News headlines in August 2014, page 6

  1. Caregiving Exacerbates the Burden for Women in Cuba

    - Inter Press Service

    HAVANA, Aug 20 (IPS) - Hortensia Ramírez feels like she needs more hands to care for her 78-year-old mother, who suffers from arteriosclerosis, do the housework, and make homemade baked goods which she sells to support her family.

  2. Karachi Residents Trapped Between Armed Assassins and Private Bodyguards

    - Inter Press Service

    KARACHI, Aug 20 (IPS) - With a rise in sectarian killings, extortion, drug peddling, kidnappings and land grabbing, Pakistan's sprawling port city of Karachi, home to some 20 million people, has become a hotbed of crime.

  3. OPINION: Violations of International Law Degenerate U.N.

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Aug 20 (IPS) - The United Nations was founded "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war" and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights.

  4. Stab in the Back for Painful Afghanistan Election Process?

    - Inter Press Service

    KABUL, Aug 20 (IPS) - A knife fight late Tuesday among several auditors at the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) still inspecting the results of the presidential elections held in mid-June could be the stab in the back for what has been a painful election process.

  5. In Saving a Forest, Kenyans Find a Better Quality of Life

    - Inter Press Service

    KASIGAU, Kenya, Aug 20 (IPS) - When Mercy Ngaruiya first settled in Kasigau in south eastern Kenya a decade ago, she found a depleted forest that was the result of years of tree felling and bush clearing.

  6. India: Home to One in Three Child Brides

    - Inter Press Service

    NEW DELHI, Aug 20 (IPS) - Basanti Rani*, a 33-year-old farmers' wife from the northern Indian state of Haryana, recently withdrew her 15-year-old daughter Paru from school in order to marry her off to a 40-year-old man.

  7. TNT and scrap metal eviscerate Syria’s industrial capital

    - Inter Press Service

    ALEPPO, Syria / GAZIANTEP, Turkey, Aug 19 (IPS) - Numerous mechanics, tyre and car body shops used to line the busy streets near the Old City of Syria's previous industrial and commercial hub.

  8. Can Land Rights and Education Save an Ancient Indian Tribe?

    - Inter Press Service

    MALKANGIRI, India, Aug 19 (IPS) - Scattered across 31 remote hilltop villages on a mountain range that towers 1,500 to 4,000 feet above sea level, in the Malkangiri district of India's eastern Odisha state, the Upper Bonda people are considered one of this country's most ancient tribes, having barely altered their lifestyle in over a thousand years.

  9. Public Offers Support for Obama’s Iraq Intervention

    - Inter Press Service

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    WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (IPS) - Despite rising criticism of his foreign policy– even from his former secretary of state – U.S. President Barack Obama's decision last week to carry out airstrikes against Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shams (ISIS) militants in northern Iraq enjoys relatively strong public support, at least so far.

  10. Despite Current Debate, Police Militarisation Goes Beyond U.S. Borders

    - Inter Press Service

    WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (IPS) - The shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer in the southern United States earlier this month has led to widespread public outrage around issues of race, class and police brutality.

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