Spero Newshttp://www.speroforum.comInternational news and analysis.http://www.speroforum.comhttp://www.speroforum.com/site/images/rss_image.gif7/9/2008 5:52:37 AMSpero News14223Weak laws, energy wealth fuel rise in sex tradehttp://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=15703n some trafficking cases, a reluctance to pursue traffickers is interpreted as evidence of government involvement.Abkhazia blasts scare touristshttp://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=15702Abkhaz authorities say serial bombings are part of a Georgian plan to wreck their economy.Iraq: When resettlement stats show betrayalhttp://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=15701The US downplaying of the Iraqi displacement crisis, a potent symbol of US failure in Iraq, is as short-sighted as it is immoral.Putting the brain back into intelligencehttp://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=15700As intelligence agencies fail to keep up with massive volumes of data and shrinking reaction times through automation - enter the human analyst.France's ambitious, uncertain security policyhttp://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=15699Sarkozy's ambitions for the French military begin to take shape in an atmosphere of public uncertainty and unease.Iraqi uranium removed to Canadahttp://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=15698Canadian uranium producer Cameco has accepted the delivery of some 550 tonnes uranium oxide (U3O8) that had been stockpiled at the Tuwaitha complex about 18 kilometres south of Baghdad.G8 bears witness to growing nuclear interesthttp://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=15697Only one country - Germany - does not openly support the widespread use of nuclear power in the context of climate change, but the statement did not go as far as openly endorsing nuclear.Iran test-fires long-range missilehttp://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=15696The missile is capable of hitting Israel and U.S. military bases in the Persian Gulf.Russia criticizes US radar in Czech Republichttp://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=15695U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg signed the deal covering the terms for the deployment of the radar, which still requires final approval from the Czech parliament.The patriotism of deedshttp://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=15694My parents prized the freedoms they found in America, and they were alert to anyone who might try to diminish them.Mumia's long-shot appealhttp://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=15693The challenge faced by Abu-Jamal in this bid for a reconsideration of his Batson claim ruling is that the three judges who already ruled, including Judge Cowen, could be part of any en banc reconsideration.Bush's rampage in Somaliahttp://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=15692"They are slaughtering Somalis like goats"Nepal: Anti-China protestors releasedhttp://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=15691The three were arrested for protesting human rights violations in TibetPaleolithic era paintings in Spain now protectedhttp://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=15690World Heritage List now boasts total of 27 new sitesSaudi Arabian tombs added to World Heritage Listhttp://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=15689Over 100 tombs dating back from the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD