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Commonwealth News - Issue 460 | 14 October 2009 Full text version
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Obama’s peace prize award ‘strikes tremendous chord'
Commonwealth Secretary-General reacts to Nobel Peace Prize announcement
Children’s rights and judicial independence in the dock
Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association urges action during triennial summit
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Commonwealth Secretary-General to visit Malta
Kamalesh Sharma will visit Malta from 15 to 17 October 2009 ahead of November’s Heads of Government Meeting

St Lucia Prime Minister visits Commonwealth Secretariat
Stephenson King met with Kamalesh Sharma at Marlborough House on 9 October 2009.

From the Archive: Commonwealth backs regional co-operation between states
October 1969: Smith addresses Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

Blog of the week: Bored of life in London? Not so, says CJA chair Rita Payne
September 1984: Finance ministers welcome major Commonwealth report on the debt crisis

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Edited by Tom Baird
Reports by Will Henley

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