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Afghanistan: Pakistan: Karzai calls on Pakistan to stop firing rockets into ... - Spero News
“President Karzai is of two minds, and sometimes one contradicts the other,” an anonymous source told AsiaNews. “For some time, he has been calling on the United States to withdraw its troops, but when the latter says it will do it, the thorny border ...
CHINA – HONG KONG Hong Kong Catholics call for the release of religious detainees - Spero News
“He always refused to accept the principle of an autonomous and self-governed Church, independent [from the Pope],” an anonymous source told AsiaNews. “He was eventually released on 13 April.” “During those days, despite the physical pain, ...
Pakistan: Christians fear Muslim retribution over case of rape and forced ... - Spero News
"The more time passes the harder it is to free Farah: this is why we need a joint effort of the Church and civil society, prayers and international pressure are needed", adds a nun from Punjab to Fides - who asked to remain anonymous for security ...
Somalia: Internet lifeline cut in Mogadishu - Spero News
"Our internet service has been down since 24 May," a senior official of an internet service provider, who requested anonymity, told IRIN on 26 May. The official said many people's livelihoods depend on internet use; "for many businesses and journalists ...
No apologies from Queen Elizabeth II for 1000 years of misrule in Ireland - Spero News
A peace accord was signed in 1998, with a great assist from the Clinton Administration, to bring an official close to the conflict between Irish nationalists and British rulers in Northern Ireland. The years of the Troubles brought bombings, ...
Sudan: North Darfur water project helps protect women from sexual violence - Spero News
... attacked while fetching water and collecting firewood; it is not always possible to move in groups and we are often escorted by men or UNAMID peacekeepers,” a resident of Kuma Garadayat village, who declined to be named, told IRIN on 27 April. ...
Somalia: Help for sick children hampered by Islamists - Spero News
Although the exact number of children affected by AWD across the city could not be established, the medical source, who requested anonymity, said some deaths had been reported. An official from the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM) ...
Somalia: Charcoal trade booming despite ban - Spero News
A Kismayo resident, who declined to be named, said three to four vessels loaded with charcoal left the port every week. Stopping the export of charcoal is a ...
Myanmar: Military celebrates independence, Burmese want an end to the dictatorship - Spero News
Commenting on the celebrations, an anonymous source in Yangon told AsiaNews that the government “has never been truly independent” because the “day of ...
Guinea: Ethnic tensions smolder following election of Conde as president - Spero News
... we can say that the situation in society has not degraded and there is hope for the nascent democracy of Guinea," said an anonymous source within the ...
Laos: Laotian government launches “solidarity” campaign to raise funds and ... - Spero News
One resident of the capital, who asked to remain anonymous, posted an open letter describing his frustration with the event preparations. ...
Zimbabwe: Children doing time with their mothers - Spero News
A prison official who declined to be identified told IRIN that diseases such as tuberculosis and kwashiorkor, which affects mainly children and is caused by ...
Saudi Arabia: BlackBerry block lifted indicating agreement between Riyadh and Rim - Spero News
An anonymous source close the negotiations, says that there is also another possibility: Riyadh will check the information only in cases of a suspected ...
Korea: Kim Jong il declares state of alert. Seoul: Pyongyang is 'enemy number one' - Spero News
"It is normal to restore the concept of enemy number one" said the official, who asked to remain anonymous. The term was used for the first time by a South ...
Ahmadinejad May Be Heading To New York - Spero News
According to UN diplomats who requested anonymity, the president of Iran, Mahmud Ahmadinejad, has applied for a US visa to attend a high-level nuclear ...
Angola: Oil wealth no benefit to farmers - Spero News
The government has claimed that it provides free seeds and fertilizer benefiting three million people; but a food analyst, who declined to be named, ...
Afghanistan: Emergency aid workers freed, but humanitarian assistance in ... - Spero News
A source in Kabul, who requested anonymity for security reasons, told AsiaNews, “The issue was happily and quickly solved because of the active work behind ...
Thailand: Thai soldiers patrol the financial heart of Bangkok - Spero News
A soldier, on condition of anonymity, says that "if they arrive on Silom Road, we will block the red shirts." He added that "we will not attack them," ...
Afghanistan: Emergency "plot" fuelled by revenge and neglect - Spero News
According to many observers - who asked to remain anonymous - these statements reveal spurious aspects of the arrest and charges. ...
Undetected Rapists are a Plague on College Campuses - Spero News
The foreign exchange student spoke on background only, confirming much of what is in the public record. After the arrest, Yarbrough's fraternity also held ...
From Chinggis Khan to Prayer Wheels, Mongolians Reclaim What's Theirs - Spero News
The monk, who asked that his name not be used, arrived at the Gandan monastery as an 11-year-old in 1989, one year before mass demonstrations forced the ...