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 Last month, Paraguay's Senate voted to impeach left-wing President Fernando Lugo, forcing him to step down. Vice-President Federico Franco succeeded him as Premier. Governments in Latin America have reacted angrily to the impeachment, and the Mercosur trade bloc, the economic and political agreement among Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, has suspendend Paraguay and welcomed Venezuela
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 The US Secretary of State has pledged help in ridding Laos of millions of unexploded bombs that continue to maim and kill four decades after the Vietnam War. Meeting with officials, she also discussed the diplomatic relationships between Laos and the United States
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 Mahmoud Jibril, Libya's former interim Prime Minister, has won a landslide victory in the country's first democratic elections. The Muslim Brotherhood has come second: Jibril's victory bucks the trend for post-Arab Spring elections which have seen Islamist parties win power in neighbouring Egypt and Tunisia
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| by Alessandro Savaris |
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 The 60th NATO anniversary in Strasbourg, April 2009. Impressive security measures render the central areas of the city surreal, but at the same time riots and protests take place outside the protected zone, as if two events are taking place at the same time in parallel worlds. |
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| by Marco Leofrigio |
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 What does ‘disputed border’ mean? What happens to the people who live near ‘a disputed border’ ? The sad and paradoxical story of the village of Badme, along the Eritreo-Ethiopian border. |
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| by Seema Shekhawat |
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 Sri Lankan has never witnessed turmoil of such a proportion as in the last three months. Since the latest offensive of the Sri Lankan army against the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) started in January 2009, more than 5000 civilians lost their lives, and about 80,000 have become displaced. Hundreds are still entrapped in a 6 square kilometre area where the LTTE leader, V. Prabhakaran is reportedly hiding. |
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