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According to the Pastoral da Terra, the Roman Catholic Church group that monitors land conflicts, more than 1,400 rural workers have been killed in land conflicts since the commission began keeping records in 1985. The 13 people killed in Para in 2008 over land issues is almost half the national total and more than in any other state. The Ohio-born Stang, who was 63, was one of the highest profile victims of the conflicts. Two hit men were jailed for her murder and a powerful rancher who believed her activism was instrumental in his losing a parcel...
...simple turn of the radio dial, and news of the reconstruction plan dominates Haiti's airwaves. At the U.N. donor conference on Wednesday, the international community pledged more than $5 billion dollars to support Haiti for the next 18 months and almost $10 billion for the next five years. These are enormous figures aimed at transforming the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, which has become even more dire after the catacylsmic Jan. 12 earthquake. But as crucial as the donor news was, many Haitians made homeless by the temblor, like Patrick Nordeuse, 43, have simply tuned out. "I used...
...half his staff at the glass company he manages. "It's a depressing time for many, and training for a marathon makes people feel like they belong again," he said. "There is always someone telling you 'Good job' or 'You can do it. Don't quit - you're almost there.'" Which is probably why so many people keep talking about it on Facebook - and prodding the rest of us to get our butts in gear...
Iran has for years skirted sanctions by establishing a complex network of export operations along Dubai's quaysides, which are capable of shipping almost anything to Iran, just 100 miles across the Persian Gulf. Walk along the Dubai Creek wharf on any morning, and you'll see mountains of goods stacked in boxes, ready to be loaded onto boats bound for Iran. Most of the contents - everything from books to clothes - are legitimate, and violate no U.S. or international sanctions, which until now have focused narrowly on entities believed to be involved in Iran's nuclear program. "To the extent...
Iran's deep roots in Dubai's economy pose a further problem for any more expansive sanctions regime. There are Iranian stores, restaurants and companies in almost every building in Dubai, and tens of thousands of Iranians fly regularly to the emirate, many simply to enjoy its free-wheeling lifestyle. "We're talking about tremendous volumes [of exports] in Dubai," says Lisa Prager, former assistant deputy secretary of commerce, who dispatched the first attache to Dubai in 2002 to try to stop military smuggling to Iran; as a Washington attorney, she now represents companies that have been charged with transshipping...