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February 18, 2008

Pakistan: Voters Get Carrots, Sticks in Lacklustre Polls

by Beena Sarwar, IPS News, Pakistan - Voter apathy marked Monday’s general elections that were accompanied by allegations of massive manipulations and violence on the one hand and lofty promises of development and cash gifts by some candidates on the other.

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Freeganism: The Final Frontier?

by Lisa Steyn, Mail & Guardian, South Africa - Rather than contributing to further waste, freegans aim to curtail garbage and pollution by reclaiming and...

Fighting for Gender Equality in Iraq

by Rebecca Burns, In These Times, USA - As President Obama hailed the “extraordinary achievement” of U.S. troops withdrawing from Iraq in December, continuing protests...

Bridge Southern Europe and the Mediterranean

by Robin Niblett and Claire Spencer, InDepthNews, Canada - The Mediterranean stands as a dividing line between a prosperous Europe and a poor North Africa...

Film Explores World of Female Neo-Nazis

by Kristen Allen, Der Spiegel, Germany - An award-winning new German film takes an unexpected look at the problem of far-right extremism, following the fictional...

One Town's War on Gay Teens

by Sabrina Rubin Erdely, Rolling Stone, USA - In Michele Bachmann's home district, evangelicals have created an extreme anti-gay climate. After a rash of suicides,...