News headlines in October 2012, page 6

  1. Jewish, Christian Groups Clash Over U.S. Aid to Israel

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    WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (IPS) - Jewish groups have reacted furiously to a letter to Congress by 15 leaders of Christian denominations asking for a review of whether some of the three billion dollars in annual United States aid to Israel is being used in violation of U.S. law and policies.

  2. Fighting Abusive Rates on Loans and Credit Cards*

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    SAN SALVADOR, Oct 23 (IPS) - The parliaments of El Salvador and Guatemala are debating bills aimed at halting abusive loans and high credit card costs. But the initiatives have run up against strong opposition from the financial sector.

  3. Chile Deports Non-Violent Foreign Prisoners

    - Inter Press Service

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    SANTIAGO, Oct 23 (IPS) - Chile is releasing and deporting foreign inmates, mainly in prison on drug trafficking charges, as part of a broader attempt at improving conditions in this country’s overcrowded prisons.

  4. Climate Change, the Taboo Phrase in U.S. Electoral Politics

    - Inter Press Service

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    UNITED NATIONS, Oct 23 (IPS) - The United States endured its hottest summer in history this year, with droughts and wildfires ravaging the country. And according to a new report from the global reinsurance giant Munich Re, insurance losses related to extreme weather have nearly quadrupled in the U.S. since 1980.

  5. Worms, Termites, Microbes Offer Food Security

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    HYDERABAD, India, Oct 23 (IPS) - Worms and termites are not likely to win hearts and minds, but they, along with lichens and microbes, are vital to food security, say biodiversity specialists who attended this month’s United Nations conference on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in this south Indian city.  

  6. Cooperatives Cushion the Blows of Hunger

    - Inter Press Service

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    YAOUNDE/ROME, Oct 23 (IPS) - “One in eight people goes to sleep hungry every day,” according to the ‘State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012’, a document released annually by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

  7. Q&A: "Developing Countries Are Doing Their Part for Biodiversity"

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    HYDERABAD, India, Oct 23 (IPS) - Developing countries are investing enormously in preserving biological diversity, and it is unimaginable that the wealthy nations will not fulfill their obligations to provide funding for these efforts, Brazilian environmental negotiator André Aranha Corrêa do Lago told Tierramérica*.

  8. Q&A: "There Is No National Boundary for Medical Care"

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    UNITED NATIONS, Oct 23 (IPS) - For millions of people in developing countries, having cataracts means permanently impaired vision or even blindness. While treatment can fix the problem, the cost is well beyond most sufferers' reach.

  9. Christians Worry Over a Future in Egypt

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    CAIRO, Oct 23 (IPS) - The tranquil, green, upper class Cairo suburb Maadi is a bubble of privilege separated from the city’s noisier, dirtier and overcrowded suburbs where working class Egyptians struggle to make ends meet and where Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has established a strong following.

  10. Amidst Controversy, World Bank to Review Influential Rankings

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    WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (IPS) - The World Bank released its 10th annual Doing Business report on Monday, using the occasion to track business- and investment-friendly reforms put in place around the world over the past decade.

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