BUENOS AIRES, Nov 10 (IPS) - Small farmers in the northern Argentine
province of Santiago del Estero are publishing their own newspaper in
an attempt to raise awareness about the constant abuses they suffer at
the hands of wealthy landowners, who are encroaching on their small
plots of land.
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Latin American jubilation over Barack Obama’s election goes beyond race, but regional leaders have tempered their congratulations with calls for a more balanced relationship between North and South, writes Latin America policy analyst Laura Carlsen.
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Two recent attacks on schools in the Democratic Republic of Congo figure into an "explosion" in child soldier recruitment over the past few weeks, reports a child protection group, noting an estimated 3,000 children are being held by armed groups and this number is expected to increase.
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Hundreds of thousands of civilians have been uprooted but are now trapped by escalating violence in northern Sri Lanka between government and rebel forces that a relief agency calls "a war that does not reach our newspapers or TV screens."
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A group of civil rights advocates and a lesbian couple have already filed petitions with the California Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8, which amended the state’s constitution last week to outlaw same-sex marriage.
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