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    Basra crude: the great game of Iraq’s “southern” oil

    Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2007
    Almost all of Iraq’s giant oil fields can be found near Basra or in one of its two neighbouring governorates, accounting for one of the world’s greatest concentrations of petroleum wealth.
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    Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA)

    PASSIA is an Arab non-profit institution located in Jerusalem/Al-Quds with a financially and legally independent status. It is not affiliated with any government, political party or organization.
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    Chile and Venezuela: myths and realities of the arms race

    Center for International Policy, 2007
    This document reviews recent government expenditure patterns on arms in Chile, Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina. It particularly focuses on ascertaining the extent of an arms race escalation between Chile and Venezuela.
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    Passing on the challenges or prescribing better management of diversity?: decentralisation, power sharing and conflict dynamics in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

    Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, CRISE, Oxford University, 2007
    This paper explores the linkages between decentralisation, conflict and power in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. It argues that decenralisation in Indonesia has to some extent addressed existing grievances in the regions, but that such change has LAO opened up spaces for new forms of local level elite. The paper finds that:
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    Border in name only: arms trafficking and armed groups at the DRC-Sudan border

    Small Arms Survey, 2007
    This paper explores the unregulated small arms trade on the western portion of the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Sudan, and the influence that armed conflict has had on this trade.
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    When neighbours become killers: ethnic conflict and communal violence in Western Uganda

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2007
    This paper explores questions of identity and conflict by analysing an eruption of ethnic violence in Western Uganda. The paper focuses on the concept of communal violence as it applies to the African context. The paper argues that communal violence is a particular form of meaningful collective action where rumours play a critical role in reproducing violent acts.
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    India human rights report 2007

    Asian Centre for Human Rights, India, 2007
    The new India Human Rights Report 2007 by the Asian Centre for Human Rights details the main human rights abuses in India by state, each chapter describing state-specific abuses. The report concludes that the Naxalites and other armed opposition groups (AOGs) are responsible for the worst current violations of international humanitarian laws in India.
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    No one has the liberty to refuse: Tibetan herders forcibly relocated in Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan and the Tibet autonomous region

    Human Rights Watch, 2007
    This paper explores the extent of Chinese resettlement policies in Tibet. It focuses on the impact of these policies on Tibetan herders from a human rights perspective and based on its findings puts together a number of recommendations to international donors, the United Nations (UN) and the Peoples republic of China.
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    The contemporary right to property restitution in the context of transitional justice

    The International Center for Transitional Justice, 2007
    This study summarises the parallel development of restitution and reparations in international law and practice over the last century in order to provide context for recommendations on how restitution can best serve the needs of contemporary transitional justice settings.
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    We want birth control: reproductive health findings in Northern Uganda

    Women's Refugee Commission, 2007
    What does the reproductive health (RH) situation among the conflict-affected populations of northern Uganda look like? The Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children and the United Nations Population Fund assessed this question in February 2007 and visited the districts of Kitgum and Pader and also a youth center and clinic in Gulu. Specific findings include:

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