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Article Source: AfricaNews
Written by: Murtala Mohamed Kamara - AfricaNews - Freetown, Sierra Leone - September 27th, 2008
Three billion USD has been voted to fight Malaria in Africa and elsewhere in the world. The funds will be used to provide bed nets, indoor spraying and improved diagnosis. It will also ensure preventive measures for pregnant women and the introduction of a new vaccine to fight the disease.
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Article Source: The British Broadcasting Company (BBC)
Written: September 26th, 2008
The majority of more than 140 civilian labourers
abducted in south-west Afghanistan by Taleban insurgents last weekend
have been set free.
Rohul Amin, governor of Farah province, said 118 workers had
been released and the news was confirmed by a spokesman for the
militants.
The Taleban spokesman said the other captives would be released soon.
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Article Source: The British Broadcasting Company (BBC)
Written: September 25th, 2008
A restaurant owner in the Palestinian town of
Bethlehem has come up with a novel use for the Israeli-built concrete
wall that passes his premises.Tourists and locals alike can now choose their meals from a menu painted on to the West Bank barrier.
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Article Source: Amnesty International
September 12th, 2008
Two recent ratifications by Argentina unequivocally support its recent
abolition of the death penalty. This latest initiative paves the way
for other countries to follow suit, and makes Argentina the sixth
country to ratify all the human rights instruments of the
inter-American system.
On 2 September 2008, Argentina ratified the Second Optional Protocol to
the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aimed at the
abolition of the death penalty.
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Article Source: Doctors of the World (DOW)
Written: June 10th, 2008
ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
- At the age of fourteen, Tanya had already spent many years living on
the street. She had left an abusive home and now spent her nights in
the basements of housing blocks and her days trying to survive. When
she first visited a Drop-in Center (DIC) run by the health and human
rights organization Doctors of the World-USA, Tanya was not attending
school, was sexually active, and regularly used drugs and alcohol.
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