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	November 6, 2012 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate Fate of Africa anti-malaria initiative to be decided The board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is poised to decide the future of a two-year pilot project in eight countries that supplied high-quality, combined-therapy malaria drugs at subsidized prices. The Affordable Medicines Facility services Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria, Niger, Madagascar, Kenya, Ghana and Cambodia. Results have been mixed. IRINNews.org (11/5), Google/The Associated Press (10/31)      Haqqani network falls under UN sanctions  IShack eases life in South Africa settlements  In their own words: Women and clean cookstoves  Patrolling Cairo's streets to stamp out harassment  Radiation from aquifers puts Mideast at risk  Is China weighing contested elections for Politburo elite?  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Spotlight: Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security World Pneumonia Day is Nov 12! What are you doing to help? Learn more http://bit.ly/oeGDF5 #WPD2012 via @ShotAtLife" @UNFoundation "No matter who wins [Tuesday], some of the fundamental positions of the United States at the UN will not change. However, there are some other key issues at stake. Here are 4 things that may change after the elections." UN Dispatch Haqqani network falls under UN sanctions United Nations member states are obliged to freeze the assets of the Pakistan-based Haqqani network and uphold an arms embargo and travel ban under sanctions imposed Monday by the Security Council. The action singles out Qari Zakir, the group's chief of suicide operations who is behind attacks in Afghanistan. BBC (11/5), CNN/Security Clearance blog (11/5)      Other News Diplomats criticize UN communication after Superstorm Sandy Reuters (11/5)      Iran continues to block IAEA's work on nuclear weapons San Jose Mercury News (Calif.)/The Associated Press (free registration) (11/5)      5 Indonesian sites are up for UNESCO heritage status The Jakarta Post (Indonesia) (11/2)      IShack eases life in South Africa settlements The introduction of a prototype informal home, the iShack, is reportedly the first attempt to upgrade shelters in South Africa's ubiquitous settlements that a recent study reports are contributing to mental-health issues. The iShack is equipped with solar panels that generate enough electricity for charging a cellphone, lighting and an alarm system. The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/Green blog (11/5), IRINNews.org (10/30)        "Info Ladies" deliver Web service by bicycle in Bangladesh Tens of thousands of Bangladeshis are gaining access to the Web through dozens of "Info Ladies" who bicycle into communities with an Internet connection, laptop, printer and camera. The local group, D.Net, aims to train 15,000 such women by 2016. The Washington Post/The Associated Press (11/1)      Other News Uganda to repay $5.1 million in misappropriated Irish aid Devex.com/The Development Newswire (11/6)      Aid group: Radicals block medical assistance in Myanmar's Rakhine region The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (11/5)      In their own words: Women and clean cookstoves The documentary film series "Black Inside -- Three Women's Voices," spotlights three women -- in Kenya, India and Peru -- and a look at their lives, in their own words, through the filter of traditional cookstoves. Replacing them with cleaner-burning stoves can be a matter of life and death. Women News Network (11/5)      Patrolling Cairo's streets to stamp out harassment Citizens groups in Egypt are stepping up in the face of indifference by Cairo police toward the increasingly visible harassment of women on the city's streets. Some of the vigilante groups are intervening forcefully -- confronting male suspects by spraying them with paint and publishing their photographs. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (11/5)      Other News Midwifery in Sierra Leone, where 1 in 8 women die in pregnancy or childbirth The Guardian (London)/Poverty Matters blog (11/2)      Malala's global visibility is a turning point for Pakistan's girls AlertNet/Aid Worker Diaries blog (11/2)      Radiation from aquifers puts Mideast at risk Nations in the Middle East and North Africa get their drinking water from aquifers that are often thousands of years old, but the water comes with high levels of naturally occurring radioactivity. For millions, merely drinking the water could significantly increase the risks of getting cancer, experts say. Spiegel Online (Germany) (11/5)      Other News Report: Record carbon reductions are required to stave off temperature spike AlertNet/Reuters (11/5)      Russia, China are key to rejection of Antarctic marine sanctuaries Spiegel Online (Germany) (11/2)      Is China weighing contested elections for Politburo elite? The Dalai Lama says that China's president-in-waiting, Xi Jinping, will have to usher in political reforms, and early indications are that the exiled Tibetan is right. Chinese President Hu Jintao and Xi, the vice president and heir apparent, are proposing contested Politburo elections at the Communist Party's upcoming 18th Congress, sources say. 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