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Timor-Leste: Timor-Leste’s Sun Will Rise at AOG 2015
Jan 14, 2015
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Gas Today
What is the future for the Sunrise gas field? What is the latest on maritime boundary discussions between Timor-Leste and Australia? What exploration and business…
South Sudan: South Sudan Provides Assurances for Safety of Chinese Oil Workers
Jan 14, 2015
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Sudan Tribune
JUBA – South Sudan’s foreign affairs minister, Barnaba Marial Benjamin, said he had provided assurances to his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, of the government’s commitment…
What Haiti Needs to Do Next
Jan 13, 2015
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Alex Fischer and Marc A. Levy
Within three months of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the initial shock and sadness of the tragedy had been replaced by an enormous ambition: Haiti…
Myanmar: PNA Responds to Accusations of Land Grabbing
Jan 13, 2015
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Burma News International
Following a march in Taunggyi City, Shan State on 8 January by farmers protesting the seizure of their land by the Paoh National Organization (PNO)…
Conflict Minerals: Groups Update Electronics Proposal
Jan 13, 2015
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Abby Patkin, The Justice
On Dec. 3, members from Students Taking Action Now in Darfur and Conflict-Free Campus Initiative met with the Faculty Senate to discuss and make edits…
Myanmar: Two More Myanmar Protesters Charged Over China Mine Demo
Jan 13, 2015
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Bangkok Post
YANGON - Two more protesters opposed to a China-backed copper mine venture in Myanmar have been charged with offences that could see them jailed for…
The Civil War’s Environmental Impact
Jan 12, 2015
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Ted Widmer
The Civil War was the most lethal conflict in American history, by a wide margin. But the conventional metric we use to measure a war’s…
A Tale of Two Shocks in Iraq
Jan 12, 2015
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Masood Ahmed
Iraq is facing a “double shock” from the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) insurgency and the global plunge in oil prices. While…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Baghdad Bid to Raise Oil Exports from Kurdistan; British to Reconsider
Jan 12, 2015
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World Bulletin
The central government in Iraq began constructing a new oil pipeline from Kirkuk to Erbil to increase oil exports from region, an official from the…
Myanmar: Land Program Officer
Jan 11, 2015
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Namati
In a world where billions of people live outside the protection of the law, Namati is dedicated to putting the law in peoples' hands. We…
Liberia: Emergency WASH/Environmental Health Manager
Jan 11, 2015
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International Medical Corps
International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.…
South Sudan: Deputy Project Director
Jan 11, 2015
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Catholic Relief Services
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. Our Catholic identity…
Jordan: WASH Program Manager
Jan 11, 2015
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Agency for Technical Development and Cooperation
Agency for Technical Development and Cooperation (ACTED) is an independent international, private, non-partisan and non-profit organization that operates according to principles of strict neutrality, political…
Afghanistan: WASH Adviser
Jan 11, 2015
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Mission East
Location / department: Mission East (ME) Faizabad City, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, with frequent travels to provinces in Afghanistan with ME operations (Takhar, Badakhshan and Baghlan)…
South Sudan: Food Security Livelihoods Coordinator
Jan 11, 2015
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Danish Refugee Council
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a private, independent, humanitarian organization working on all aspects of the refugee cause in more than twenty five countries…
Myanmar: Women’s Groups Call for Justice Over Slain Copper Mine Protester
Jan 11, 2015
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Min Min, Mizzima
Ten Myanmar women’s groups Friday called for justice for the woman who was killed in clashes between security forces and residents at the controversial copper…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Untangling The Threads of The Baghdad-Erbil Oil Deal
Jan 10, 2015
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Emmanuela Eposti, Middle East Monitor
The announcement of last month's breakthrough oil deal between Baghdad and Erbil was widely greeted with positive murmurings in the Western press. The deal, which…
Palestine: 'Storm Huda' Hits Palestine
Jan 10, 2015
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Middle East Monitor
'Storm Huda' first hit Palestine on Wednesday as severe snow storms hit Ramallah and the higher areas in Bethlehem, Hebron, Jerusalem and Nablus. Heavy rain…
Somalia/Somaliland: Berbera Residents against Habarjeclo's Land-Grabbing
Jan 10, 2015
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Waagacusub Media
Hundreds of families from President Siilaanyo's tribe of Habarjeclo take advantage of the sea-port of Berbera Somaliland, which have resulted anti-Habarjeclo sentiment, reliable sources told…
Myanmar: Opium Turns Hillside Town Into ‘Widow Village’
Jan 10, 2015
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Salai Thant Zin, The Irrawaddy
Kanzam, Chin State — New Year’s Eve passed quietly in Kanzam, a small village in northern Chin State. While other villages in remote Tonzang Township…
Green Star Awards: Nominations Extended to Feb. 15
Jan 9, 2015
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Green Cross, UNEP, and OCHA
The biennial Green Star Awards recognize individuals, organizations, governments and companies who have demonstrated achievements in prevention, preparedness and response to environmental emergencies.
Environmental emergencies result…
Future Wars on Water
Jan 9, 2015
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Dr. Muhammad Yaqoob Bhatti
It has been said that all future wars would be on water disputes. Egypt has already issued an ultimatum of war to Ethiopia in the…
Rebuilding Gaza and the Need to Assess TRW Risks
Jan 9, 2015
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Andrew Garrity
The people of Gaza are facing the colossal task of rebuilding homes, roads and schools following the hostilities between Hamas and the Israeli Defence Forces…
Face-Off: China vs. ASEAN in the South China Sea and Beyond
Jan 9, 2015
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Richard Javad Heydarian, National Interest
By all possible measures, 2014 was a roller-coaster year for East Asia, particularly for the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which…
Liberia: Corruption in Liberia’s Emerging Oil Industry: Role of Timis & AP
Jan 9, 2015
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Front Page Africa
Monrovia - Liberia’s oil industry is being contaminated by the corrupting influences of Frank Timis and his company African Petroleum, an investigation by FrontPage Africa…
Palestine: Storm Adds to Misery of Gaza’s Most Vulnerable
Jan 9, 2015
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Majd al Waheidi and Jode Rudoren, New York Times
As a winter storm continued to pound the Middle East, thousands of Gaza residents whose homes were destroyed or damaged in last summer’s war with…
International Conference on Sustainable Development in the Jordan Valley
Jan 8, 2015
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EcoPeace Middle East
The SIWI / EcoPeace / GNF November 10-12, 2014 "International Conference on Sustainable Development in the Jordan Valley" brought together over one hundred government officials…
Will China Change its South China Sea Approach in 2015?
Jan 8, 2015
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Prashanth Parameswaran
Given the litany of surprises we have witnessed in the South China Sea over the past few years, it would be a fool’s errand to…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Oil Deal Evokes Churchill in Islamic State Battle
Jan 8, 2015
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Selcan Hacaoglu and Zaid Sabah, Bloomberg
Winston Churchill understood the significance of the black stuff seeping to the surface in the Kurdish plains of Mesopotamia when he included the region within…
Iraq: Budget Debates Focus on Revenue Worries
Jan 8, 2015
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Patrick Osgood, Rawaz Tahir, and Ben Van Heuvelen, Iraq Oil Report
Iraq's 2015 draft budget received a second reading in Parliament Wednesday, although concerns over the falling price of oil threaten to delay legislative progress."The most…