Panama: After two years of brutal government repression and destruction of their homeland,
the Ngöbe Indians of western Panama won a major victory [on June 18, 2009] as the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights called on Panama to suspend all work on a hydroelectric dam that threatens
the Ngöbe homeland.
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Peru: Nine Peruvian policemen seized by Amazonian indigenous protesters have been
killed during a rescue bid which freed 22 others, officials say.
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United States: When Barack Obama sought his African roots, he had it easy: his father
came from Kenya's Luo tribe. For most African Americans, the quest is more daunting - and the
debate over the value of the genetic tests used by companies to connect black Americans to
particular ancestral homelands just got more intense.
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Mexico: The ancient Maya civilisation used a rare type of clay called "palygorskite"
to produce Maya blue. Combining structural, morphological and geochemical methods, Spanish
researchers have defined the features of palygorskite clay on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.
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Africa: All African Pygmies, inhabiting a large territory extending west-to-east
along Central Africa, descend from a unique population who lived around 20,000 years ago,
according to an international study led by researchers at the Institut Pasteur in Paris.
The research concludes that the ancestors of present-day African Pygmies and farmers separated
~60,000 years ago.
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Americas: While varying reports have come out of the events in the Peruvian Amazon
over the past few weeks and months, all sides seem to agree that what is at the base of the
actions is the implementation of the U.S. - Peru Free Trade Agreement.
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Amazon: Boots and [running] shoes are not the first things that spring to mind when
you think about the causes of rainforest destruction and climate change. But just because
the connection isn't obvious doesn't mean it isn't real - as our researchers have been
busy proving in a new report released today.
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Paraguay: A Brazilian cattle-ranching company is seeking permission from Paraguay’s
government to destroy forest inhabited by one of the world’s last uncontacted tribes.
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Current Affairs: This week, in one of the most northern regions on Earth, over 500 Indigenous
Peoples are meeting at the Indigenous Peoples' Global Summit on Climate Change.
"We published a quick guide to the truth about false solutions to climate change. These market-based
scams allow polluters to avoid reducing their pollution, continue to destroy nature and make millions
while they are at it," said Rebecca Sommer, from the Society for Threatened Peoples International, a
human rights NGO with consultative status to the UN.
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Kenya: Lake Turkana’s clear waters emerge like a glassy screen, breaking through the rugged
rocks and dry earth that precede its approach.
But Lake Turkana, slightly salty and alkaline and abounding in 40 fish species, faces a severe threat
from across the border in Ethiopia.
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