Date: 08 Sep 2010Source: UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste
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Timor-Leste: PNTL resumes primary policing responsibilities in Liquica, UN Police still to monitor
DR Congo: UN steps to boost civilian protection in wake of mass rapes
Date: 08 Sep 2010Source: UN Security Council
Tajikistan: Are their security services breaking down?
Date: 08 Sep 2010Source: EurasiaNet
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ZIMBABWE: Unlicensed and outdoors or no school at all
EPWORTH, 23 July 2010 (IRIN) - Simbarashe Choga, 65, a retired teacher, is the local butcher in Epworth, some 20km northeast of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare; he is also the principal of the primary school he runs out of his shop.
GLOBAL: Criminalization of HIV on trial
VIENNA, 23 July 2010 (IRIN) - There is a tug-of-war going on with governments trying to criminalize the transmission of HIV on one side, and activists who say such laws are not only ineffective as a deterrent but are also harming the fight against AIDS, on the other.
SOMALIA: Somaliland clashes displace thousands
WIDHWIDH, 23 July 2010 (IRIN) - Several thousand people in northern Somalia have been displaced in recent weeks by clashes between Somaliland troops and a new rebel group, according to local and UN sources.
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FACTBOX-Key political risks to watch in Sri Lanka
Source: Reuters COLOMBO, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa has attracted enough support from lawmakers to secure a two-thirds majority in parliament, enabling him to change the constitution. ...
Iran hangs five for "anti-revolutionary" activities
Source: Reuters (Corrects story from May 9 to show only four of those executed were Kurds and one accused over bombing)
* Agency says five confessed to "terrorist operations"
* One woman among hanged ...
FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Sept 4
Source: Reuters Sept 4 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1130 GMT on Saturday.
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded two policemen in Baghdad's southwestern district of Jihad, an ...
