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Copyright 2012 en-us Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:11:44 -0500 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32336.html Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:06:34 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32336.html Egypt has imposed new media restrictions that will effectively put all live broadcasts, including television talk shows and news bulletins, under the control of state television. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32335.html Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:24:22 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32335.html Hungarian authorities released on Wednesday the director of an alumina plant that flooded several towns with toxic waste, killing nine people, injuring at least 100 others. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32334.html Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:16:32 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32334.html A weakening Hurricane Paula dumped heavy rain along Cuba's northwest coast early Thursday, and US forecasters said it would diminish to a tropical storm during the day. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32333.html Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:10:30 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32333.html This week, an annual hunger index put India behind North Korea and Sudan in terms of addressing malnutrition. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32332.html Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:22:16 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32332.html The United Nations says the number of hungry people in the world has gone down by almost 1 million in the last year but the figure still stands at 925 million. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32331.html Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:04:57 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32331.html The United Nations estimates that nearly one billion people, about 15 percent of the world's population, are malnourished and do not get enough food to eat. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32330.html Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:11:51 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32330.html A top Chilean official says the healthiest of the 33 men rescued from a collapsed copper and gold mine could be released from the hospital Thursday. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32329.html Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:08:47 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32329.html The start of the school year in Niger means another move for people displaced by flooding, who had been camped in school courtyards. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32328.html Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:23:38 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32328.html US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday urged the Pakistani government to boost taxes on the wealthy to pay for flood relief and other infrastructure needs. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32327.html Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:18:14 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32327.html In the 1930s, it took one farmer to feed every 10 Americans. Now the ratio is ten times that, and few Americans have strong ties to the food they eat or to the farmers who produce it. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32326.html Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:01:28 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32326.html The deadly cattle disease – rinderpest – is on the verge of extinction.  The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization is ending all field operations against the disease and is expected to officially announce its eradication next year. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32325.html Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:00:15 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32325.html Governments in Asia are grappling with how best to keep their economies growing as capital flows increase and exchange rates rise. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32324.html Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:04:30 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32324.html Thai authorities have arrested more than 100 Sri Lankan Tamils this week because of fears they might be taken illegally to destinations such as Canada and Australia. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32323.html Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:00:21 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32323.html A month before a key summit, NATO's secretary-general has called  on the alliance to adopt new responses to modern-day threats. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32322.html Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:07:42 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32322.html Animals are in the news - and not just a dog that plays the xylophone or a cat that survived a cross-country trip in the wheel well of a high-flying jet. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32321.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:27:03 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32321.html Chilean rescuers ended a marathon operation Tuesday and freed all 33 miners trapped underground for more than two months. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32320.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:12:02 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32320.html The need to simultaneously protect freedom and assure national security remains vital but vastly more complicated in the Internet era. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32319.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:28:05 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32319.html Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged to work for broader international recognition of Kosovo on Wednesday during a visit to Pristina, the first by a US chief diplomat since Kosovo's independence in 2008. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32318.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:07:42 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32318.html Insects have long plagued farmers as they try to grow food for themselves and others.  History is filled with tales of crop failures because of pests. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32317.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:24:55 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32317.html An official of the International Crisis Group, a non-governmental organization (ICG), has warned that the ongoing accusations and counter accusations between the Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) could endanger the scheduled 9th January referendum. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32316.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:18:07 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32316.html A Tanzanian political science professor has told VOA the entire population seems well-educated and equipped to make informed decisions in the upcoming general election scheduled for 31st October. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32315.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:29:59 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32315.html Several witnesses to the 1998 bombing of the US embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, testified on Wednesday during the trial of one of the accused bombers, Ahmed Ghailani. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32314.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:31:40 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32314.html In October, the US Transportation and Energy Departments announced plans to increase fuel efficiency for future vehicles manufactured and sold in the Unites States. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32313.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:12:17 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32313.html China analysts say it still is unclear what impact the granting of the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo will have on the Chinese government, both domestically and in the international arena. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32312.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:10:22 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32312.html South Korea for the first time is leading a multinational maritime exercise under the Proliferation Security Initiative, known as PSI. