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South China Sea: Fishing Vessels in China Serve as Proxy Enforcers
Aug 17, 2014
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Wendel Minnick, Defense News
TAIPEI — China’s use of swarming tactics with fishing vessels to project and protect Beijing’s territorial claims in the South China Sea appears unstoppable, experts…
Myanmar: U.S. Waives Sanctions on Myanmar Timber
Aug 16, 2014
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Carey L. Biron, Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 14 2014 (IPS) - Civil society groups are split over a decision by the U.S. government to waive sanctions on Myanmar’s timber sector…
Iraq: U.S. Said to Carry Out Airstrikes in North Iraq
Aug 16, 2014
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Zaid Sabah, Gopal Ratnam and Khalid Al-Ansary, Bloomberg Businessweek
The U.S. carried out airstrikes today on Islamic State targets in northern Iraq to protect Yezidis and prevent damage to a critical dam, according to…
Angola: Mine Action Quality Assurance Manager
Aug 15, 2014
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DanChurchAid
DCA is operating in the Moxico Province in Eastern Angola, which was the scene of some of the heaviest fighting during the civil war and…
Sudan: WASH Project Manager
Aug 15, 2014
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Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI)
COOPI is seeking to recruit a Project Manager experienced in WASH sector.
Project: ECHO Water Emergency Intervention North Darfur State, Republic of Sudan
Foreseen Results
Project activities accomplished…
Myanmar: Project Development Advisor
Aug 15, 2014
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CARE Australia
CARE International in Myanmar is looking to fill the position of Project Development Advisor for the Strengthening Competitiveness of Smallholder Rubber Farmers Program that will…
Environmental Peacebuilding: Constructing a More Durable Peace
Aug 15, 2014
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Alliance for Peacebuilding
Natural resources are one of a country’s most critical assets for peacebuilding and post-conflict recovery. Land, forests, minerals, oil, water, and other resources are the…
South Sudan: Exxon Ends Oil Search With Total in South Sudan as War Rages
Aug 15, 2014
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Bloomberg
Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM), the U.S.’s largest oil company, ended exploration plans with Total SA (FP) in South Sudan, Total and the government said, a…
Liberia: Grow but Cherish Your Environment
Aug 15, 2014
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The Economist
For half a century, Indonesia and Malaysia have accounted for the vast majority of the world’s exports of palm oil. But now investors are flocking…
Iraq: Islamic State Seizes Control of Iraq's Oil, Wheat
Aug 15, 2014
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Albawaba News
ISIS terrorists are currently in control of seven oil fields in Iraq and large amounts of the country’s wheat supplies.
Iraqi officials said on Wednesday that…
China/Vietnam: Is Vietnam Spinning Out of China’s Orbit?
Aug 15, 2014
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Foreign Policy Association
Beijing’s formidable display of aggression this year is backfiring, as its neighbors scramble to beef up their military capabilities and forge defensive alliances both within…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurdistan's Largest Producing Oilfield Working to Boost Output
Aug 15, 2014
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Humeyra Pamuk, Reuters Africa
TAQ TAQ OILFIELD, Iraq Aug 15 (Reuters) - Oil production at Iraqi Kurdistan's largest producing oil field is planned to rise by at least 16,500…
Kurdistan: Exclusive: Iraqi Kurds Sell Third Major Oil Cargo, Fourth Heads to Croatia
Aug 15, 2014
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Julia Payne and David Sheppard, Reuters
(Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdistan has delivered its third major cargo of crude oil out of a Turkish port and a fourth is sailing to Croatia,…
Kurdish Oil Ban: What it Means
Aug 14, 2014
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Wealth Daily
Divide and conquer – the most effective tactic of any insurrection – seems to be giving the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) all…
Kenya: WASH Project Coordinator
Aug 14, 2014
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United Nations (UN)
Main purpose of the position is to ensure effective planning and quality implementation of the WASH Public Health Engineering and Public Health Promotion activities in…
Thailand: Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Expert
Aug 14, 2014
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Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)
The Asian Institute of Technology, an intergovernmental and international institute, promotes technological change and sustainable development in the Asian-Pacific region through higher education, research and…
South Sudan: Food Security Officer
Aug 14, 2014
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Oxfam Intermón
Reporting hierarchically to the Field Manager and functionally to the Food Security and Livelihood Coordinator, will be responsible for coordinating the implementation of project activities…
Afghanistan: WASH Program Manager
Aug 14, 2014
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Solidarités International
The WASH program manager is responsible for implementing and achieving the objectives defined in the operation proposals.
She/He is responsible for overseeing operational teams assigned to…
Somalia: Regional Focal Point
Aug 14, 2014
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Somalia NGO Consortium
The NRC South Sudan programme was recently incorporated into the region. Prioritised activities focus on shelter and infrastructure construction; water, hygiene and sanitation; emergency education…
Myanmar: Livelihood Coordinator
Aug 14, 2014
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ActionAid
The SIRP Partnership implement a range of activities in 90 targeted villages across the three states to achieve the following specific objective: “Conflict affected uprooted…
DRC: Country Director
Aug 14, 2014
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Norwegian Refugee Council
The DRC operation runs a holistic programme response to populations affected by conflict and displacement in North and South Kivu provinces. Our primary areas of…
Myanmar: Sagaing Division Farmers Stage Protest Against Trial, Land-Grabs
Aug 14, 2014
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The Irrawaddy
About 1,000 farmers in Sagaing Division’s Kantbalu Township staged a protest on Wednesday to demand back confiscated lands and ask for the release of dozens…
Myanmar: Kantbalu Farmers Protest Against Land-Grabs
Aug 14, 2014
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Eleven
About 1,000 farmers in Kantbalu Township, Shwebo District of Sagaing Region on August 13 staged a protest to ask for the return of confiscated lands…
South China Sea: China-US Tensions Heat Up Over Disputed Sea
Aug 14, 2014
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Voice of America
Chinese state media accuse the United States of inflaming tensions in the South China Sea as Secretary of State John Kerry wraps up his trip…
Iraq/Kurdistan: International Oil Producers Halt Northern Iraq Operations
Aug 14, 2014
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Turkish Weekly
In a story on the suspension of oil production by a number of international companies operating in Iraq's north, the Anadolu Agency erroneously reported that…
India: There Will be Water Wars Soon: HC on Depleting Water Level in Delhi
Aug 14, 2014
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The Economic Times
The Delhi High Court today said there would be "water wars" soon given the rate water sources is depleting and asked the city government whether…
Liberia: Sime Darby Slows Liberia Operations Due to Ebola Virus
Aug 14, 2014
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Bloomberg
Sime Darby Bhd (SIME), the world’s biggest listed palm oil producer, said it’s slowing production in Liberia because of the Ebola virus.
The Kuala Lumpur-based company,…
Liberia: Sifca Says Exports of Rubber From Liberia Halted on Ebola
Aug 14, 2014
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Bloomberg
Sifca Group, an Ivory Coast agribusiness company, said its exports of rubber from Liberia have been halted as a result of the closing of land…
Iraq: Iraq Crisis: West’s ‘Mandate’ Limited by National Borders – and Don’t Dare Mention Oil
Aug 14, 2014
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The Independent
In the Middle East, the first shots of every war define the narrative we all dutifully follow. So too, this greatest crisis since the last…
Global: Global Conflicts Cause concern in Markets, Commodities
Aug 14, 2014
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Nwi Times
Headlines across the world have been filled with news of violence and intensifying conflicts in the Gaza strip, the Ukraine and Russia, and Iraq.
The largely…