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Mantoe Phakathi

MBABANE - The writing is on the wall. "WANTED -- Men who Believe that Wives are not for Beating," reads a poster on Nonhlanhla Dlamini's office wall.

POLITICS-SWAZILAND: Struggling Against Tradition

RIGHTS-SWAZILAND: Women Challenge King Mswati

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CLIMATE CHANGE: Window of Opportunity Closing Rapidly
Stephen Leahy
UXBRIDGE, Canada - The global financial crisis has pushed climate change off the front pages despite new evidence that it is happening faster and with stronger impacts than previous projections, a new report warns.

POLITICS: Final Text of Iraq Pact Reveals a U.S. Debacle
Analysis by Gareth Porter*
WASHINGTON - The final draft of the U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces agreement on the U.S. military presence represents an even more crushing defeat for the policy of the George W. Bush administration than previously thought, the final text reveals.

ENERGY CRUNCH
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MIGRATION AND REFUGEES
	RIGHTS-EUROPE: Turned Away at Gunpoint More >>

Q&A;: 'Media Must Find a Way for the Message'
	While there is clear evidence of growing global warming, "the political will to address it is still lacking," says Mohan Munasinghe, co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize as vice-chairman of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

POLITICS: French Hand Seen in Western Sahara Impasse

CLIMATE CHANGE: Window of Opportunity Closing Rapidly

POLITICS: French Hand Seen in Western Sahara Impasse
	The United States justifies Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia. The Russians fiercely oppose it. Washington considers Abkhazia as an integral part of Georgian territory. Moscow recognises it as a sovereign nation. Both major powers have no dispute, however, on the question of Western Sahara's independence from Moroccan control.

POLITICS-SWAZILAND: A Woman With Swagger

EGYPT: Food For The People

CULTURE-NEPAL: Religious Tradition vs Maoist Secularism
	Nepalis, religious and tradition-bound as they are, have in recent months worried over the fate of their centuries-old rituals and customs in the newly minted Maoist republic.

INDIA: Tata Motors Move to Gujarat Less Than Secular

Q&A;: "Musharraf Should Be Tried for High Treason"

RIGHTS-EUROPE: Turned Away at Gunpoint
	Weapons were pointed directly at migrants trying to enter Italy during a recent operation coordinated by the European Union's border control agency, it has been alleged.

Q&A;: 'Media Must Find a Way for the Message'

ECONOMY: Asia-EU Summit to Address 'Financial Tsunami'

CORRUPTION-PERU: Officials Charged in Oil Contract Scandal
	An anti-corruption Peruvian prosecutor brought charges against one current and three former high-level officials and 10 other people in a scandal over alleged bribes in lucrative oil contracts awarded to Discover Petroleum, a Norwegian company.

COSTA RICA: Ready for a Woman President in 2010?

ECONOMY-CUBA: "Impossible to Escape Impact" of Crisis – Experts

EGYPT: Tall Claims Only Lower Confidence
	Following the volatile reaction of international markets to the U.S. financial meltdown, Egyptian officialdom has hastened to reassure a skittish public that the local economy would be spared the worst effects of the global crisis. Many independent commentators, however, are not so sure.

POLITICS: Final Text of Iraq Pact Reveals a U.S. Debacle

RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Migrants Deaf to Death Penalty Warnings

BOOKS: Is the Sun Setting on U.S. Empire?
	The unlikely political journey of Andrew J. Bacevich has been one of the most potent symbols of the transformation in foreign policy debates wrought by the George W. Bush years.

Q&A;: "Musharraf Should Be Tried for High Treason"

POLITICS: Final Text of Iraq Pact Reveals a U.S. Debacle

Q&A;: 'Media Must Find a Way for the Message'
	While there is clear evidence of growing global warming, "the political will to address it is still lacking," says Mohan Munasinghe, co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize as vice-chairman of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

CLIMATE CHANGE: Window of Opportunity Closing Rapidly

ENVIRONMENT-AUSTRALIA: Eat Kangaroos to Save Climate?

RIGHTS-EUROPE: Turned Away at Gunpoint
	Weapons were pointed directly at migrants trying to enter Italy during a recent operation coordinated by the European Union's border control agency, it has been alleged.

INDIA: Tata Motors Move to Gujarat Less Than Secular

COSTA RICA: Ready for a Woman President in 2010?

HEALTH: Swaziland About To Eliminate Malaria
	Hot on the heels of Mauritius, health experts predict Swaziland will be the second country in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to eliminate malaria.

Q&A;: Fistula Turns Women Into Outcasts

DEVELOPMENT: Cell Phone Service, But No Toilets

Q&A;: 'Media Must Find a Way for the Message'
	While there is clear evidence of growing global warming, "the political will to address it is still lacking," says Mohan Munasinghe, co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize as vice-chairman of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

COSTA RICA: Ready for a Woman President in 2010?

SRI LANKA: War May Cost Trade Benefits From EU