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Commonwealth News - Issue 445 | 1 July 2009 Full text version
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Media should live by standards and codes of its profession
Journalists must understand legal environment in which they operate and closely follow any new technological changes when covering elections
Culture is ignored at the peril of development, high level panel of cultural experts warns
Commonwealth Foundation cultural panel claims the arts are not just the “icing on the cake”
Secretary-General visits Guyana
Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma arrived in Georgetown on 1 July 2009 for a four-day official visit to Guyana.
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Around the Commonwealth: Young carers seek advice and support
The Commonwealth Organisation for Social Work calls for greater assistance for young carers following workshop series in Kenya

Profile: Yotsna Lalji-Venketasawmy, anti-money laundering adviser
A Commonwealth-funded legal adviser is helping to boost Eastern and Southern African countries’ ability to thwart money laundering
From the Archive: July, 1964
Ghanaian proposal leads to creation of Commonwealth Secretariat

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Reports by Will Henley

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