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Commonwealth News - Issue 446 | 8 July 2009 Full text version
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Afghanistan pushes back debt mountain with Commonwealth help
To keep its national debt under control, Afghanistan is now using software developed by the Commonwealth
Swift and collective action needed to address climate change
Parliamentarians have pivotal role to play in building political resolve - Sharma
Small states are the “innocent victims” of world financial crisis
UN development chief hit outs at “failure” of international community
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Profile: John Earl, communications adviser
Sri Lanka is hoping to boost tourism and investment with advice from Commonwealth expert

Around the Commonwealth: Canadian film-maker wins Commonwealth Vision Awards
Film looks at effects of climate change and cultural transformation in a small community in the Canadian Arctic region of Nunavik
From the Archive: July 1973
A newly independent Bahamas joins the Commonwealth

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Tadau Keamatan is a festival that marks the end of the paddy harvesting season in Sabah, West Malaysia
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Edited by Tom Baird
Reports by Will Henley

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