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Senegal: Relief as gay activists are released
April 25, 2009NAIROBI, 23 April 2009 (PlusNews) - International rights groups have welcomed the release of nine AIDS activists in Senegal, who were sentenced in January for their sexual orientation. On 20 April, an appeals court in the...
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China backs two-state settlement
April 25, 2009Original source: Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi visited Jerusalem on Wednesday, expressing 'strong support' for an Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement based on a two-state solution. After talks with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank town...
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Home child care providers are paid so little, theyre losing homes, cars
April 25, 2009LANSING, Mich. — They are 40,000 strong and they feed, clean, and teach Michigan’s young, in their most formative pre-school years. And for doing such an important job, what do they earn? “In Wayne County, we...
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UN recognizes April 22 as Mother Earth Day
April 25, 2009The United Nations moved to make Earth Day a global holiday Wednesday in New York. The General Assembly of the United Nations unanimously adopted a resolution by Bolivian President Evo Morales to designate April 22 as...
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Restoring reason at the FDA
April 24, 2009It's official. Seventeen year-olds now get a second chance to prevent pregnancy as easily as older women do. The FDA, per order of the White House, extended over-the-counter access to emergency contraception, also known as the...
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