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DR-CONGO: U.N.-Backed Troops Abusing Civilians, HRW Says
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WASHINGTON, Jul 2 (IPS) - United Nations-backed Congolese armed forces
conducting intensified military operations in eastern and
northern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have failed to
protect civilians from brutal rebel retaliatory attacks and
instead are themselves attacking and raping Congolese civilians,
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday.
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TRADE: Who?s Harming Fish Stocks? Trawlers or Artisanal Fishers?
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GENEVA, Jul 2 (IPS) - Red tunas, sharks, rays and cods may soon disappear
from our tables. Negotiations are ongoing at the World Trade
Organisation (WTO) to reduce the subsidies that contribute to
this catastrophe. These talks foresee exceptions for developing
countries, but small fishers may have to turn to other sources of
livelihood.
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LIBERIA: Controversial Mayor is Talk of the Town
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MONROVIA, Jul 1 (IPS) - Myaha Johnson sits with her family beneath a flimsy
shelter of black plastic, looking with despair at the charred
remains of what used to be their home. Mary Broh, Monrovia?s
controversial mayor-designate, had just swept through the
neighbourhood with her task force, vigorously tearing down
residential structures along the back road, including their own.
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