WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (OneWorld) - Concerns are growing that many low- and
middle-income families in the United States and around the world will
not be able to afford enough to eat in the coming months, especially as
the global economic downturn threatens to undermine recent efforts to
alleviate the global food crisis.
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The Colombian judiciary has made "unprecedented progress" in
investigating links between Colombian Congresspeople and armed groups,
but those efforts are now being hampered by none other than the office
of the president, says a report released today by an international human rights monitor.
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Asha Hagi has been honored for her critical role — particularly on behalf of women — in Somalia’s tenuous peace process with an award known as the alternative Nobel Peace Prize.
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A coalition of Iraqi peace and community development groups is concluding its third annual "Week of Non-Violence," marked by countrywide activities focused on ensuring the upcoming provincial elections are safe, fair, and inclusive.
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Maldivian bloggers are longing for change and suspicious of vote buying as they anxiously await a second round of elections to determine if President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom will be unseated after a 30-year reign.
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