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HONDURAS: The Data You Seek Will Be Available - in 2018 - (Found July 6, 2008 )

TEGUCIGALPA, Jul 5 (IPS) - In a highly controversial decision, the Honduran Institute for Access to Public Information (IAIP) has decided to keep from public scrutiny for 10 years key documents from the Finance Ministry and the tax collection authority.
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ENVIRONMENT: Profit in Watching - Not Hunting - Whales - (Found July 6, 2008 )

SANTIAGO, Chile, Jul 5 (Tierramrica) - Eighteen Latin American countries are currently involved in whale and dolphin watching tourism, which brings in about 278 million dollars a year. But experts say there is a lack of standards, research and education to ensure that it is a sustainable activity.
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THAILAND: For Fisheries, Depleted Seas Worse Than Insurgency - (Found July 6, 2008 )

PATTANI, Thailand, Jul 5 (IPS) - Rohana Samu is among the fortunate. She is glad to have steady work for the past four years no matter how monotonous her job is -- working an eight-hour shift daily in a frigid room, cleaning fish.
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G8: A Mountain Of Wishes Waits - (Found July 6, 2008 )

TOYAKO, Japan, Jul 5 (IPS) - When the leaders of seven western industrial democracies and Russia gather for their meetings Jul. 7-9 in Toyako on the northern island of Hokkaido, a mountain of wishes tabled by a multitude of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from around the world would have piled up before them.
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COLOMBIA: The General Ingrid Hugged - (Found July 6, 2008 )

MONTEVIDEO, Jul 6 (IPS) - General Mario Montoya Uribe, the national commander of the Colombian army, whom Ingrid Betancourt thanked on Wednesday for rescuing her from captivity, has a controversial service record.
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