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<title>UN poised to tackle some of today&apos;s most pressing challenges &apos; Ban</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192005501</link>
<pubDate>8 Oct 2008 03:06 GMT</pubDate>
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...  spectrum of development, security, humanitarian affairs, and human rights issues. To fully respond to this surge  ...  East, Sri Lanka, northern Uganda, the Central African Republic (CAR) and Western Sahara. The past  ...
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<title>Mubarak pardons editor who faced jail</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192004347</link>
<pubDate>8 Oct 2008 02:57 GMT</pubDate>
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...  a president, in enmity with any of Egypts sons, it said. While Mr Eissa, 42,  ...  condemned the verdict. The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information called it an attempt to destroy  ...
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<title>Pardoning of editor praised</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191999215</link>
<pubDate>8 Oct 2008 02:45 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of Al Dustour newspaper, talks during a news conference in Cairo yesterday CAIRO: The Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights praised yesterday the pardon issued by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak for outspoken Egyptian editor  ...
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<title>&apos;Elders&apos; trio in Cyprus for peace talks</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191999110</link>
<pubDate>8 Oct 2008 02:45 GMT</pubDate>
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...  island. The man who brokered the 1979 Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty visits Cyprus today. He will  ...  peace laureate, Desmond Tutu, the charismatic South African Anglican archbishop who campaigned energetically against apartheid,  ...  against apartheid, and Lakhdar Brahimi, 74, the Algerian former foreign minister who brokered the 1989  ...
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<title>Circumcision Not Linked to Reduced Risk of HIV For Men Who Have Sex With Men</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191995353</link>
<pubDate>8 Oct 2008 02:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  controlled trials (RCTs) conducted with men in Africa have shown that male circumcision reduces the  ...  Barriers to circumcision among heterosexual men include human rights issues, ethical and legal issues, high cost,  ...
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<title>Human rights: Pick a ruling, any ruling?</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191990322</link>
<pubDate>8 Oct 2008 01:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  mean the metaphorical spine of a culture. Africa, to take another example, also has plenty  ...  Islam; previously formally un-Islamic societies such as Nigeria became semi-Islamist; and large Muslim populations settled  ...  The perpetrators were foreign -- Saudis and Egyptians. Since 9/11, Europe has seen the London  ...
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<title>UN rights chief: slaying in SAfrica was xenophobic</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191988619</link>
<pubDate>8 Oct 2008 01:34 GMT</pubDate>
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... GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. human rights chief on Tuesday condemned the brutal slaying  ...  mother and her three children in South Africa as a xenophobic attack. This is one  ...
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<title>Denmark: Naser Khader on anti-Islamism efforts</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191988471</link>
<pubDate>8 Oct 2008 01:33 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Muslims.&quot; &quot;This time both Saudi Arabia and Egypt went and told the masses: &quot;Relax, we&apos;re  ...  praised Sudan for being the most progressive African country, where women have equal rights and  ...  sit and veto when it comes to human rights.&quot; - What&apos;s with peace, the UN&apos;s goal?  ...
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<title>Ukraine may offer helicopters for Darfur - UN&apos;s Ban</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191987169</link>
<pubDate>8 Oct 2008 01:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  said. &quot;These efforts are continuing.&quot; The joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force is responsible for keeping  ...  26,000 personnel. Western diplomats, U.N. officials and human rights groups say the force remains so small  ...
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<title>Amid Global Gloom, the Good News From Africa</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191981402</link>
<pubDate>8 Oct 2008 01:09 GMT</pubDate>
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... Africa is widely regarded as a world leader  ...  continent notorious for tyrants and bloodshed, was human rights. &quot;Obscured by many of the headlines of  ...  and eruptions, like Kenya or Zimbabwe or Nigeria, but the trend is there, and it  ...
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<title>U.N. official condemns killings</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191978790</link>
<pubDate>8 Oct 2008 00:52 GMT</pubDate>
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... GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) -- The U.N. human rights chief on Tuesday condemned the brutal slaying  ...  woman and her three children in South Africa as a xenophobic attack. &quot;This is one  ...
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<title>Comparative study reveals ins and outs of press freedom in Egypt</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191978642</link>
<pubDate>8 Oct 2008 00:47 GMT</pubDate>
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...  ins and outs of press freedom in Egypt CAIRO: Even though they are exercising self-censorship,  ...  advocate in the Al-Ahram mold, Cooper wrote. Human rights stories make the Daily News Egypts front-page  ...
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<title>We&apos;re thrilled by the Eissa pardon, says Journalists Syndicate chief</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191978641</link>
<pubDate>8 Oct 2008 00:47 GMT</pubDate>
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...  editor Ibrahim Eissa, Ahmed told Daily News Egypt. Ahmed said that he filed the pardon  ...  Saeda, director of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR), told Daily News Egypt. According to  ...
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<title>Sexual harassment suspects to be tried next Monday, says prosecutor</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191978640</link>
<pubDate>8 Oct 2008 00:47 GMT</pubDate>
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...  be tried next Monday, says prosecutor CAIRO: Egypts Prosecutor-General announced Monday that men arrested for  ...  Engy Ghozlan from the Womens Center for Human Rights. Yet the positive side is that the  ...
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<title>MADAGASCAR: No welcome for sex tourism</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191977936</link>
<pubDate>8 Oct 2008 00:38 GMT</pubDate>
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...  tropical island off the east coast of Africa, is trying to expunge itself from the  ...  that is totally unacceptable in all contexts. UNICEF is concerned about its spread in Madagascar,&quot;  ...
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