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- Security Council hears Uganda's Somalia plan
The United Nations Security Council is considering a proposal from Ugandan authorities to provide funding to increase peacekeeping operations in Somalia. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has proposed sending as many as 20,000 additional troops to Somalia to help stabilize the government and work to end deadly battles with insurgents if the UN will provide funds. Reuters (10/6) , Al-Jazeera (10/7)        - Economic crisis is not over for migrant workers
Migrant workers around the world continue to feel the aftereffects of the global recession more acutely than native-born residents, according to a study by the Migration Policy Institute. Migrants workers are more likely to be out of work, the study says, driven in part by large number of migrants who work in vulnerable industries. Around the world, both legal and illegal immigration and migration have dropped as a result of the economic crisis. BBC (10/7) - Aid effort is floundering in quake-stricken Haiti
The humanitarian response in Haiti "appears paralyzed" nine months after a devastating earthquake, as more than a million people still live among some 1,300 poorly managed camps, according to Refugees International. Life in the camps is marred by sexual violence and gang activity, the Washington-based nonprofit said in a report. USA TODAY/The Associated Press (10/7) - MWomen to promote cell phones for women's development
Seventeen global cell phone operators have signed up to support mWomen, a new initiative being championed by Cherie Blair, wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The project aims to give 150 million women around the world access to cell phones as a means to promote security, more available health care and economic development. BBC (10/7) - China: Rare-earth trade is not a weapon
The Chinese government is denying that it uses exports of rare-earth minerals as a political tool amid allegations that it has imposed an informal ban on trade with Japan in some of its ores after a maritime dispute. "China is not using rare earth as a bargaining chip. We aim for the world's sustainable development," Prime Minister Wen Jiabao told European leaders Wednesday in Brussels. The New York Times (free registration) (10/8) - French veil ban gets constitutional backing
France's Constitutional Council has backed a controversial law banning Islamic face veils in public, paving the way for the law to come into effect. The council did express reservations over applying the law in places of worships, such as mosques, that are open to the public. Opponents of the law plan to bring the case to the European Court of Human Rights. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)/The Associated Press (10/7) - Tutu: Good, laughter and justice will always prevail
 Humanity's capacity for committing evil acts is balanced by great abilities to promote justice and good, Archbishop Desmond Tutu says of the lessons he has learned over a long career. Tutu, who retired from public life Thursday, says it is time to "enjoy just being an old man, looking on as the young come into their own." TIME (10/7) - North Korea confirms succession plan
A senior member of North Korea's politburo, Yang Hyong Sop, has officially confirmed for the first time that Kim Jong Un will take the place of his father Kim Jong Il as the country's leader in an interview with the Associated Press Television News released today. The elder Kim promoted his son to the second highest military position in the ruling party on Sept. 28, a day after Kim Jong Un was made a four-star general, prompting broad speculation around the world that an official succession plan was under way to ensure the family's continued rule. Bloomberg (10/8) - U.S. fails to appease Pakistan in border dispute
Pakistan on Thursday continued to bar NATO supplies from passing through a key border crossing with Afghanistan despite U.S. apologies over an airstrike last week that killed or wounded six Pakistani soldiers. Gunmen recently have targeted NATO supply routes, Wednesday torching 25 fuel tankers in Pakistan's southwest. The Washington Post (10/7) - Sudan kidnapping highlights security flaws
Envoys of the UN Security Council are pressuring authorities in Sudan to do more to protect aid workers and peacekeepers in Darfur after the kidnapping Thursday of a UN staff member by unidentified gunmen. The envoys already were in Darfur at the time of the abduction to show their concern over renewed fighting between rebels and government troops. Google/Agence France-Presse (10/8)
- The UN Foundation has launched a new campaign, Girl Up, to address the needs of some of the world's hardest-to-reach adolescent girls by channeling the energy and compassion of American girls. What problem facing girls in developing countries should we be most concerned about?
| Lack of access to education |  50.94% | | Violence against women |  25.47% | | Child marriage |  12.64% | | Too little funding for programs for girls |  7.36% | | Lack of health services |  3.58% |  | - Register now for the mHealth Summit in Washington, D.C.
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