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Published by Toronto Star | By Rick Westhead | Monday, March 10, 2003

The invasion of Iraq hasn't even begun and already Rubar Sandi is drawing up post-war plans to repair decrepit oil wells, overhaul the financial services sector and revamp its economy.

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Published by Inter Press News Service | By Sanjay Suri | Monday, March 10, 2003

More than 10,000 delegates who will attend the Third World Water Forum in Kyoto next week will be under pressure to step up water flows, rather than just talk about it.

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Published by Inter Press News Service | By | Monday, March 10, 2003

Privatization of water services has had negative consequences in many countries, says the environmental network Friends of the Earth International, which urges global resistance to the commercialization of this essential resource.

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Published by InterPress News Service | By Emad Mekay | Monday, March 10, 2003

International creditors of Mali have agreed to cancel $675 million of its debt over time under a controversial debt relief scheme, rewarding the West African nation for its pro-free market economic restructuring plan, they say.

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Published by National Colombia Mobilization Coalition | By | Thursday, March 6, 2003

While the Bush Administration relentlessly pushes for war in Iraq, they continue to fan the flames of oil wars and corporate terror around the world, and Colombia is proving to be ground zero in the other front of the War on Terrorism.

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Published by National Colombia Mobilization Coalition | By | Thursday, March 6, 2003

While the Bush Administration relentlessly pushes for war in Iraq, they continue to fan the flames of oil wars and corporate terror around the world, and Colombia is proving to be ground zero in the other front of the War on Terrorism.

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Published by New Tactics in Human Rights Project | By | Wednesday, March 5, 2003

All over the world, people are addressing human rights issues in new and innovative ways. The New Tactics project gathers these innovations and disseminates them using the web, print publications and cross-training workshops while building global and regional networks of human rights practitioners.

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Published by InterPress Service | By Bob Burton | Tuesday, March 4, 2003

CANBERRA- Ahead of its mid-April annual general meeting, British American Tobacco (BAT) is facing increasing pressure from human rights groups in Asia and elsewhere to withdraw from a joint-venture partnership with the Burmese military regime.

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