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SOUTH AFRICA: What if sex work were legal?
19 November 2008
(IRIN
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Governments across the world grapple with the question of how best to deal with sex work: should it be decriminalised, or should existing legislation be enforced to better control the industry?
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/81565/SOUTH-AFRICA-What-if-sex-work-were-legal
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SOUTH AFRICA-ZIMBABWE: Cholera crosses the border too
19 November 2008
(IRIN
),
Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic has crossed into South Africa, with four confirmed diagnoses in a total of 68 suspected cases in the border town of Musina, according to aid workers.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/81567/SOUTH-AFRICA-ZIMBABWE-Cholera-crosses-the-border-too
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SOUTH AFRICA: Diane, "Most people hate sex workers"
18 November 2008
(IRIN
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Diane* is a sex worker in South Africa's tourist capital, Cape Town. She spoke to IRIN/PlusNews about her 12 years in the business.
http://www.irinnews.org/HOV/81513/SOUTH-AFRICA-Diane-Most-people-hate-sex-workers
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SOUTH AFRICA: Desmond Doshane, "I want a president who can unite everyone"
14 November 2008
(IRIN
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Desmond Doshane, 19, is one of 1.6 million newly registered South African voters. He will be casting a ballot for the first time in elections due in the first half of 2009, and told IRIN what this means to him.
http://www.irinnews.org/HOV/81473/SOUTH-AFRICA-Desmond-Doshane-I-want-a-president-who-can-unite-everyone
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GLOBAL: Emergency education gains ground
13 November 2008
(IRIN
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Humanitarian policy-makers have endorsed internationally-agreed standards on rebuilding education sectors shattered by crises, in a move experts say shows that education is increasingly being regarded as life-saving.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/81437/GLOBAL-Emergency-education-gains-ground
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GLOBAL: Tight belts, tough choices for charities
13 November 2008
(IRIN
),
Humanitarian organisations face tough choices if the global financial crisis affects their income, as some analysts predict. Although it is too soon to predict the full impact of the crisis on funding, some agencies told IRIN they were reviewing possible cutbacks and some have started tightening their belts.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/81450/GLOBAL-Tight-belts-tough-choices-for-charities
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GLOBAL: G20 "must stand by aid pledges"
11 November 2008
(IRIN
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Leaders of the top 20 industrial and big emerging-market countries will be asked to reaffirm their commitments to development assistance at the emergency summit on 15 November convened by President George W Bush to address the global financial crisis.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/81397/GLOBAL-G20-must-stand-by-aid-pledges
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GLOBAL: New “business model” for humanitarian aid – top UN official
10 November 2008
(IRIN
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John Holmes, UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, has been in Dubai attending the inaugural Summit on the Global Agenda held by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) in partnership with the government of Dubai (7-9 November).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/81384/GLOBAL-New-business-model-for-humanitarian-aid-top-UN-official
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DRC: What will stop the fighting?
10 November 2008
(IRIN
),
A pledge by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to complement UN peacekeeping forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with SADC soldiers does not take account of the regional body's limited military capacity, a military analyst told IRIN.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/81391/DRC-What-will-stop-the-fighting
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SOUTH AFRICA: On the job, on treatment?
7 November 2008
(IRIN
),
On paper, South Africa has some of the world's best HIV workplace programmes, but on the ground they just aren't adding up.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/81343/SOUTH-AFRICA-On-the-job-on-treatment
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