News headlines in May 2011, page 3

  1. MEXICO: Citizen's Trial Finds State Guilty in Deaths of 49 Children

    - Inter Press Service

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    'We didn't expect support from so many people in the capital. The authorities have to answer for this, and they must understand that we will not give up until justice is done,' Manuel Rodríguez Amaya told IPS, his eyes still wet from bursting into tears at the end of the citizen's trial.

  2. Germany Pledges Nuclear Shutdown By 2022

    - Inter Press Service

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    Germany has decided to shut all its nuclear reactors by 2022 in a drastic policy reversal in the wake of the nuclear disaster at Japan's Fukushima plant.

  3. Yemen Jets 'Bomb Al-Qaeda-Held City'

    - Inter Press Service

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    At least 30 people have been killed by military jet fire in Yemen's southern city, Zinjibar, which is said to be controlled fighters linked to Al-Qaeda.

  4. A Candle in the Darkness — Amnesty Turns 50

    - Inter Press Service

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    Thousands of people worldwide raised glasses in a toast to freedom over the weekend to celebrate Amnesty International's 50th anniversary.

  5. HEALTH: Poor States Should Start Campaign to Extend Patent Rights

    - Inter Press Service

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    Pharmaceutical industries in emerging markets are shifting their focus away from poor to developed countries, which will affect access to cheap generic medicines. Poor states should tackle this development by capitalising on the international trade exemptions they still enjoy regarding medicines as 'intellectual property'.

  6. HONDURAS: Zelaya Says Coup Was International Conspiracy

    - Inter Press Service

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    After his return to Honduras put an end to two years of exile, former President Manuel Zelaya said the coup in which he was removed on Jun. 28, 2009 was the work of an 'international conspiracy' that should be investigated.

  7. CENTRAL AMERICA: Caught in the Rain Without an Umbrella

    - Inter Press Service

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    'A year ago the river burst its banks; my house was ruined, I lost everything and I'm still waiting for help,' Candelaria Peneleu told IPS from her modest home in Palín in the southern province of Escuintla, an area of Guatemala that was devastated last year by tropical storm Agatha.

  8. Explosions Greet Nigerian President's New Term

    - Inter Press Service

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    Bomb blasts hit a military base in the northern Nigerian city of Bauchi on Sunday, killing ten and injuring more than a dozen just hours after the swearing in ceremony of President Goodluck Jonathan in the capital, Abuja. News reports also said three others died in a bombing in Zuba, just outside the capital.

  9. ARGENTINA: Power Still Overwhelmingly in Men's Hands

    - Inter Press Service

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    In Argentina the overwhelming majority of decision-making posts in the most diverse areas are occupied by men, with the exception of the presidency, held by Cristina Fernández.

  10. THREE MEALS A DAY IS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT

    - Inter Press Service

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    Eating is such a fundamental aspect of our existence, that I find it strange that anyone should question the wisdom of proposing that FAO ¬which was set up in 1945 to end hunger¬ should do all in its power to help ensure that everyone can eat 3 meals a day. But today almost 1,000 million people -one in seven of the earth’s inhabitants¬ are still chronically hungry, writes Jose Graziano da Silva, architect of the Zero Hunger Program, former Brazilian Minister of Food Security and Fight Against Hunger, FAO Representative for Latin America and candidate of Brazil for election as next Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.

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