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Hamas is backing two-state solution
May 7, 2009The political leader of Hamas has expressed support for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, similar to that sought by the Palestinian Authority.
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Haiti: Battered and unready for looming storm season
May 6, 2009WASHINGTON, May 4 (IPS) - Haiti’s environmental degradation is a time bomb that needs urgent attention if the country is to preserve its already strained social and economic stability, says a new briefing from the International...
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Nepal PM resigns in row over army chief
May 6, 2009Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who heads the Unified Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (UCPN-M), made the announcement on live television on Monday, one day after his firing of the army chief was rejected by...
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Millions join May Day rallies around the world
May 5, 2009In the midst of the world economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s millions of workers poured into the streets of thousands of cities around the world on May 1 to celebrate May Day....
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U.S. pullout deadlines non-extendable, Iraqi government says
May 5, 2009The Iraqi government will not extend the June 30 deadline for U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq’s cities, a government spokesperson said today.
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