to acquire another connotation -- this time of professionals being fired right here.
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POLITICS-BANGLADESH: Hasina Can Lay to Rest Ghosts of the Past
Analysis by Farid Ahmed
DHAKA - With a stunning landslide victory under her belt, prime minister-elect Sheikh Hasina Wajed has a second opportunity to put the ghosts of the past to rest and release Bangladesh from a cycle of crises that has plagued this country since its violent birth in 1971.
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LABOUR-SRI LANKA: Gloomy Prospects in 2009
By Feizal Samath
COLOMBO - If the global financial crisis slams the brakes on worker remittances from the Middle East, Sri Lanka’s top foreign exchange earner, it could severely exacerbate this country’s economic woes, analysts say.
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ENVIRONMENT-CAMBODIA: Opting For The Big Dam
By Andrew Nette
PHNOM PENH - It has been a long held plan of Cambodia’s government -- a hydropower dam on the mainstream of the Mekong River in the central part of the country.
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ECONOMY: 'Financial Meltdown Decolonising Asian Minds'
Analysis by Kalinga Seneviratne
SINGAPORE - The year 2008 may well go down in history as a watershed in which the global financial crisis, precipitated by the collapse of Western economic models, ‘decolonised’ Asians minds, say observers.
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BURMA: Junta Determined to 'Guide' 2010 Polls
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - Burma’s military regime ended 2008 with greater resolve to steamroll over opposition voices in order to pave the way for a junta-friendly government when the country holds general elections in 2010.
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INDIA/PAKISTAN: Prisoner Repatriations Bring Hope
By Beena Sarwar
KARACHI - As the New Year dawns, the repatriation by India of 66 Pakistan nationals brings hope for hundreds of Pakistanis and Indians incarcerated in prisons across each other’s countries -- and for peace between the South Asian neighbours.
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IPS News Agency in its contribution to help strengthen the media in Afghanistan as a central pillar of independent civil society, has entered into a South-South agreement with Pajhwok Afghan News to broadcast special coverage of the country.
MIDEAST: Israel Ponders End to Offensive
MIDEAST: Obama Silence 'Ends Hopes From U.S.'
MIDEAST: Israel Attacks Schools, Ambulances
TRINIDAD: Where Are the Missing People?
RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: 'Young and Poor' at Risk from Trigger-Happy Police
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ECONOMY-CHILE: Workers Nervous, Despite Anti-Crisis Plan
ECONOMY-HONDURAS: Stormy Outlook for 2009
ECONOMY-BRAZIL: An Island in Stormy Waters
LABOUR-INDIA: Getting 'Bangalored' Back
HEALTH-AFRICA: Maximising the Benefits of AIDS Funding
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