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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
On January 19 Israel's international secret police, the Mossad, sent an eighteen member death squad to Dubai using fake European passports, in order to assassinate the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud al Mabhouh. International media and diplomatic circles are buzzing with stories and theories about how the Israelis planned the whole thing and executed with professional precision. The question is how long will Israel get away with murder? And how long will its Western friends and allies protect it?
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International Monetary Fund - IMF
While the political agenda at the IMF is shifting back to mandate and governance reform, there are growing calls that the Fund needs to fundamentally rethink the monetary and fiscal policies it demands of borrowers if the institution is to retain legitimacy and renew its mandate.
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UN Conference on the world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development
The food, environmental and economic crises have challenged civil society organizations and the communities they serve. A broad-based survey, financially supported by the UN, measured the impact of the crises on the operating capacity of CSOs around the world and their expectations as they look ahead.
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Poverty
The loan waiver year of 2008 saw 16,196 farm suicides in the country, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. Compared to 2007, that's a fall of just 436. There were no major changes in the trend that set in from the late 1990s and worsened after 2002. The dismal truth is that very high numbers of farm suicides still occur within a fast decreasing farm population.
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The landmine problem
Since the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty entered into force ten years ago, significant progress has been made in eradicating antipersonnel mines, but much work remains, according to Landmine Monitor Report 2009: Toward a Mine-Free World, a report by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines.
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Multiple activities throughout the world to mark the WSF's 10th birthday celebrations
Fri Jan 22 2010 - Source: World Social Forum
A countless number of activities and initiatives for 2010 has been presented so far, among them thematic, regional and national world forums.
2010 to decide how world is governed
Thu Jan 14 2010 - Source: The Star
Will discussions and decisions on global issues like the economic crisis and climate change be made in a democratic way or through small groups of countries, which traditionally have been dominated by rich nations? This question on "global governance" has been debated for years. But 2010 will be a crucial year in defining the answers. By Martin Khor.
Haiti: UN agencies ramping up response following deadly quake
Thu Jan 14 2010 - Source: UN News Centre
United Nations agencies are working around the clock to provide urgently needed assistance to the victims of the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti, which is estimated to have affected one third of the Caribbean nation's nine million people.
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