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Breaking News Headlines Haiti's Rising Urgency
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Two months after the earthquake-with over a million people homeless, the education system in tatters, and a season of deadly rainfall and hurricanes on the way-the people of Haiti face a situation that grows more dire by the day.
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Breaking News Headlines Saudi Arabia: a Patron to Hafiz Sayeed?
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While Pakistan, India and Saudi Arabia try to create cooperation between their governments, ties between Saudi Arabia and extremism complicate the situation greatly.
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Breaking News Headlines No EU-daimonia after Lisbon
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Lacking a democratic mandate and acting by stealth, E.U. elites have sought to make the Union a state in its own right, and a world power to boot. But have they gotten ahead of themselves?
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Breaking News Headlines Debt Burden Cripples Poorer Nations
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International lending, within its current framework, leaves developing nations in a hole that only gets bigger as they try to pay off their debt.
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Breaking News Headlines Boundless Hope in Sierra Leone
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In a country where many families are too poor to buy books for their children, the organization Boundless Hope is helping kids get an education and putting essentials like pencils and toothbrushes in their hands.
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Breaking News Headlines Nobel Laureates Urge Inquiry into Junta Crimes
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Because the Burmese Constitution provides immunity for the junta and its crimes, the only hope for prosecution is through international law.
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Breaking News Headlines Women Work toward Equality in Muslim Societies
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A network of social justice movements is helping women combat inequality, violence and repression all over the globe, especially in Muslim countries.
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Breaking News Headlines Egypt's Struggle for Democracy
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In Egypt, political advocacy is being sparked online, on sites like Facebook, but there is significantly less room for movement in Egypt's real world than in its virtual world.
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Breaking News Headlines Human Rights Violations in Iran and Iraq
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Iranians are not only battling violence and repression at home, fighting for basic rights; refugees of Iran are also under siege in Iraq's Camp Ashraf.
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Breaking News Headlines Egypt Reviewed by U.N. Rights Council
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The Egyptian government failed to cooperate with a review and recommendation process conducted by the U.N. Human Rights Council and a coalition of NGOs.
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Breaking News Headlines Greece: Pulling Its Neighbors Down with It
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Greece's debt is a serious issue, and coming up with a plan for going forward is also very much a problem for the European Union.
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Breaking News Headlines Screen Wars
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An ongoing battle between Rupert Murdoch, Silvio Berlusconi and Muammar al-Gaddafi involves adult television programming, an ultraviolent war film, and lots of money and bitterness flying around.
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Breaking News Headlines Copenhagen: No Failure, but Just Not Good Enough
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The result of the Copenhagen summit ended up being a small, creaking movement of the world's political machinery, while the polar ice caps continue to melt without hesitation.
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Breaking News Headlines Japan and Southeast Asia Take Stock of China's Rise
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As China's economic and political rise makes itself felt in Asia, Japan and Southeast Asia face serious foreign policy dilemmas in the coming years.
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Breaking News Headlines China-U.S. Rivalry Intensifies
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Obama is set to meet the Dalai Lama, while the United States and China have already had a number of issues stoking the contention and competition between them recently.
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