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GUINEA: Climbing out of the donor funding gap

Photo: Helen Keller International
A woman and her child in the capital Conakry (file photo)
DAKAR, 28 July 2010 (IRIN) – More than two million Guineans do not have enough to eat, basic health services are a …

Following repeated blackouts Chile announces major overhaul of power control

Santiago metropolitan region suffering power outage
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The announcement followed several blackouts this month, the latest being earlier this week, throughout the Santiago Metropolitan Region, as …

Police probe contaminated drink

POLICE in Leicester are probing how a health drink came to be contaminated with horse tranquilliser after two women were rushed to hospital moments after drinking it.
Two women from the city developed a number of …

Barbados Shanghai expo booth attracting large numbers

By Gillian Applewhaite
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) — There have been over one million Chinese "visitors" to Barbados during the past three months, with another four million expected by the end of October.
Word of this comes from …

Audio story: Broadcasting freedom in Serbia

A summer school for media professionals, organised by the International Research and Exchanges Board, was held earlier this month in Serbia.
By Sasa Ilic for Southeast European Times in Belgrade — 30/07/10

USAID and IREX train media …

Iran stoning woman pleads to see her children

LONDON/ WASHINGTON (AFP)
An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in Iran pleaded to be allowed to hug her children, in a letter attributed to her released by human rights activists in London …