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Pakistan opposition protesters defy ban
March 13, 2009Thousands of Pakistani opposition activists defied a ban on protests and launched a sit-in outside parliament on Thursday. People flocked to Islamabad from cities across Pakistan, despite attempts by riot police to prevent them from taking...
Read moreScientists predict dramatic rise in sea levels
March 13, 2009Original source: Climate scientists have warned that melting polar ice sheets could cause sea levels to rise twice as much as predicted. A 2007 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projected a sea...
Read morePlanting one million trees for life in Peru: Incan descendants clean up Mother Earth
March 12, 2009Original source: CUZCO, Peru — The project involves men, women and children of all ages planting trees and cleaning up lakes and rivers and working to protect a region sacred to these descendants of the Incas....
Read morePolice officer shot dead by Continuity IRA
March 11, 2009Original source: Dissident republicans the Continuity IRA fatally shot a policeman in Craigavon on Monday night as he responded to an emergency call, just 48 hours after the killing of two soldiers. The killings of British...
Read moreHome demolitions threaten peace talks
March 11, 2009RAMALLAH, Mar 10 (IPS) - Eight months pregnant Shireen Abu Sbeh, 20, mother of a two-year-old, lives with eight other people in a two-bedroom apartment that is on a list of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem...
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