News headlines in May 2009, page 6

  1. THAILAND: New Probe into ‘Drug War’ Killings Takes a Stab at Impunity

    - Inter Press Service

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    A special investigative arm of Thailand’s criminal justice system is set to mount a fresh probe into a massacre of civilians during a brutal ‘war on drugs’ launched six years ago, when the authoritarian Thaksin Shinawatra was the country’s prime minister.

  2. HEALTH: Pigs Acted as Ideal Crucibles for New Hybrid Flu

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    On Mar. 28, one month before news of the swine flu outbreak headlined worldwide, a nine-year-old girl in Imperial County, California ran a fever of 104.3 degrees F.

  3. WATER-ANGOLA: Smart Relief Needed as Floodwaters Fall

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    The flood waters are starting to recede as the rainy season ends for another year, but while the emergency is over in southern Angola, the long term outlook is bleak.

  4. PAKISTAN: Pakhtuns Open Their Doors to Uprooted Civilians

    - Inter Press Service

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    For Pakistan’s Pakhtuns, hospitality is part of an old tradition that assures even strangers a warm welcome into their homes.

  5. POLITICS-MAURITANIA: 'Justice and Equality for All'

    - Inter Press Service

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    As Mauritania prepares for presidential elections on June 6, women's groups have outlined a clear and compelling agenda for women. The trick will be getting the country's mostly male politicians to listen.

  6. SRI LANKA: U.N. Urges Focus on Relief and Reconciliation

    - Inter Press Service

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    A United Nations team including Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon returned from a trip to Sri Lanka Tuesday, where they met with government leaders and inspected the battered conflict zones and refugee camps.

  7. U.S.: Obama Picks Latina Judge as First Supreme Court Nominee

    - Inter Press Service

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    In a nomination that will almost certainly be approved by the U.S. Senate, President Barack Obama Tuesday announced the selection of Sonia Sotomayor, a federal appeals court judge whose parents were from Puerto Rico, to the nine-member Supreme Court.

  8. CHILE: Study Shows How Leading Paper Colluded with Dictatorship

    - Inter Press Service

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    The coverage of human rights violations cases by the powerful conservative Chilean newspaper El Mercurio during the country’s 17-year dictatorship was the focus of a meticulous study by five young reporters.

  9. BRAZIL: Murder, Death Threats Amid Environmental Protests

    - Inter Press Service

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    Environmentalists and human rights activists in Brazil are demanding clarification of the murder of Paulo Santos Souza, a fisherman and trade unionist who was fighting irregularities in the construction of a gas pipeline for Petrobras.

  10. EUROPE: More to Trafficking Than Prostitution

    - Inter Press Service

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    The condition of victims of forced labour worldwide may be unrecognised because many states and organisations see it only in the light of a fight against prostitution.

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