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From: World Youth Movement for Democracy
Subject: Highlighted News
Sent: Nov 8th, 2006 - 15:33:34
  Interesting stories from Inter Press Service:
Especially note the article from Zimbabwe, which focuses on a WYMD
participant!

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> The Week with IPS
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> Here are some of the most-read stories of the past seven days -- and
> stories you shouldn't go without reading.
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> IRAN: Countering Coerced Confessions
> Kimia Sanati
> TEHRAN - The release of Ali Akbar Mousavi Khoini, one of Iran’s more
> famous prisoners of conscience in recent years, was not accompanied by
> the usual round of televised confessions.
> http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35345
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> *****
> Silent Extinction of Mbya Guaraní People
> Marcela Valente
> BUENOS AIRES - Mbya Guaraní children living in the subtropical
> rainforests of Argentina's northeastern province of Misiones are dying
> from preventable illnesses, and extra provision by the government of
> money, medicine and food seems unable to halt the catastrophe.
> http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35350
>
> *****
> MEDIA: Honouring the Best Who Cover the Worst
> Stephen Leahy
> TORONTO - "I am not afraid of being killed," says Egyptian journalist
> Abeer Al-Askary, who has been repeatedly threatened and beaten by
> Egyptian government security forces.
> http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35361
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> Zimbabwe Government Accused of Persistent Human Rights Abuses
> Moyiga Nduru
> JOHANNESBURG - "I was arrested a dozen times," notes Tapera Kapuya, a
> student leader at the University of Zimbabwe between 2001 and 2002,
> who says he was the target of both police and the Southern African
> country's intelligence agents.
> http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35328
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> And much more global news at: http://www.ipsnews.net/
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> Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS), the world's leading provider of
> information on global issues, is backed by a network of journalists in
> more than 100 countries. Its clients include more than 3,000 media
> organizations and tens of thousands of civil society groups,
> academics, and other users.
>
> IPS focuses its news coverage on the events and global processes
> affecting the economic, social and political development of peoples
> and nations.
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> Visit Inter Press Service at http://www.ipsnews.net
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