World
Clinton issues vague pledge on Vietnam’s Agent Orange legacy
July 23, 2010Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has lectured her Vietnamese hosts on human rights and issued vaguely worded pledges to help the developing country to tackle the horrific legacy of Agent Orange.
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Same sex marriage gaining support in India
July 23, 2010According to a recent poll, legalizing same sex marriage is gaining support in India one year after the Delhi High Court decriminalized homosexuality.
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World Notes: Canada, Romania, Mozambique, India, Austria
July 23, 2010The right to clean water, toxic gold mining, biofuel's human toll, measuring India's poverty, good and bad on HIV/AIDS.
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Mexican electrical workers continue hunger strike
July 22, 2010A long running hunger strike by laid-off electrical workers in Mexico City has reached a point of high drama.
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What’s at stake in Brazil’s election
July 22, 2010Brazil will soon elect a new president, to replace current President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva who is constitutionally forbidden from succeeding himself, all 513 members of the lower house of Congress plus two thirds of...
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