All week, live, online town hall events will give you the chance to talk to experts about what’s happening to suppress — and protect — Americans’ right to vote this election season.
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UNITED NATIONS, Sep 29 (IPS) - As a spreading financial crisis
threatens to deepen the economic recession in the United States, the
news of an unprecedented $700-billion bailout package reverberated
through the corridors of the United Nations last week as over 100 world
leaders gathered in New York for the annual talk-fest: the 63rd session
of the General Assembly.
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China’s second national celebration of Car Free Day — a
follow-up to green initiatives launched ahead of the Olympics — saw
varied success, reports an environmental group active in the country.
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Farmers and Cubans facing high food prices fear another hurricane will follow on the heels of Gustav and Ike, which took a harsh toll on the island nation.
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Miyako Yano and Junko Kayashige were merely children when an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. The two women now travel the world sharing their stories and calling for an end to the nuclear age.
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Activities across Africa marking the recent International Day of Peace included a sex education campaign for Burundian refugees in Tanzania, children’s rights workshops for former child soldiers in Sudan, and performance art about peace and reconciliation in Uganda.
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The Indian government should declare a national emergency to ensure relief quickly reaches the more than five million people affected by flooding, says an international aid organization.
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Ecuadorian leader Rafael Correa claims victory in a vote on a constitution which critics say is aimed at boosting his powers.
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People believe the US “war on terror” is not weakening al-Qaeda, a worldwide poll for the BBC World Service suggests.
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Austria’s Social Democrats have won the most votes in its early election but far-right parties have made big gains.
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