World
US: Time to ratify women’s treaty, groups urge
March 10, 2009UNITED NATIONS, Mar 8 (IPS) - Rights activists in the United States are urging their newly-elected government to support global initiatives aimed at protecting women’s rights.
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Congo: Treating the sexually abused in South Kivu
March 10, 2009BUKAVU , 5 March 2009 (IRIN) - In Bukavu, the main town in South Kivu Province of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Panzi referral hospital receives six to eight women daily who have experienced...
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Fatah delegation in Cairo for unity talks
March 10, 2009CAIRO, March 9 (Xinhua) -- A delegation of the Palestinian Fatah movement arrived here Monday to attend the inter-Palestinian national unity talks resumed last month. The inter-Palestinian national dialogue, under the sponsorship of Egypt, is set...
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Pay on line and get good grades
March 9, 2009(lHumanite) Translated by Isabelle Metral The ingenious net surfer who invited pupils to grade their teachers on-line and whose case was dismissed by the court is back with a second proposal : this time he invites...
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Amnesty condemns Iran over stonings
March 9, 2009Original source: Amnesty International will call on Tehran on Monday morning to commute the sentences of around eight women who are at imminent risk of being stoned to death and to impose an immediate moratorium on...
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