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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, November 20, 2009
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Global: Food Aid That Gets You Two for the Price of One
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| Johannesburg, November 18 -- Good quality food aid can save billions of dollars that would otherwise be spent on saving lives, says a major report from the World Bank, one of two new studies that unco...
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To Grab, Or To Invest
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| Rome, November 18 -- The World Food Security Summit in Rome this week opened up a dispute between what may be investment in farmland to some, but is seen as land grab by others.
There has been widesp...
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Sebelius Shuns New Mammogram Report
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| Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius rejected an independent panel's advice that breast-cancer screenings be delayed for women in their 40s in the face of a backlash by Republicans, w...
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Challenging 500 Years of Globalization
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| New York, November 14 -- To end poverty, you have to know how it began - with globalization. No, not the 20th century variety engendered by multinationals and their friends at the IMF, World Bank and ...
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South Africa: World Cup to Help Create HIV Awareness
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| Johannesburg, November 19 -- In less than seven months South Africa will host the world's biggest single sporting event - the FIFA World Cup. The chance to reach millions of local and visiting footbal...
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Cuba: Dissidents' Plight Unchanged Under Raul, Charges HRW
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| Washington, November 18 -- While Cuban President Raul Castro has implemented some economic and administrative reforms, his three-year-old government has continued to isolate and persecute political di...
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Karzai Sworn in for Second Term as Afghan President
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| Kabul, November 19 -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been sworn in for a second term after months of political uncertainty in the wake of a fraud-marred presidential election. He says fighting gove...
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Afghanistan: New Report Highlights People’s Thirst for Peace
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| Kabul, November 18 -- Over two million Afghans have been killed or wounded in armed conflicts and violence over the past three decades but the desire for peace and stability has always been strong, ni...
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Senate Dems release $849B health plan
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| Senate Democratic leaders released a 10-year, $849 billion bill to overhaul the nation's health care system on Wednesday, putting new pressure on three undecided, moderate Democrats whose support is n...
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Sears Tower Plotter Gets Six-Year Sentence
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| Miami, November 18 -- One of the five Miami men convicted of plotting to join forces with al-Qaida to attack Chicago's Sears Tower has been sentenced to six years in prison.
A U.S. District Court Jud...
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Ondimba's Visit to Paris Raises Question on France's Policy Toward Gabon
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| Paris, November 18 -- Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba is paying a working visit to France this week. Mr. Bongo is expected to lunch with French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday, amid criticism...
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