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East Africa.
East Africa. © Africa Action
Despite the extensive media coverage of Kenya's political crisis and the ongoing mediation talks, little attention has been given to the welfare of Kenya's neighbors, which all depend on the east African nation for security, trade, and essential services like healthcare and education. See today's features section to learn how the crisis is affecting people throughout the region.

Meanwhile, children are increasingly affected by the escalating violence between the secessionist Sri Lankan group, the Tamil Tigers, and the Sri Lankan government. That's in news, and in analysis, rights advocates warn that Fidel Castro's 'pervasive' mechanisms of political repression remain in place, despite his passing of power to his brother, Raúl.
NEW YORK, Feb 21 (OneWorld) - Graphic images of animal cruelty and this week's record recall of U.S. beef have spurred fresh demands to expand a ban on killing sick animals for food consumption.
From: OneWorld US
The hand-woven memorial quilt honoring those killed during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre is garnering immense support from the Bosnian community in America and giving further impetus to the international campaign to arrest the Bosnian Serb general who oversaw the 1995 massacre.
From: Advocacy Project
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In a special playroom for children at a camp for internally displaced people in Sri Lanka.
Children are increasingly being killed and injured and having their education disrupted as violence between the secessionist group, the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam, and Sri Lankan government security forces escalates.
From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Image: In a special playroom for children at a camp for internally displaced people in Sri Lanka. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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Man released from rebel captivity
The Uganda government has struck a deal with the rebel Lord's Resistance Army about where their leaders will be tried.
From: Amnesty International UK
Image: Man released from rebel captivity
An international media freedom group says it is "astonished" by a Californian judges decision to order the temporary closure of Wikileaks (http://wikileaks.be/wiki/Wikileaks), a US-based website that invites people to post leaked documents with the aim of discouraging unethical behaviour.
From: Reporter Senza Frontiere
Former Cuban President, Fidel Castro.
Fidel Castro recently concluded his near 50-year reign, but "Cuba's abusive legal and institutional mechanisms continue to deprive Cubans of their basic rights," says an international human rights watchdog, noting that the U.S. embargo continues to serve as an 'excuse' for the island nation's dismal rights situation.
From: Human Rights Watch
Image: Former Cuban President, Fidel Castro. © Radio Netherlands
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A repeat of 9/11 or 7/7 is inevitable if - as is a distinct possibility - NATO fails in its mission in Afghanistan, a former secretary-general of the military alliance said today.
"Can the international community deliver on the 'Democratic Imperative'?" asks Alina Rocha Menocal in a blog for Britain's Overseas Development Institute that looks at how the international community can help "hybrid regimes" - countries caught in the grey area between outright authoritarianism and full democracy.
From: Overseas Development Institute
Burundi, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda -- all highly dependent on Kenya for goods, transport links, and services -- are struggling to cope with the consequences of the east African nation's ongoing political crisis.
From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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Out of sight, out of mind, deep below the waves. Image by James Temple
Here's a new idea for carbon capture and sequestration. Could CO2 be stored in giant 'sausages' in the deep oceans' abyssal plains?
From: EurekAlert
Image: Out of sight, out of mind, deep below the waves. Image by James Temple


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