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The following insightful analysis of top world news developments of last week comes to you compliments of The World & I Online. |
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| Week ending Friday, January 02, 2009
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Rice Says U.S. Working Toward ‘Durable’ Gaza Ceasefire
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| January 2 -- The United States said Friday it was working toward a ceasefire that permanently prevents Hamas from resuming rocket attacks on Israel. After briefing President George W. Bush on events 1...
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Media Banned From Gaza as Humanitarian Crisis Escalates
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| Ramallah, December 31 -- Israel is again preventing journalists from entering Gaza to report first-hand on the escalating crisis there as its military operation, codenamed Operation Cast Lead, enters ...
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Russia Restricts Jury Trials
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| Moscow, January 3 -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a controversial law that eliminates jury trials for "crimes against the state", a measure lawyers and human rights groups fear will be...
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Lawsuit Challenges National Parks Gun Rule
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| December 31 -- Making good on a promise to fight what it called "the Bush administration's parting gift for the gun lobby," an anti-gun group filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to overturn new regulation...
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VA Grapples with Veterans' Mental Traumas
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| December 28 -- Service members returning from Afghanistan and Iraq increasingly are suffering from mental trauma that dampens their homecomings, hobbles their re-entry into civilian life and imperils ...
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School Experiment Leaves Pupils to Their Own Devices
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| January 3 -- Imagine your teacher giving you a brand-new music and video player and letting you download songs, trawl the Internet and chat online to friends, all in the name of school work.
A clas...
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Portugal: Mega Solar Power Plant Begins to Operate
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| Amareleja, December 30 -- The most ambitious and innovative solar power project in the world kicked off Monday in this white-walled village in the southern Portuguese municipality of Moura, one of the...
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FBI Notes 'Uptick' in Employment Scams
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| December 28 -- Rising unemployment is turning more job seekers into victims of Internet scams.
The FBI is tracking an increase in Web-related schemes that promise large paychecks for a few hours of...
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Obama Faces Mexican Drug War
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| January 2 -- Add another pressing challenge to President-elect Barack Obama's growing to-do list - tamping down a dramatic rise in violence and corruption that has overwhelmed the U.S.-Mexico border a...
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Africa: Maximizing the Benefits of AIDS Funding
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| Nairobe, January 2 -- Significant new investments in the fight against the AIDS pandemic could have positive impacts on broader health systems in Africa if governments handle them right.
A study of...
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