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Can’t find a job? Try harder
Can’t find a job? Try harder

By Barbara Gunnell
February 17th 2012
How many unemployed does it take to change a Government’s rhetoric? More than 2.67 million, it …

Making sure the poor benefit from ecosystem services
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Sourced from bbc.co.ukBy Kate Munro
February 8th 2012
Palm wine, bat stew and carbon markets all made it into the same discussion …

EDL strategist suspended from City job
EDL strategist suspended from City job

By Tash Shifrin
January 31st 2012
A key strategist and funder behind the English Defence League has been suspended from his management …

National Women’s Day
National Women’s Day

By Mavra Bari
February 13th 2012
Civil society organisations and human rights activists expressed disappointment at the National Commission on the Status …

Libyan Sufis mark Prophet’s birthday
Libyan Sufis mark Prophet’s birthday

Originally published in Reuters
By Tom Heneghan
February 4th 2012
Libyan Sufis staged a joyous parade through the heart of Tripoli on Saturday …

“We are getting slaughtered, save us”
“We are getting slaughtered, save us”

February 7th 2012
Besieged residents of the Syrian city of Homs are crying out for Western intervention to save them from …

Human Rights Watch on the ISI
Human Rights Watch on the ISI

January 31st 2012
After the completion of the judicial inquiry into journalist Saleem Shahzad’s murder, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has …

Sectarian & ethnic attacks
Sectarian & ethnic attacks

By Faraz Khan
January 30th 2012
A wave of killings continue to plague Karachi, as another man from the Shia sect was …

Media victory for Pakistani liberals
Media victory for Pakistani liberals

29th January 2012
In a rare victory for Pakistani liberals, a private TV station decided to fire a popular morning show …