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* EDITORIAL: Two months after the G8 summit and as the millennium summit kicks off in New York, Charles Abugre cuts through the poverty promises
* COMMENT&ANALYSIS:
- Partnership in whose interest and for what? Henning Melber critiques Economic Partnership Agreements
- Mukoma Wa Ngugi is disappointed that in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Americans can’t stop filtering poverty through the “Third World”
- Nicola Bullard on UN reform and social movements
* LETTERS: Aid dependence and the MDGs
* BLOGGING AFRICA: Bloggers on the Helsinki Conference 2005 for Global Voices and the Egyptian elections
* GLOBAL TO ACTION AGAINST POVERTY: All the news from White Band Day 2
* CONFLICT AND EMERGENCIES: No peace in Darfur without international resolve
* HUMAN RIGHTS: ICC must remain in UN reform document, NGOs urge
* WOMEN&GENDER: Advocacy coalition hails 13th ratification of women's rights protocol
* ELECTIONS&GOVERNANCE: What Happened In The Egyptian Presidential Elections 2005?
* DEVELOPMENT: Engaging the new Pan-Africanism
* HEALTH&HIV/AIDS: Wealthy and educated women are the most vulnerable to HIV infection in Cameroon
* ENVIRONMENT: The socio-economic impact of mining in Ghana
* MEDIA&FXI: Report released on election media coverage in Egypt
* ADVOCACY&CAMPAIGNS: Help save Ghana’s water
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