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Latest articles from Christian Science Monitor
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30.45
Japan's $1 trillion to the rescue?
Ahead of the G-20 summit on the financial crisis, many are eyeing Japan's huge foreign reserves. But Tokyo is reluctant to use them on struggling nations.
30.39China aims to end pessimism with $586 billion economic stimulus package
The money may not jump-start enough domestic spending, but signals to world leaders that China is engaged in resolving the global financial crisis.
30.32No more private school, Nepal's Maoist government declares
The former rebels plan to put all children in public schools by 2010, saying it will even the playing field.
30.3To battle obesity, Britain creates nine 'healthy towns'
With the highest obesity rates in Europe, Britain is investing £30 million ($45 million) to cut the fat.
30.27Osama Bin Laden 'largely isolated' from Al Qaeda, says CIA
Yet the Al Qaeda organization remains the "most clear and present danger to US security," Director Michael Hayden said in a speech Thursday.
30.2Human Rights Watch faults Egypt's 'shoot-to-stop' policy
In a report released Wednesday, the group says 33 refugees, migrants, and asylum-seekers have been killed since 2007 while trying to cross into Israel.
30.1Brazil becomes antipoverty showcase
The country's Bolsa Familia program – which pays poor mothers to keep their children in school and follow healthcare rules – is reducing poverty.
30.09A rare imam who juggles fatwas, interfaith confabs
Sheikh Ishaq Abdel-Jawad Taha issues scores of religious rulings every day to average Palestinians and also participates in interfaith dialogue with Israelis.
30.06Among Latin leftists, Brazil's moderate Lula leads the way
While President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – a former union firebrand – effortlessly bands together with Latin America's left, he just as easily peels away.
30.03Brazil as a new kind of oil giant
As its peers in the region see their oil production slipping Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras is entering a new era as the region's silent giant.
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What does Congo's Gen. Nkunda want?
An ordained preacher and rebel group commander, Gen. Laurent Nkunda is threatening to draw other nations into a war in eastern Congo.
29.83As farms close in on the Amazon, families get paid to save trees
A new Brazilian program, run by a private foundation, illustrates a new way of thinking about saving forests – that the economy drives conservation.
29.81Farming superpower Brazil spreads its know-how
It is bringing the technologies of tropical farming to other parts of Latin America, and to Africa and Asia.
29.78Kenya taps into Brazil's ethanol expertise
Last month, a team of four ethanol experts from Brazil visited the East African country as part of a program to share advice.
29.78North Korea hits back at balloon activism from South
It threatened Wednesday to shut its border with South Korea, where activists have been launching giant balloons carrying leaflets.
29.73Taiwan's former president held in corruption probe
Chen Shui-bian, once an anticorruption crusader, was detained Tuesday on charges that he embezzled millions of dollars in public funds.
29.68With crisis spreading, G-20 leaders eye quick relief
The G-20 nations, representing most of the world's economy and population, are convening with the knowledge that they will sink or swim together.
29.68Sudan cease-fire call gets wary reception in Darfur
Previous cease-fire attempts have failed to prevent violence. Many say the Sudanese president is trying to prevent a war-crimes indictment.
29.67Taliban hijacking threatens key NATO supply route
Militants in Pakistan seized 13 Afghanistan-bound trucks – one carrying two Humvees – without firing a single shot.
29.65Iraqi town defies Al Qaeda
Despite attack, Dulaim vows to bar Al Qaeda in Iraq, which it ousted from the town last year.
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