PAX GAEA WORLD POST HUMAN RIGHTS HEADLINES (12/4)
War-displaced Japanese ask gov't not to appeal damages suit ruling
TOKYO — War-displaced Japanese from Hyogo Prefecture and their lawyers held a sit-in Monday in front of the welfare ministry in Tokyo, asking the state not to appeal a court ruling last week which ordered the government to pay damages to them. They are also demanding a meeting with Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa, whose ministry is in charge of the repatriation of war-displaced Japanese from China. Japan Today (12/4)
Peaceful vote in Madagascar is marred by missing ballot papers
By Paul Bignell
A charismatic dairy tycoon known as "the Milkman" was one of 13 candidates standing against President Marc Ravalmanana in Madagascar's poll yesterday. The last elections, five years ago, led to a six-month power struggle that split the nation. But initial reports from observers said polling went well and peacefully, with about seven million voters registered. The Independent (UK) (12/4)
UN warns of Bali child sex trafficking
From correspondents in Jakarta
SEXUAL exploitation and trafficking of children are growing problems in the Indonesian resort island of Bali, the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) said today. Monitoring the exact extent of the problem is tricky, but authorities had enough information to point to a major problem, Anna-Karin Jatfors, a UNICEF expert on sexual exploitation and trafficking of children in Indonesia, said. In Bali's tourist areas, many young sex workers could be found in the streets, clubs and hotels, she said. Herald Sun (Australia) (12/4)
Marines mission shrouded in mystery
By Victor Obure and Boniface Ongeri
The return of United States marines in North Eastern Province has raised eyebrows among the local Muslims amid fears that the province is likely to be used as the launching pad for the wider war on terror. The last time the marines were there, they spent the upward of Sh200 million on health, education and water for the impoverished residents. After a hostile reception and boycott of their humanitarian services, residents said the marines wormed their way into their hearts with goodies. Kenya Standard (12/4)
The Bogota-Medellín route, blocked by ex- you stop
Bogota. DPA
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An ex- group of 100 paramilitary members demobilized at dawn blocked the route that leads of the city from Bogota to Medellín.They did it in protest the jail transfer of 59 of its ex- heads, and demanded the presence of civil employees of the government to retire. Until the closing of this edition, they had not retired. The commander of the Police of Highways, general Guillermo Aranda, needed that one releases caravan of vehicles was parked in the neighborhoods to the site known like Mercedes, pertaining to the municipality of Doradal, where the ex- extreme right-wingers plugged the route with stones, woods, sand and cement. El Comercio (Ecuador) (12/4)
Chavez: New 'defeat for the devil'
CARACAS, Venezuela (CNN) -- Anti-American socialist Hugo Chavez said his claimed victory in the Venezuelan presidential election was "another defeat for the devil" after the bulk of returns showed him leading challenger Manuel Rosales by a wide margin.With 78 percent of the votes counted by Sunday night, the National Electoral Council reported Chavez leading Rosales by a margin of 61 percent to 38 percent. Rosales, a provincial governor from the country's oil patch, conceded defeat late Sunday but disputed the margin of his loss. Chavez thanked supporters gathered outside Miraflores Palace for the win. He also thanked his opponents and urged them to join him in continuing his efforts to remake the country in his self-styled socialist revolution. CNN.com (12/4)
Admission of Iraq disaster in Annan’s own words
Persistent violence and daily killings in Iraq are "much worse" than civil wars, outgoing UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said in a BBC interview to be aired today. In his last BBC interview to Lyse Doucet, Annan, due to step down by the end of this month, said that Iraq was in the grip of a civil war, something the U.S. President George Bush has repeatedly rejected. Al Jazeera (Qatar) (12/4)
Rwanda resisting 'bully' France
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has accused France of "bullying" his country after a French judge issued arrest warrants for his top aides. Mr Kagame told the BBC his decision to break diplomatic ties were to show Rwanda would not be intimidated. The arrest warrants were for the 1994 assassination of Rwanda's former president, which sparked genocide. BBC (UK) (12/4)
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