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WASHINGTON, Mar 21 (IPS) - An initiative to revise the procedures for
reviewing the cases of detainees in order to free marginal
insurgents and innocent Afghans has run afoul of the interests of
officers of the powerful Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC)
in defending their role in earlier detention decisions.
KATHMANDU, Mar 21 (IPS) - The death of Girida Prasad Koirala, who played a
role in some of the biggest
political changes in Nepal in recent
decades, has many wondering about what
will happen to the
fragile peace process that he is widely credited for having
made
possible.
NAIROBI, Mar 20 (IPS) - With less than a month to the historic multi-party
poll in Africa?s largest country, Sudan, eminent African leaders
are calling for a peaceful and calm election process.
ATHENS, Mar 20 (IPS) - Serious concerns are being raised about the impact
of the ongoing recession in Greece on the political and economic
situation in the neighbouring Balkans.
NEW YORK, Mar 19 (IPS) - The families of two prisoners who died at the U.S.
Navy Base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, are asking a federal court to
reconsider its ruling dismissing their lawsuit, which seeks to
hold federal officials and the U.S. government accountable for
their sons' torture, arbitrary detention, and ultimate
deaths.
WASHINGTON, Mar 19 (IPS) - This week, acting Nigerian President Goodluck
Jonathan dissolved his cabinet, further securing his tenuous hold
on the country's top post amidst rising unrest in the Niger
Delta and flaring religious tensions in the central region of the
country.
WASHINGTON, Mar 19 (IPS) - This time last year, United States federal
legislation on climate change was starting to take shape,
seemingly more pressing matters were taking up the bulk of U.S.
policymakers' time, and a major climate conference was
looming at the end of the year.
HAVANA, Mar 19 (IPS) - At the age of 17, Meybelin Bernárdez is clear about
the future: "When I finish my studies, I'll return to
help my community get on its feet," the young Garifuna woman
from Honduras, who is studying medicine in Cuba, says without
hesitation.
LUSAKA, Mar 19 (IPS) - Naomi Mulenga is determined to beat the odds by
finishing her school education and becoming a nurse ? despite
being a teenage mother.
NAIROBI, Mar 19 (IPS) - After torrential rains and floods claimed lives in
Kenya?s North Rift region, hundreds of displaced people are now
in dire need of relief aid.
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