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LATIN AMERICA: Sustained growth helps cut poverty rate
According to the UN Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean, regional GDP growth...
Latin AmericaINTERNATIONAL: UN Security Council faces divisions
Issues characterising UN developments next year can be divided into two groups: those affecting...
InternationalPROSPECTS 2007: Unresolved conflicts dog the Balkans
The Balkans region is likely to be sharply differentiated in 2007 between those countries whose...
BalkansLIBERIA: Extractive sector remains challenging
The UN Security Council on December 20 renewed sanctions on the import of diamonds from and the...
LiberiaSOMALIA: Intervention compounds escalating tensions
Council of Somali Islamic Courts militia are reported to have clashed this week with Ethiopian...
SomaliaHAITI: Security setbacks pressure government
The international community needs a safe environment if it is to maintain its commitment to...
HaitiNEPAL: Republic looms as parties sign peace pact
The government and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) yesterday signed a peace accord. The...
NepalCAMBODIA: Hun Sen in charge as Ranariddh retreats
Prince Norodom Ranariddh was elected leader of a party named after him on November 16, weeks...
Cambodia