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  • Debt Burden Cripples Poorer Nations International lending, within its current framework, leaves developing nations in a hole that only gets bigger as they try to pay off their debt.
  • Boundless Hope in Sierra Leone In a country where many families are too poor to buy books for their children, the organization Boundless Hope is helping kids get an education and putting essentials like pencils and toothbrushes in their hands.
  • Nobel Laureates Urge Inquiry into Junta Crimes Because the Burmese Constitution provides immunity for the junta and its crimes, the only hope for prosecution is through international law.
  • Women Work toward Equality in Muslim Societies A network of social justice movements is helping women combat inequality, violence and repression all over the globe, especially in Muslim countries.
  • Egypt's Struggle for Democracy In Egypt, political advocacy is being sparked online, on sites like Facebook, but there is significantly less room for movement in Egypt's real world than in its virtual world.
  • Human Rights Violations in Iran and Iraq Iranians are not only battling violence and repression at home, fighting for basic rights; refugees of Iran are also under siege in Iraq's Camp Ashraf.
  • Japan and Southeast Asia Take Stock of China's Rise As China's economic and political rise makes itself felt in Asia, Japan and Southeast Asia face serious foreign policy dilemmas in the coming years.
  • Muffled Screams of Gaza A report by the U.N. Human Rights Commission determined that Israel committed war crimes against the Palestinians in Gaza, but nothing has changed in terms of U.S. support.
  • Industry as a Bridge for Peace Stef Wertheimer, an industrialist and world-renowned peace advocator, offers a new strategy to solve the ongoing instability in the Middle East.
  • Gaza Freedom March Thousands of Palestinians will march in Gaza on New Year's Eve, joined in solidarity by hundreds of activists who plan to enter Gaza through Egypt, despite Egypt's warnings against it.
  • Greece: Pulling Its Neighbors Down with It Greece's debt is a serious issue, and coming up with a plan for going forward is also very much a problem for the European Union.
  • Screen Wars An ongoing battle between Rupert Murdoch, Silvio Berlusconi and Muammar al-Gaddafi involves adult television programming, an ultraviolent war film, and lots of money and bitterness flying around.
  • Copenhagen: No Failure, but Just Not Good Enough The result of the Copenhagen summit ended up being a small, creaking movement of the world's political machinery, while the polar ice caps continue to melt without hesitation.
  • China-U.S. Rivalry Intensifies Obama is set to meet the Dalai Lama, while the United States and China have already had a number of issues stoking the contention and competition between them recently.
  • Taiwan's Relief Efforts in Haiti The people and government of Taiwan are no strangers to natural disaster, and their history has galvanized them to do as much as possible to help bring Haiti to its feet.
  • Forced Repatriation of Karen Refugees Despite the risk of land mines and the fact that many refugees don't want to go, the Thai government is set to start moving Karen refugees back to Burma this month.
  • Canada, the UNRWA and the Arabs The U.N. caretaker agency for Palestinian refugees, which is already neglected by Arab nations, is now being dropped by the Canadian government.
  • Aid Failure Bodes Ill for Haiti With aid to Haiti largely failing in the past and the daunting task of rebuilding the capital at present, many wonder whether international development plans will be lost in the rubble.
  • Orphans Blocked from Departing Haiti After 79 orphans were brought to Florida from Haiti for adoption, another 27 are now being trapped in the country by Haitian bureaucracy.
  • Global Hunger When food is treated as simply a commodity, a huge chunk of the population cannot afford it. People in the South die every day from hunger and related diseases, while an equal number in the North consume in excess.
  • The Real Evils While the world
  • Guinea Making Steps toward Democracy In a country that has seen a succession of brutal military leaders, the sudden prospect of fair elections forthcoming gives the people of Guinea new hope.

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