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In analysis, an international human rights coalition gives their take on the disheartening surge in female murder victims in Basra, Iraq, claiming that this trend is not driven by Islamic culture but rather by the complex political dynamics of the U.S. military presence. Plus, in features, find the answers to all your questions regarding recycling. 
The "Malaria Initiative," a 5-year prevention and treatment program launched two years ago in Africa, has already reached 85 percent of the the most vulnerable groups -- women and children under five -- in 15 countries.
From:
allAfrica.com
Image: A woman and child sit on an insecticide-treated mosquito net. © International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
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Twenty U.S. donors made gifts of $100 million or more last year, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s annual ranking of the 50 most-generous Americans - and fundraisers seeking donations of $10 million or more predict another strong year of big gifts in 2008.
The International Red Cross and the U.S. have introduced a programme to enable the approximately 600 prisoners at the US jail in Bagram, Afghanistan, to communicate with their families via video-teleconference calls.
From:
International Committee of the Red Cross
About 60,000 Mozambicans have been affected by the flooding of the Zambezi river following unexpectedly heavy rains.
Thousands of Kenyan students will not be able to attend school when the new term opens on Monday because of the recent violence that rocked the country.
From Daily Nation 
"US media generally portray violence against Iraqi women as an unfortunate part of Arab or Muslim 'culture,'" but this explanation of the unusually high female death toll in Basra ignores the reality that the US occupation has actually empowered fundamentalist Islamic factions in the region, says an international women's rights group.
From:
MADRE
Image: Iraqi women at a protest. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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Image: Disarmament in Liberia, 2003: Good news © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
An organization promoting environmental and economic justice answers all your frequently asked questions about recycling, starting with, "If my recycling gets picked up in the same truck as trash, is it really being recycled?"
From:
Co-op America
Image: © Waste Watch
What research would need to be done to prove that ocean iron fertilization safely stores carbon?
From: ScienceDaily Image: The oceans already “breathe” billions of tons of carbon dioxide in and out every year. Image by James Temple
WWF and the government of Abu Dhabi have launched a Sustainability Strategy to deliver the world’s greenest city: Masdar City.
From:
WWF International
Image: Abu Dhabi's Masdar City proposal ©WWF
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