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Tunisia: Tunisian Discontent Reflected in Protests That Have Idled Mines
May 13, 2014
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Carlotta Gall, The New York Times
GAFSA, Tunisia — Tunisians often say the first uprising of the Arab Spring began not in 2010 after the self-immolation of a fruit vendor, Mohamed…
Ukraine: At Center of Ukraine Talks, Degrees of Decentralizing
May 13, 2014
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David M. Herszenhornd, The New York Times
KIEV, Ukraine — National “round-table” talks seeking to resolve Ukraine’s six-month political crisis by finding a formula for decentralizing power will begin Wednesday against a…
Liberia: Ellen Calls for Agriculture, Food Production
May 13, 2014
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Rewina Juduh, AllAfrica
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has encouraged Liberians to return to the soil and engage in agriculture and food production, noting the rewards are immense "though farming…
Myanmar: Courts, Cops, Cronies—The Three C's Driving Farmers to Ruin, and Jail
May 13, 2014
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Asian Human Rights Commission
The frenzy of land grabbing in Burma (Myanmar) amid the country's transition to nominally democratic government shows no signs of abating. Reports of the number…
Myanmar: Building barriers: Fencing off the Bangladesh border
May 13, 2014
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Democratic Voice of Burma
The construction of a fence along Burma’s border with Bangladesh has resumed in Arakan State.
New checkpoints will also be built to stop people entering Burma…
World: Climate Change Deemed Growing Security Threat by Military Researchers
May 13, 2014
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Coral Davenport, The New York Times
WASHINGTON — The accelerating rate of climate change poses a severe risk to national security and acts as a catalyst for global political conflict, a…
Myanmar: Tea industry in steep decline
May 13, 2014
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Paing Soe, Democratic Voice of Burma
Tea-leaf producers in Namhsan, northern Shan State, are struggling to stay in business due to labour shortages and a surge in untaxed tea from neighbouring…
Programme Advisor - Food Security
May 12, 2014
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Cordaid
The Food Security Programme Advisor will coordinate implementation, ensure the coherence between the different projects and will come up with proposals to improve the effectiveness…
Extractives Advisor
May 12, 2014
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Cordaid
The objective of Cordaid’s Extractives programme is to ensure that the exploitation of extractives (oil, gas and minerals) contributes positively to local community development, to…
Land and Livelihood Program Manager
May 12, 2014
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The NGO Forum on Cambodia
The NGO Forum is seeking qualified Cambodian candidates to fill the position of Land and Livelihood Program Manager based in Phnom Penh with occasional travel…
Postdoctoral Researcher, International Environmental Law
May 12, 2014
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PluriCourts, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
A position as postdoctoral researcher (duration 2 years) is available at PluriCourts, Centre for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the…
Second Conflict Minerals Report Filed
May 12, 2014
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Steve Quinlivan, Stinson Leonard Street
The second Form SD and related conflicts minerals report has been filed. They are interesting documents but may still not be the holy grail of precedents because of, among…
China/Vietnam: China and Vietnam at Impasse Over Rig in South China Sea
May 12, 2014
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Keith Bradsher, The New York Times
HONG KONG — China and Vietnam appear to have reached at least a temporary impasse over a giant drilling rig sent by a state-controlled Chinese…
Liberia: Liberian Police Accused of Brutality in Marshall Land Crisis
May 12, 2014
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Henry Karmo, AllAfrica
Ben Town — Residents of Ben Town, Marshall Road in Margibi County have complained of being brutalized by officers of the Police Emergency Response unit…
Myanmar: Vice President defends land seizures by Tatmadaw
May 12, 2014
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Sithu Maung Maung, Mizzima
Vice President U Nyan Tun defended land seizures by the former military government in comments at a ceremony at Kyaunggone Township in Ayeyarwady Region to…
China/Vietnam: Vietnam Fails to Rally Partners in China Dispute
May 11, 2014
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Mike Ives and Thomas Fuller, The New York Times
HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam’s prime minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, accused China on Sunday of “dangerous and serious violations” in a territorial dispute that has raised…
Call for Papers: 1st Austrian Conference on International Resource Politics
May 10, 2014
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OeFSE (Austrian Foundation for International Development Research)
The purpose of the conference is to analyze prevailing natural resource politics, policies and arrangements, as well as problems and conflicts associated with specific forms of resource…
China/Philippines: Philippines Jails Chinese Sailors in Fish Dispute
May 10, 2014
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Gerry Mullany, The New York Times
HONG KONG — Raising the stakes in its confrontation with China, the Philippines said Saturday that it had imprisoned 11 Chinese fishermen who were caught…
Russia/Ukraine: Russia Ratchets Up Ukraine's Gas Bills in Shift to an Economic Battlefield
May 10, 2014
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Steven Erlanger, The New York Times
LONDON - Gazprom, the natural gas giant 50.01 percent owned by the Russian government, keeps ratcheting up the bill for Ukraine, increasing the economic pressure…
Call for Applications: OSU Graduate Certificate in Water Conflict Management (Online program)
May 9, 2014
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Oregon State University
The 18-credit online graduate certificate provides in-depth training to enhance your career in water governance and help you implement strategies that impact our ecosystems, society and economics. Program graduates…
Call for Applications: UNESCO-IHE MSc Program on Water Conflict Management
May 9, 2014
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UNESCO-IHE
The 18-month programme based in Delft, The Netherlands, is designed for water managers as well as for institutional, legal and international relations experts interested in local,…
Sierra Leone/Guinea: Fraud Warning and Fake Kimberley Process Certificates for Sierra Leone and Guinea
May 9, 2014
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US Department of State
The Department of State, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, in conjunction with U.S. Customs and Border Protection is advising the public on several scams…
What Water Wars? 'Think Water Cooperation', Expert Says
May 8, 2014
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Anastasia Moloney
Back in 1995, Ismail Serageldin, then World Bank vice president, warned that: "Many of the wars this century were about oil but those of the…
Ukraine: Separatists Defy Kiev and Putin on Referendum
May 8, 2014
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C. J. Chivers and David M. Herszenhornc, The New York Times
SLOVYANSK, Ukraine — Pro-Russian militants in eastern Ukraine vowed on Thursday to press ahead with a referendum seeking autonomy, a risky move that seemed to…
China/Vietnam: China Insists It Has Right to Put Rig off Vietnam
May 8, 2014
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Fuel Fix
BEIJING — China insisted Thursday it had every right to drill for oil off Vietnam’s coast and warned its neighbor to leave the area around…
South Sudan: Diplomat Says IGAD Force Will Not Protect South Sudan's Oil
May 8, 2014
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Radio Tamazuj
Sudan’s deputy ambassador in South Sudan says the proposed East African IGAD force in South Sudan will protect only ceasefire monitors and has no other…
South Sudan: African Markets - Factors to watch on May 8
May 8, 2014
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Retuers
South Sudan's government does not have enough money to pay its bills and will have to borrow from oil companies if the four-month rebellion in…
Jus Post Bellum Symposium: The Norm of Environmental Integrity in Post-Conflict Legal Regimes
May 7, 2014
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Cymie R. Payne
The standard for illegality of harm to the environment is “too restricted, incomplete, inadequately integrated into military activities, and too rarely enforced.” Cymie R. Payne…
Conflict Minerals Reporting Deadline: Is Your Business Ready?
May 7, 2014
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Jeff Leinaweaver, The Guardian
As US businesses scramble to meet the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s conflict minerals disclosure rule – with the first reporting deadline rapidly approaching 2…
Myanmar: Farmers Injured in Clash With Police After Court Decision
May 7, 2014
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Nyein Nyein, The Irrawaddy
Two farmers were hospitalized Tuesday in Paungtae Township, Pegu Division, when police violently clashed with supporters of an activist denied bail in a case relating…