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Meanwhile, in features, a journalist shares her first-hand experiences with the health care system of another historically troubled country in the region -- the Democratic Republic of Congo. On a brighter note, human rights activists in Malaysia are making waves in the country's political arena by getting directly involved in the upcoming presidential elections announced spuriously alongside the Prime Minister's dissolution of Parliament. For that story and more, see today's news.
Creating a "pivotal" moment in Malaysian history, human rights activists and other non-governmental leaders are mobilizing to participate in the upcoming general elections, unexpectedly announced alongside Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's dissolution of parliament this Wednesday.
From:
Inter Press Service (IPS)
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The Lebanese government will reconstruct the Nahr El-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, which was destroyed in a battle last year between the army and militant Islamists. So far, 1,500 families have returned to the camp.
From:
United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Image: Palestinian refugees. © Refugees International
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A new fund for maternal health has been created to boost global efforts to reduce the number of women dying in pregnancy and childbirth.
The Pacific island nation of Kiribati has established the world's largest marine protected area - an ocean wilderness of pristine coral reefs and rich fish populations threatened by over-fishing and climate change.
A major Sudanese army attack - assisted by militias - has forced thousands to flee in Darfur, reports a leading medical charity.
From:
Médecins sans frontières
Given the tumultuous security situation in Chad and the Sudanese government's large-scale attack on three towns in West Darfur, the largest U.S. organization working on African affairs is calling for a "sustained, wide-ranging international engagement [in Sudan] at the highest levels."
From:
Africa Action
Image: A Darfuri refugee in Chad. © Refugees International
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Developing countries are increasingly seeking to maintain social class divisions and 'order' in urban slums by using heavy-handed military tactics, writes Raúl Zibechi.
From:
North American Congress on Latin America
Image: Kibera, the largest slum in Nairobi, Kenya. © Peter Armstrong
A journalist invokes scenes from her recent visit to a rural hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo before delving into the grossly underreported disparities between the American "Health Care World of Plenty" and the DRC's "Health Care World of Want."
From:
International Rescue Committee
Image: In a hospital in the DRC. © Tiggy Ridley / United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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A new study of Greenland's ice sheet leads to a worrying conclusion: sea level rises this century could be double those anticipated by the IPCC.
From: Science Daily Image: Greenland glacier. Image by Yukon White Light
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