Around the World (Mar 12, 2008)

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EGYPT:
New Indictments in HIV Crackdown
Persecuting People Living With HIV/AIDS Feeds the Epidemic
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/03/11/egypt18257.htm

LATIN AMERICA:
Balance sheet of the PSUV congress: the Bolivarian masses are pushing for revolutionary action
http://www.marxist.com/venezuela/balance-sheet-of-psuv-congress.htm
http://www.aporrea.org/ideologia/n110439.html

SOMALIA:
UN Security Council Must Not Ignore Abuses
Video Footage From Mogadishu Shows Devastating Effects of Attacks on Civilians
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/03/09/somali18241.htm

THAILAND:
End Official Cover-Up in Lawyer’s ‘Disappearance’
Four Years On, Continued Impunity Fuels Cycle of Abuse and More ‘Disappearances’
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/03/11/thaila18250.htm

EXPECTED TODAY:
The British Budget will be unveiled by Alistair Darling as his first position of Chancellor of the Exchequer.