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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 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 Muffled Screams of Gaza
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A report by the U.N. Human Rights Commission determined that Israel committed war crimes against the Palestinians in Gaza, but nothing has changed in terms of U.S. support.
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Breaking News Headlines Industry as a Bridge for Peace
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Stef Wertheimer, an industrialist and world-renowned peace advocator, offers a new strategy to solve the ongoing instability in the Middle East.
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Breaking News Headlines Gaza Freedom March
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Thousands of Palestinians will march in Gaza on New Year's Eve, joined in solidarity by hundreds of activists who plan to enter Gaza through Egypt, despite Egypt's warnings against it.
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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 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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Breaking News Headlines Taiwan's Relief Efforts in Haiti
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The people and government of Taiwan are no strangers to natural disaster, and their history has galvanized them to do as much as possible to help bring Haiti to its feet.
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