News headlines in July 2012, page 24

  1. South Africa’s National Health Insurance Sites Underfunded

    - Inter Press Service

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    Jul 09 (IPS) - CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Jul 6 2012 (IPS) - Experts say that underfunded pilot universal healthcare sites to be set up by South Africa as part of its proposed national health insurance may be doomed to fail as debate rages about how the move to more equitable healthcare will be funded.

  2. NEWSBRIEF: South Sudan Celebrates a Troubled First Birthday

    - Inter Press Service

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    JUBA, Jul 09 (IPS) - The streets have been swept clean and lined with flags to mark the first anniversary of South Sudan’s independence. But cosmetic changes in the capital, Juba, mask deep concerns about the future of the world’s newest nation.

  3. Europe Dithering on Tobin Tax

    - Inter Press Service

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    PARIS, Jul 09 (IPS) - Despite the grave financial and sovereign debt crisis sweeping the region, the European Union has once again failed to reach unanimous approval of a proposition made by its executive body, the European Commission (EC), to tax financial transactions in order to reduce speculation and increase state revenues.

  4. South Sudan Celebrates a Troubled First Birthday

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    JUBA, Jul 09 (IPS) - The streets have been swept clean and lined with flags to mark the first anniversary of South Sudan’s independence. But cosmetic changes in the capital, Juba, mask deep concerns about the future of the world’s newest nation.

  5. South Sudan's Women Await Independence From Poverty

    - Inter Press Service

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    JUBA, Jul 09 (IPS) - One year after the formation of South Sudan, the country’s women say that independence has not resulted in the positive political, economic and social changes that they had hoped for.

  6. South Sudan Celebrates a Troubled First Birthday

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    The streets have been swept clean and lined with flags to mark the first anniversary of South Sudan’s independence. But cosmetic changes in the capital, Juba, mask deep concerns about the future of the world’s newest nation.

  7. South Sudan Women Await Independence From Poverty

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    One year after the formation of South Sudan, the country’s women say that independence has not resulted in the positive political, economic and social changes that they had hoped for.

  8. Truckers Celebrate NATO Resumption

    - Inter Press Service

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    KARACHI, Jul 08 (IPS) - “I’m happy that I will be resuming work soon,” says Zarbistan Khan, who owns and drives a tanker that takes oil from the southern port city Karachi to Afghanistan. But the joy comes under the shadow of a Taliban threat to attack supply convoys.

  9. Growing 'Entertainment' Industry Traps Nepali Girls

    - Inter Press Service

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    KATHMANDU, Jul 08 (IPS) - Almost unnoticed, Nepal’s burgeoning adult entertainment industry has been drawing young girls away from being trafficked across the border to the fleshpots of India’s big cities.

  10. To Aid Afghans, Not Just Afghanistan

    - Inter Press Service

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    HERAT, Afghanistan, Jul 07 (IPS) - Afghanistan’s international donors will gather on Sunday in Tokyo for a conference at which they are expected to pledge economic aid, and ensure their assistance level will be maintained after withdrawal of ISAF-NATO troops, in 2014. But Afghan people and civil society groups working in the country say much of the aid is being directed the wrong way.

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