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A French Slice Of South Pacific, New Caledonia Faces Uncertain Future

NOUMEA – Stanley Jemes’ dream is to move back to Maré Island. There, he would grow sandalwood and yams, far away from town, “where everything is for sale.” On the island where he was born, Stanley would live with his family, like a tribe. “In Maré, we all live together. Here in Tindu, it’s everyone […]

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Argentines Around Country And World March Against Kirchner Government

LA NACION, BUENOS AIRES HERALD (Argentina), BBC NEWS (UK) Worldcrunch BUENOS AIRES – Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Argentina’s capital — and other cities in the country and around the world — in a coordinated protest against the government of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, reports La Nacion. The massive […]

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Marijuana Ban in Netherlands Linked To Crime Increase

HAMBURGER ABENDBLATT (Germany), DUTCH NEWS (Netherlands) Since May 2012, selling marijuana to non-Dutch buyers has been illegal in the south of the Netherlands. This measure came into law in an effort to prevent large numbers of foreigners, especially Germans, from crossing the border specifically to buy drugs. Dutch buyers had to show a “weedpass” to […]

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Brazil: War Breaks Out Between Police And Sao Paulo’s Biggest Gang

TABOÃO DA SERRA – It was Tuesday, 2 a.m., and D. was lying on her sofa, trying to get some sleep. Bang…Bang…Bang. “It sounded like somebody was shooting inside here,” she recalled. D. crouched, waited for the shots to stop, and left home to check the street. She opened the front door and, three meters […]

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Who Can Get A Fair Trial In China? A Visit To Foshan Detention Center

FOSHAN – As a professional criminal defense lawyer, I have been to detention centers everywhere. They are of course all different, but at a recent first-time meeting with a criminal suspect he was separated from me by frosted glass. Because I had come all the way from Beijing, the pre-trial official of the Public Security […]

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