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Commonwealth News - Issue 456 | 16 September 2009 Full text version
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No child left behind: Millennium Development Goal ´at risk´
Study launched at major conference on education and development
Experts call for stronger links between government and civil society on education
Important role of Commonwealth civil society discussed at top education conference
´We don’t walk away´ - Australian broadcaster defends publicly funded news
ABC chief speaks out at Commonwealth Broadcasting Association lecture
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12th Commonwealth Lecture: ´Continuation of the Commonwealth imperative if global democracy is to be realised´
Terry Waite, the humanitarian and former hostage, tackles climate change, democracy and terror at landmark event
Commonwealth produces new guide on theory and practice of decentralisation
Online publication includes suggestions for designing, implementing and evaluating decentralisation reforms and local government practices

Deadline set for entries to Commonwealth Writers’ Prize 2010
Writers from across the Commonwealth must submit entries by 15 November 2009

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Reports by Will Henley

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