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Iranian leader threatens elite over security
July 22, 2009Original source: Iran's supreme leader has warned the 'elite' not to disturb the country's security in a strong message to the opposition to back down after one of its top figures called for a referendum on...
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Oil looming large in battle over Iraqs future
July 22, 2009About the only reports out of Iraq in U.S. major media these days are about suicide bombings and other attacks. Meanwhile, though, Iraq is working to re-emerge as a major global oil producer. How this will...
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As H1N1 spreads, Thais take cover behind surgical masks
July 22, 2009BANGKOK, Jul 15 (IPS) - Pattadol Piboonsak was gripped with fear last week when he fell ill with a high fever, displaying the usual symptoms of influenza. 'I thought I had fallen ill with the new...
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Changes afoot for US global AIDS policy
July 22, 2009CAPE TOWN, 20 July 2009 (PlusNews) - Just three weeks into his new appointment, United States Global AIDS Coordinator Dr Eric Goosby outlined on Monday some of the changes that President Barack Obama’s administration will make...
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Obama hands Africas responsibilities back to Africans
July 22, 2009Translated by Claire Scammell (l’Humanite) Before parliament in Accra, Ghana’s capital, the American president disposed of the role played in Africa by the major powers and called for the continent to take charge of itself in...
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