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Russia: Silencing Chechnya’s human-rights hero
feature What the murder of human-rights activist Natalya Estemirova says about the politics of Russia's Caucasian republics
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Iranian unrest: Arabs see a fair vote
feature Accounts of the Iranian presidential election in the Arab press claim a fair victory for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but acknowledge Iranians' desire for reform.
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India: A quota for women in Parliament
feature Male members of Parliament are shrieking with horror, said Jayanthi Natarajan in The Asian Age, because a bill to establish a minimum quota of seats for women in Parliament is ready to come up for a vote
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Canada: A slogan not worth the money
feature In the middle of a global recession, Calgary, Alberta, wants to spend $1 million to “rebrand” itself, said Michael Platt in The Calgary Sun.
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Israel: Does the army target civilians?
feature Last month at a military academy, several Israeli soldiers and officers said they are essentially being encouraged to kill civilians.
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Africa: The enduring power of witchcraft
feature In Africa, witchcraft is an evil that continues to flourish with devastating consequences.
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India: Election time in the world’s biggest democracy
feature India has three-quarters of a billion voters and they go to the polls at different times in all 28 states.
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Mexico: Paralyzed by swine flu
feature The outbreak of swine flu, which the World Health Organization says could become a global pandemic, has brought everything in Mexico to a standstill.
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Latin America: Calling a truce in the war on drugs
feature The Commission on Drugs and Democracy in Latin America has released a report urging the region's countries to decriminalize drugs and to treat drug addicts as patients.
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Philippines: Failing to live up to Aquino’s legacy
feature The Philippines still suffers from too much poverty, violence, and corruption. The current president has been accused of cheating in the last election.
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India: A home-grown Taliban for Hindus
feature Few outsiders realize that India has its own, Hindu version of the Taliban, said Neha Dixit in Tehelka.
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Honduras: The world shrugs at a coup
feature More than a month after Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was ousted, the countries of the Americas are still dithering and there is no concerted international effort to reinstate him.
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Mumbai attacks: How could this have happened?
feature Indian intelligence services gave at least three warnings over the past two months about a terrorist attack on Mumbai. Authorities initially increased security in the city, but abandoned the effort because of a lack of manpower.
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Canada: A government that’s suddenly in chaos
feature Canada's opposition parties triggered a parliamentary crisis when they formed a coalition to bring down Prime Minister Stephen Harper's minority Conservative government.
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