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ENERGY-TANZANIA: Charcoal a Dirty Trade-Off
By Jessie Boylan
DAR ES SALAAM - The sun is setting slowly over Dar es Salaam's Tabata Changombe neighbourhood. Ameenah and Skukulu Juma lean against the corrugated iron walls of their makeshift charcoal shop.
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NICARAGUA: Despite Efforts, Corruption Still a Problem
By José Adán Silva
MANAGUA - Two national surveys and the latest report on perceptions of corruption by Transparency International support the view that a culture of graft continues to undermine the foundations of Nicaraguan society, in spite of efforts to fight the problem in the last few years.
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Q&A: Impact of Crisis in Latin America Less Severe than in the Past
Darío Montero interviews MARTÍN HOPENHAYN, ECLAC's social development director
GUATEMALA CITY - Thanks to effective social policies and measures that have strengthened the economy, most of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have managed to weather the impact of the global recession, although poverty has risen slightly for the first time since 2002.
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LABOR-INDONESIA: Future Looks Bleak for Laid-Off Workers
By Hera Diani
WEST JAVA, Indonesia - Ida Farida, 33, never imagined she would lose the job that she had held for 10 years.
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CUBA: Dissidents' Plight Unchanged Under Raul, Charges HRW
By Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON - While Cuban President Raul Castro has implemented some economic and administrative reforms, his three-year-old government has continued to isolate and persecute political dissidents, according to a major new report released here Wednesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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INDIA: A Famed Region’s Triple Whammy of Environmental Bane
By Athar Parvaiz
LADAKH, India - The combined impact of tourism, climate change and changing lifestyle in this internationally renowned adventure haven has raised serious concerns among environmental groups.
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TRADE: Kenya Faces Job Losses, Collapsing Sectors in Wake of Doha
By Isolda Agazzi
GENEVA - The consequences of the Doha Round of trade talks for larger developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa could include job losses and deindustrialisation if a new study forecasting how Kenya is set to be affected is anything to go by.
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FINANCE: Icelanders Question IMF Loan
By Lowana Veal*
REYKJAVIK - After eight months of waiting, Iceland is finally back on the agenda of the IMF. The second instalment of the IMF loan was agreed at the end of last month and has now been transferred to Iceland.
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CORRUPTION: Afghanistan, Iraq Near Bottom of Transparency Index
By Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON - Despite billions of dollars spent by the U.S. and other countries to improve governance in Afghanistan and Iraq, the two countries remain among the world's most corrupt nations, according to the latest edition of Transparency International's (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).
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PAKISTAN: Soup Kitchens Spring Up to Stave Off Growing Hunger
By Zofeen Ebrahim
KARACHI - Until meagre resources began dwindling to almost nothing, 43-year-old Firdaus Begum had not ventured into the Khana Ghar (Food House), which serves up inexpensive but filling meals.
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U.S.: Nearly One in Six Citizens Went Hungry in 2008
By Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON - As the World Food Security Summit got under way in Rome Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) disclosed that nearly one in six U.S. households went hungry at some time during 2008, the highest level since it began monitoring food security levels in 1995.
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JAPAN: Obama Visit Hailed, But Left Crucial Questions Unanswered
Analysis by Catherine Makino
TOKYO - Setting foot on the Land of Cherry Blossom over the weekend, U.S. President Barack Obama waxed nostalgic, recalling his first visit to Japan as a young boy, when his mother brought him there.
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KENYA: Foreigners in Their Homeland
By Susan Anyangu
NAIROBI - Resistance to a government scheme to upgrade housing in Nairobi's Kibera slum is enmeshed in economics, history and identity.
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