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Entries from June 2009

Only some percentage of Maoist combatants will be merged in Nepal Army: Nepal PM

June 30th, 2009 · No Comments

Nepal´s Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal said Maoist combatants will also be merged in new security organs and only some percentage of Maoist combatants will be integrated in the Nepal Army. In an exclusive interview with The Daily IIJ’s Rajneesh Bhandari, PM Nepal talked about the possibilities of using the Maoist Combatants as the border [...]

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Friedrich Steinemann,Country Director for Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC

June 29th, 2009 · No Comments

The course director (Dieter Schneider) introduces Mr Friedrich Steinemann to the Participant. First, Mr Steinemann talks about the origins of ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) He said that ICRC was founded in 1859 to one battle: Solferino, one man:  Henry Durant and one vision. In 1863 the committee of Geneva was born and [...]

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Dr A Sarjoh Bah present the annual review of Global Peace Operation 2009 at the Koffi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre.

June 27th, 2009 · No Comments

The Global Peace Operations program strives to reach an in-depth understanding of the issues surrounding peacekeeping efforts around the world and to develop strategies for their increased success.  The program’s largest publication, the Annual Review of Global Peace Operations, is the most comprehensive report of its kind, examining more than fifty UN and non-UN peace [...]

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MJ’s death takes centre stage in Kenya’s media.

June 26th, 2009 · No Comments

BY JAMES RATEMO IN NAIROBI So Michael Jackson is dead enh? But why? Well I know this is the question that played on many minds and lips.Kenya was not left behind. POLITICS that take centre stage in Kenyan Media and the Somalia crisis was shelved as the country went into mourning for a man who [...]

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Tags: Climate Change · Sneak In

CNN is right on Neda’s video

June 25th, 2009 · No Comments

A lot is being said about CNN relaying unverified videos of an Iranian woman Neda posted on you tube and twitter who was shot by Basij, a paramilitary allegedly sponsored by Iran government. The situation in Iran is so tense, Journalists for some international media houses have been expelled, the remaining have been ordered to [...]

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Tags: Media Ethics · Press Freedom

INTEGRATED PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS COURSE ouvre ses portes au KAIPTC.

June 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Le  Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) a ouvert ce lundi 22 juin 2009 deux semaines de cours dénommé « Integrated Peace Support Operations Course (IPSO)  à Accra au Ghana. Le but du cours est d’étudier la planification, la coordination et la conduite de niveau opérationnel des opérations intégrées de soutien de paix (PSO) afin d’améliorer  [...]

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Tags: Media Ethics · Political reporting

Promises, Promises….Are they hard to keep?

June 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment

Promises, Promises….Are they hard to keep? Elsy Melkonian, Syria It is one of the expressions we often use in our daily life without even thinking of its broad meaning and the fact that it keeps us with high expectations . What made me think of the word promise, or the impact it leaves on people, [...]

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Ghana postpones interim EPA

June 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

A Multilateral Trade Official of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Mr. Emmanuel Awuri has disclosed that Ghana is not ready to sign a comprehensive EPA with the EU by the June 30 deadline. “We have begun a review of the Interim EPA. We are identifying sensitive products to exempt from the free market access. [...]

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Experience Thai massage

June 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments

I like massage, especially foot massage very much. Being told that Thai massage is marvelous, I decided to try it when was there in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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No behavioral change among HIV positive pregnant women

June 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

Maputo – Most HIV positive pregnant women are not changing their sexual behaviors by moving to safer sexual practices a situation that is not helping stop the spread of the epidemic in the poor southern African country of Mozambique, a health worker said.

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