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GLOBAL: A humanitarian's guide to Copenhagen
JOHANNESBURG, 24 November 2009 (IRIN) - The humanitarian aid community will not only be keeping tabs on the conversations about "who will cut how much [greenhouse gas emissions]" at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP15), but will also have their antennae tuned to talks on issues already affecting their constituencies.
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PAKISTAN: Fears over planned Karachi rail project
KARACHI, 23 November 2009 (IRIN) - On 3 September a Pakistan government committee approved a project worth Rs 128.5 billion (US$1.54 billion) to revive the Karachi Circular Railway and turn it into a modern commuter service, but not everyone is pleased: some 7,000 households will need to be relocated.
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GUINEA: Timeline since independence
DAKAR, 20 November 2009 (IRIN) - Guineans and the international community are watching mediation efforts of Blaise Compaoré, as international investigators begin to probe the 28 September deadly military attack on civilians in the capital Conakry. The latest violence stunned even a nation with a long history of military repression of civilians – an era Guineans had hoped would pass with the death of 24-year leader Lansana Conté and arrival of Moussa Dadis Camara in December 2008. Here is a timeline of some events since independence from France in 1958.
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SRI LANKA: Migration dream remains, despite dangers
MARAWILA, 17 November 2009 (IRIN) - A grim boat journey partly spent in an airless hold, surviving a storm and running afoul of Australian security officers were still not enough to dim the hopes of some would-be Sri Lankan migrants, they say.
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KENYA: Women weighed down by culture
GARISSA, 16 November 2009 (IRIN) - Armed with a university certificate, Hubbie Hussein Al-Haji returned to her pastoralist community in Garissa, northeastern Kenya, expecting to serve as a veterinary health assistant. But she was refused the job.
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