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Saturday, July 31, 2010   9:48 GMT

Haiti Gears Up for Polls - Again, Sans Lavalas
Wadner Pierre

PORT-AU-PRINCE - After weeks of delays, Haitian President René Préval confirmed this month that presidential and legislative elections will take place on Nov. 28. The U.N. and Western donor nations are pledging millions of dollars in support of the polls, but with at least 1.5 million people still homeless from the January earthquake, questions loom over how to ensure voter participation.
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HONDURAS
Rights Situation Deteriorates
Jim Lobe*
WASHINGTON - Six months after the inauguration of President Porfirio Lobo, the human rights situation in Honduras continues to deteriorate, according to two major New York-based groups.
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Pakistan Poll Finds Widespread Disillusionment
Eli Clifton*
WASHINGTON - The recent Wikileaks dump of war-related documents has brought little new to the debate over Washington's ongoing military involvement in Afghanistan, but allegations that Pakistan's intelligence services are aiding the Taliban has brought renewed attention to U.S. concerns over its reliance on Islamabad in battling Taliban and al Qaeda forces in Afghanistan.
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In Focus: Iraq
 
Economy and Trade
>   Obama-Cameron Meet Overshadowed By BP and Libya
>   Civil Society Hails New Oil and Mining Transparency Standards
> IRAN  Unrest Grows over Economic Woes
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Politics
>   Haiti Gears Up for Polls - Again, Sans Lavalas
> HONDURAS  Rights Situation Deteriorates
>   Pakistan Poll Finds Widespread Disillusionment
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Civil Society
> HONDURAS  Rights Situation Deteriorates
>   Canada Slowing Biodiversity Protocol's Progress
>   Gulf Spill Galvanises Activist Community
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Environment
>   Hopes Fade for Languishing U.S. Climate Bill
>   Canada Slowing Biodiversity Protocol's Progress
>   World Bank, NGOs Spar over Indonesian Mine Project
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Development
>   Six Months On, Shelter Still a Main Priority
> EDUCATION  Taking Science into the Streets
>   The Return of the Bicycle
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Human Rights
>   Haiti Gears Up for Polls - Again, Sans Lavalas
> HONDURAS  Rights Situation Deteriorates
> US  Court Blocks Arizona's Anti-Immigrant Law
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Health
>   Mentally Ill Adrift in U.S. Immigration System
> EDUCATION  Taking Science into the Streets
>   The Return of the Bicycle
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Media & Communications
> US-CUBA  Radio, TV Marti Seen as Bust
>   New Software Could Outwit Tehran's Censors
> SOUTH AFRICA  Teaching Girls to Report on the World Cup
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Multilateralism Under Siege
Development Deadline
 
U.S. Elections 2008
Nuclear Weapons
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 US: Court Blocks Arizona's Anti-Immigrant Law
 Obama's Afghanistan Strategy Increasingly Under Siege
 Leaked Reports Make Afghan War Policy More Vulnerable
 Hopes Fade for Languishing U.S. Climate Bill
 Mentally Ill Adrift in U.S. Immigration System
 Despite Cuts, Nukes Still Integral to U.S. Security Strategy
 US/INDONESIA: Resumption of Special Forces Training Denounced
 US: Women Fight More Than Fire in the FDNY
 US and South Korea Impose New Sanctions on North
 Palestinians Remain Split, US Doesn't Adjust
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Bill Berkowitz
William Fisher
Stephen Leahy
Jim Lobe
Gareth Porter
Haider Rizvi
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 POLITICS: Temple Row Sours Thai-Cambodian Ties - Again
 BRAZIL: Young Indigenous Hero Teaches History in Video Game
 HUMAN RIGHTS-CHILE: Unfinished Business
 PERU: Families of Victims of Biggest Shining Path Massacre Seek Justice
 MALAWI: Innovative Campaigning by Women Candidates
 COLOMBIA: Report Suggests "Correlation" between U.S. Aid and Army Killings
 SOUTHERN AFRICA: Realising Trade in Virtual Water
 Long-Awaited Cluster Bomb Ban Enters Into Force
 Haiti Gears Up for Polls - Again, Sans Lavalas
 KENYA: Claim Disputed that Trade Measures "Aid" Counterfeiters
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Bush at War Part II