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32311.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:20:21 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32311.html Academy award-winning actor George Clooney has lent some star power to the Sudan issue less that three  months before the January referendum on independence for the country’s south. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32310.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:07:43 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32310.html Ongoing protests in France against government pension reform plans may lead to one unexpected fallout, fuel shortages. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32309.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:06:23 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32309.html The Partnership to Stop Tuberculosis has launched a plan to cut by half in five years the estimated 2 million annual deaths from tuberculosis. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32308.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:03:56 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32308.html Chilean officials say an operation to rescue 33 trapped miners is moving smoothly, as so far, at least 20 miners have been raised from more than a half-kilometer underground, and reunited with overjoyed loved ones waiting at the surface. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32307.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:07:14 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32307.html California's governor and prospective investors from Silicon Valley are in Russia looking for business opportunities. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32306.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:25:27 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32306.html Pakistani officials say the World Bank and Asian Development Bank have assessed damage from the country's devastating floods to be about $9. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32305.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:31:04 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32305.html A senior NATO official says the coalition in Afghanistan is facilitating contacts between senior Taliban leaders and top Afghan government officials. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32304.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:20:12 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32304.html Humanity's current demands on natural resources are unsustainable, according to the WWF's Living Planet Report. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32303.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:20:01 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32303.html At a time when France is fearful of Islamist radicalism, one imam is speaking out against religious extremism and against intolerance and racism toward Muslims. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32302.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:30:40 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32302.html The international financial analysis agency -- Standard and Poor – has awarded a Nigerian state a rare positive credit rating for the prudent and transparent use of public funds. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32300.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:01:01 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32300.html The five Kyrgyz political parties that won seats in Sunday's parliamentary elections have agreed to a vote recount that could add a sixth party to a new coalition government. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32299.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:30:30 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32299.html US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States will work to get Serbia and Kosovo to reconcile over the issue of Kosovo's independence. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32298.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:20:17 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32298.html A United Nations panel says sexual violence victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo need greater assistance than they are getting, particularly in remote areas. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32297.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:29:02 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32297.html A group of retired senior Chinese officials is challenging government censorship and is calling for greater respect for freedom of speech. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32296.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:11:29 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32296.html Girls in the United States are more educated, socially connected and empowered than ever, but that is not the case for many of their counterparts in developing countries who still struggle to attend school, see a doctor or to cultivate meaningful roles in their communities. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32295.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:04:41 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32295.html One hundred private pilots got a rare chance to land on the dry lakebed of Edwards Air Force Base, where aviation pioneers have set many speed and altitude records, and where the space shuttle sometimes lands. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32294.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:27:44 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32294.html Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was welcomed in Beirut by thousands of Lebanese supporters and dignitaries. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32293.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:32:18 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32293.html South African stocks have had their strongest showing since July 2008, reaching the 30,000 level.  South Africa is considered a strong emerging economy and has become very attractive to international investors. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32292.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:22:54 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32292.html With piracy on the rise off the east-African coast, a top U.N. advisor has called for the international community to ease the burden placed on Kenya to try and jail convicted hijackers. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32291.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:32:20 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32291.html Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad praised Lebanon for what he called its "resistance" to Israel after thousands of Lebanese lined the streets of Beirut to welcome his arrival Wednesday. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32290.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:22:48 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32290.html Twelve members of Guinea's Independent National Electoral Commission have declared their choice for an interim president to run the institution until all 25 members can agree on a new head. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32289.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:08:40 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32289.html Political uncertainty is intensifying in Nepal, where in the last three months, a dozen attempts to form a new government have failed. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32288.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:18:24 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32288.html The United Nations says there must be reforms to Liberia's young, post-war security sector to guarantee peaceful elections next year. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32287.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:17:05 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32287.html The secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has called on Burma's government to ensure the coming elections help lead to national reconciliation. http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32286.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:20:50 -0400 http://www.issuepost.com/news/story/32286.html The Obama administration has lifted the moratorium on deepwater drilling for oil and natural gas in the Gulf of Mexico it imposed after an accident in the Gulf in April that killed 11 workers and led to the biggest oil spill in history.