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- UN report on East Timor is lambasted by government officials
Senior officials from East Timor have characterized a recent UN development draft report as not only "inappropriate," but biased, inaccurate and culturally ignorant. The report says the new country has done little to reduce poverty and boost unemployment, and ponders the consequences of its choice not to prosecute those suspected of war crimes prior to independence from Indonesia. BBC (1/4)       - UN balks over Lebanon-Israel maritime border dispute
The United Nations will not act on a Lebanese request to delineate the country's disputed maritime border with Israel after the latter's recent discovery of huge gas reserves just off its northern Mediterranean coast. An official said the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon does not include delineating such borders. Platts (1/5) - Nicaragua is first to use new vaccine mechanism
Nicaragua has become the first country in the developing world to begin usage of a vaccine purchased through a new mechanism that partners donors and pharmaceutical companies together to increase access. The mechanism will allow Nicaragua to purchase the pneumococcal vaccine for less than $1. AlertNet/Reuters (1/4) - Pesticides are behind drop-off of prized Brazil ants
The harvest of queen ants in Brazil, a rare gastronomic delicacy, has been smaller than usual as a result of the use of pesticides on eucalyptus trees targeted for cellulose and other products, according to officials in Silveiras. For generations the ants -- seen as an aphrodisiac, as well as a source of antibiotics -- have served as a protein for indigenous peoples without access to fish and monkeys. The New York Times (free registration) (1/4) - India's forest rights law is strong in theory, weak in practice
A report released Monday says the implementation of India's two-year-old Forest Rights Act has been substandard, and at current levels would not meet expectations of preserving the livelihoods of forest dwellers from industry, as well as improving conservation. Few claims have been made under the new law to stake community rights over land and resources; the focus, instead, has been on the rights of the individual, not the group. The Wall Street Journal/India Real Time blog (1/5) - Anti-slavery trial tests Mauritania's resolve
The scheduled start of a trial today for six anti-slavery activists in Mauritania puts to the test the government's willingness to comply with its own 2007 law criminalizing slavery. Nearly a fifth of the country's 3.1 million people were slaves in 2009, according to a nongovernmental organization. IRINNews.org (1/4) - Bashir makes pre-referendum visit to South
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has traveled to southern Sudan five days before voters head to the polls for a referendum expected to result in independence from Khartoum. Observers had expressed fear a pro-independence vote could spark a return to deadly violence between the North and South, but Bashir used the visit to express support for whatever decision voters make. The New York Times (free registration) (1/4) - Gbagbo agrees to talks
Incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo has agreed to participate in mediated talks to address Cote d'Ivoire's political crisis and has reportedly eased a blockade on his rival's headquarters. Regional diplomacy has been in high gear for weeks to break the impasse created when Gbagbo refused to acknowledge election results showing a loss to Alassane Ouattara. The New York Times (free registration) (1/4) , AlertNet/Reuters (1/4)
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