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Ghanim Alnajjar, an independent UN human rights expert, called for the release of three journalists arrested in Somalia and expressed concern over the closing of radio and television stations.
"Threats to journalists and media outlets constitute serious violations of Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights," Alnajjar said. More
November 12, 2008
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Six weeks before his election on November 4, President-elect Barack Obama made a promise to the one million people around the world who die from Malaria each year. "When I am President," he said, "We will set the goal of ending all deaths from Malaria by 2015. The United States will lead."
This may sound like a typical grandiose promise made by a candidate seeking election. But to those in the public health community it offered validation that ending Malaria deaths is not some pie in the sky dream--but a goal that can be achieved in the here and now. Following through on this commitment, however, means that the fight against Malaria must be taken to where the disease is most destructive and most difficult to contain: refugee camps in Africa.
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