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MIDEAST: Pessimistic About Peace, Yet…
Analysis by Jerrold Kessel and Peter Klochendler

JERUSALEM - As President Obama on Wednesday initiates the ninth U.S. attempt in the last 30 years to bring about a final Palestinian-Israeli peace agreement, expectations are low and pessimism is high.

: U.N. Lagging on Water and Sanitation Development Goals
Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations stands accused of marginalising water and sanitation in its much-touted Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) aimed at improving the lives of billions of people in the developing world.

: Environmental Forensics for BP Gulf Spill
Adrianne Appel* - Tierramérica
BOSTON - Stealthy submarine gliders slide through the depths of the Gulf of Mexico with the precision of birds of prey. Robot-like rovers search for droplets of oil thousands of metres under the surface. Powerful computerised analysers send instant results to scientists on board the ship above. All of this to assess the impact of disaster.

Bush at War Part II

In Focus: Iraq

Economy and Trade

> Billion Dollar Audit Missed by Pentagon Watchdog
> New Banking Overhaul More Like An Under-Haul
> Sao Tome and Principe at Oil Bonanza Crossroads
> Pakistani Officials Seek Funds, Debt Relief in Washington

> Pessimistic About Peace, Yet…
> U.N. Lagging on Water and Sanitation Development Goals
> Further Victims Identified in DRC Mass Rapes Case
> US Military Aid Contingent on Reversal of Rights Record

> US Military Aid Contingent on Reversal of Rights Record
> Hope Persists for Jailed Health Workers in Philippines
> Civil Society Watchdogs Crucial in New Global Order
> "Democracy Deficit Is the Biggest Obstacle to Development"

> U.N. Lagging on Water and Sanitation Development Goals
> Environmental Forensics for BP Gulf Spill
> 500,000 Pregnant Women at Risk in Pakistan Floods
> Environmentalists Push For Coal-ash Regulation

> U.N. Lagging on Water and Sanitation Development Goals
> US Military Aid Contingent on Reversal of Rights Record
> 500,000 Pregnant Women at Risk in Pakistan Floods
> Light At End of Tunnel Elusive, Despite Obama’s Efforts

> Pessimistic About Peace, Yet…
> U.N. Lagging on Water and Sanitation Development Goals
> Further Victims Identified in DRC Mass Rapes Case
> US Military Aid Contingent on Reversal of Rights Record

> U.N. Lagging on Water and Sanitation Development Goals
> 500,000 Pregnant Women at Risk in Pakistan Floods
> Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Factory Farming
> Is Fracking Even Worse Than Drilling?

Media & Communications

> This Big Brother Is in the U.S.
> Radio, TV Marti Seen as Bust
> New Software Could Outwit Tehran's Censors
> Teaching Girls to Report on the World Cup

Multilateralism Under Siege

Development Deadline

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Secret ‘Kill Lists' Fly in the Face of US and Int'l Law

Billion Dollar Audit Missed by Pentagon Watchdog

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US: New Banking Overhaul More Like An Under-Haul

FBI: No Probable Cause Required For Surveillance

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Environmental Forensics for BP Gulf Spill

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PHILIPPINES: Criminal Ban, Stigma Drive Unsafe Abortions

SRI LANKA: Anger Rises Over Torture Case, But Solution Unclear

Further Victims Identified in DRC Mass Rapes Case

More than 300 million strong, the world's indigenous peoples are beginning to make themselves heard, in international arenas like the new United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and at the national level, where their growing numbers are translating into political muscle. Via its local writers, IPS endeavours to transmit these indigenous voices and untangle their issues for a global audience

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