Aid News
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Karzai Condemns WikiLeaksAfghan President Hamid Karzai has condemned the release of information he said could endanger the lives of Afghan informants contained in files published by WikiLeaks. |
Tajik Court Bans NGO Helping Homeless ChildrenA nongovernmental organization that works with homeless children in Tajikistan has been banned after being accused of proselytizing. |
Russian Activists Invite Duma Members To Join ProtestOrganizers of Russia’s Strategy 31 opposition movement have invited Duma members to their unsanctioned protest on July 31 in Moscow. |
Iraq: putting health-care system back on its feetDespite some recent improvements, Iraq’s health-care services are still struggling to cope. The ICRC is engaged in a wide range of initiatives aimed at helping them to respond to emergencies. This is… |
Iranian Journalist, Rights Activist Given Prison TermIranian journalist and human rights activist Emadedin Baghi has been sentenced to one year in jail and banned from political activity for five years. |
Pakistan Furious About Cameron's Terrorism AllegationsA diplomatic row has broken out between the United Kingdom and Pakistan after U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron accused elements of Pakistan’s security and intelligence services of promoting the… |
Russian-Owned Gas Firm Armenia's Top TaxpayerThe Russian-dominated natural gas distribution company ArmRosGazprom remains Armenia’s top corporate taxpayer according to official rankings. |
Protest Over Russian Forest Turns ViolentThe administration building in Khimki, a town outside Moscow, has been attacked by demonstrators protesting the construction of a highway through a local forest. |
Nazarbaev Circulates His Currency VisionKazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev appears keen to introduce a common global currency. One way or another. |
Tehran's Revolution Square 'Conquered By Zionist Regime'Iranian hard-line website Seratnews writes that Tehran’s Revolution Square is nowadays covered with hundreds of Stars of David and that the central square has been ‘conquered by the Zionist regime.’ |
South African state workers to march in wage disputeJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Thousands of South Africa’s public service workers will on Thursday march for higher wages in some of the country’s major cities after negotiations with the government became… |
Gambia's dictator Yahya Jammeh accuses the west of interferenceThe arrant dictator in the small West African state of the Gambia has once more accused the west as directly responsible for the woes of |