• Global economy loses billions to Somali piracy

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    The Somali pirates roaming the waters off the Horn of Africa push global trade costs up by billions of dollars per year and severely affect the economic activities of neighbouring countries, a new...

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    Campaigners are celebrating the decision by Barclays to bow to pressure from them and end its controversial global speculation on food. The giant multinational bank made up to an estimated £278...

  • Red Cross attacks US for force-feeding Guantanamo prisoners

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    Humanitarian organisation the Red Cross has urged the Obama administration to address the situation in Guantanamo Bay that has compelled prisoners to starve themselves.They have criticised force-...

  • Male rape victims fight stigma in Uganda

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    The expression on Moses Kamba's face is cold and hard, and there is a bitter tone in his voice when he talks. Five years ago, soldiers in his former hometown in the east of the Democratic...

  • Margaret Thatcher: the woman who 'wrecked Great Britain'

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    Aging punk rockers, trade-unionists and decent people around the world greeted the news of the passing of Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, with something less than respectful restraint, writes...

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