The offer could give the West more influence in Ukraine
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Uganda Shrugs Off Aid Cuts After Outlawing Homosexuality
‘The West can keep their ‘aid’ to Uganda over homos,’ government spokesman says
Uganda’s Draconian Anti-Gay Law Is Making Countries Rethink Aid
Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands have already cut over $26 million in aid
Ukraine Desperately Seeks Foreign Aid
Acting President Oleksander Turchinov says economy is “heading into the abyss”
South Sudanese Troops Steal Backpacks Meant for Children
UNICEF calls out government soldiers for pillaging supplies intended for children
Chinese Envoy Calls Japanese PM Abe the ‘Biggest Troublemaker in Asia’
China’s Ambassador to the African Union lets his hosts know exactly where he stands
Better Food Distribution and New Field Hospital Help Typhoon-Ravaged Tacloban
Over 280,000 family food packs have been distributed
How Do You Practice For War? By Being Mr Nice Guy in Peacetime
Training for humanitarian assistance operations allows U.S. and Japanese troops to rehearse the kinds of cooperation and logistics required in battle
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Sri Lanka intensifies its crackdown on dissenters, the U.K. decides to stop all direct aid to South Africa by 2015 and China’s manufacturing sector has slowed
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The Brazilian Congress picks leaders who are accused of corruption, the BRICS nations agree to fight drug-resistant tuberculosis together and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes an historic visit to Egypt
A Year After Freedom: How to Heal South Sudan?
One year after its independence, the fledgling nation of South Sudan is torn by feuding factions, burdened by a sclerotic, likely corrupt government and forever in the shadow of war with Sudan to the north. All the while, its …
The Taliban Execution: What Happens When a Nation Fails
A gruesome video depicts the Taliban’s take on adultery in today’s Afghanistan. But it also tells of the failures of an 11-year project of nation-building
If the Euro Zone Breaks Up, the World’s Poorest Countries Could Suffer Most
International humanitarian organization Oxfam warns that if the euro zone splits, the world’s least developed nations could see some $30 billion disappear from their economies