ZIMBABWE: Virgins Forced into Marriage to ‘Appease’ Evil Spirits

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Nyarai Kachere
MUTARE, Zimbabwe, Sep 29  (IPS)  – Three years after being seized from their families and forced to marry and have sex with adult men in a Shona ritual to appease an avenging spirit, five teenagers are facing a dismal reality.
The girls from Honde Valley in Manicaland had to drop out [...]

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UGANDA: Business Wants to Put Brakes on New Common Market

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Wambi Michael
KAMPALA, Sep 29   (IPS)  - The plans for a common market in the East African Community (EAC) are proceeding apace and should fall in place on Jan 1, 2010, the target date of implementation. But Uganda’s traders are concerned that they will be unable to compete with traders from their country’s [...]

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A series of interlocking ”grand bargains” backed by the relevant regional players as well as major global powers — aimed at pacifying Afghanistan; integrating Iran into a new regional security structure; promoting reconciliation in Iraq; and launching a credible process to negotiate a comprehensive peace between [...]

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MALAYSIA: Anwar’s Win Spells Leadership Change

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Wednesday, August 27, 2008
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Analysis by Baradan Kuppusamy
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (IPS) – Despite a nasty campaign against him, opposition icon Anwar Ibrahim has won spectacularly in a landmark by-election in the family stronghold of Permatang Pauh, confirming his [...]

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PHILIPPINES: Gov’t Urged to Resume Talks With Muslim Rebels

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Wednesday, August 27, 2008
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Stella Gonzales
MANILA, Aug 27 (IPS) – About 100 people have been killed or injured and more than 130,000 others displaced since hostilities resumed this month between government troops and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels, [...]

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