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Pakistan Women Decry Lack of Safe Public Transport
Barely one-fifth of Pakistan's women work in paid jobs, according to the International Labor Organization. The group says a lack of safe, secure public transportation is one of the reasons even skilled and educated women are unable to break out of a cycle of grinding poverty.
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Boeing 737 Program Starts Building at Higher Production Rate
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Spain must make fighting racism and xenophobia a priority – UN expert
Special Rapporteur on racism Mutuma Ruteere.
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Brazil Nightclub Fire Kills 232, More than 100 Injured
Brazilian officials say 232 people are dead and more than 100 injured after a fire swept through a nightclub crowded with university students in the southern city of Santa Maria.
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Morsi Declares Emergency in Flashpoint Egyptian Cities
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has declared a state of emergency in three cities consumed with anti-government violence.
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Davos Summit Ends with New Warnings on Global Economy
International financial leaders have wrapped up the World Economic Forum meeting in Switzerland with warnings that much remains to be done to stabilize the global economy.
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Egypt Football Verdict Sparks Deadly Clashes
Egyptian authorities say at least 30 people have been killed in violence that erupted in the coastal city of Port Said, after a court handed down death sentences over last year's deadly football riot. Army enforcements are being deployed to the area to restore order.
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Arab Spring Still a Work in Progress
Anti-Gadhafi and proud: Libyans chronicle their uprising in Tripoli.
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Human Rights
Fostering a More Humane World: The 28th Eurasian Economic Summi
Conscience, Hope, and Action: Keys to Global Peace and Sustainability
Ringing FOWPAL’s Peace Bell for the World:Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ Visions and Actions
Protecting the World’s Cultural Diversity for a Sustainable Future
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020