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Pressure Mounting on U.S. over Congo Violence

Friday, May 17, 2013

WASHINGTON, May 17 (IPS) - With casualties in the long-running conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) now surpassing every conflict since World War II, U.S. policymakers and advocates are stepping up campaigns to raise awareness and push legislation aimed at encouraging new negotiations, assisting in government reforms, and pressuring the neighbouring countries that have propped up the DRC's government.

Afghan Women Harassed into Unemployment

Friday, May 17, 2013

KABUL, May 17 (IPS) - While global attention is fixed on the scheduled pullout of U.S. and NATO troops from Afghanistan in 2014, women here have a much more immediate concern: how will they survive another day at work?

Arab Magazine Challenges Attitudes About Arab Women

Friday, May 17, 2013

NAZARETH, Northern Israel, May 17 (IPS) - With a subtle blend of colour and shadow, 20-year-old Sumoud Farraj prepares for a photo shoot. Next month, along with three other young Arab women, she'll appear in a designer miniskirt on the cover of Lilac, an Arabic-language women's magazine.

Rafsanjani’s Presidential Bid Elicits Hope, Scorn

Thursday, May 16, 2013

TEHRAN, May 16 (IPS) - The last-minute entry of former president and current chair of the Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani into the presidential polls set for Jun. 14 has inspired vastly different reactions in a conflicted Iran.

Unravelling the Civil War Propaganda

Thursday, May 16, 2013

KABUL, May 16 (IPS) - Western fears of a civil war in Afghanistan are growing ahead of the scheduled pullout of international troops in 2014. However, experts here say the situation on the ground is not comparable to either 1988, when the Soviets withdrew from the country, or the mujahideen's rise to power in 1992, which plunged the country into civil war.

At Political Rally, Serbian Church Crosses Sensitive Line

Thursday, May 16, 2013

BELGRADE, May 16 (IPS) - The influential Serbian Orthodox Church publicly crossed a line recently when two of its top clergymen took part in a Belgrade rally with messages amounting to direct threats against the lives of government officials.

Youngsters Break with Machista Stereotypes in Ecuador

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

QUITO, May 14 (IPS) - At the age of 20, Damián Valencia speaks knowledgeably about every aspect of gender equality. He is a member of Cascos Rosa, a young people's initiative working for cultural change against machismo and violence against women in Ecuador.

Giving Paraplegic Women a New Lease on Life

Monday, May 13, 2013

PESHAWAR, May 13 (IPS) - Gul Shada thought it was the end of the road for her when she and her husband met with a road accident last year in the Nowshera district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Not only did the mishap leave Shada widowed at the relatively young age of 37, she also sustained an injury to her back that immobilised her.

Pakistan Marks Historic Election

Monday, May 13, 2013

LAHORE, May 13 (IPS) - Flanked by loyalists, friends, journalists and excited family members, former Pakistani premier Mian Nawaz Sharif, head of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), seemed relaxed on the night of the May 11 general elections.

Despite Peaceful Withdrawal, PKK-Turkey Peace Remains Uncertain

Monday, May 13, 2013

ANKARA, May 13 (IPS) - The peaceful withdrawal from Turkey of combatants from the Kurdistan's Workers Party (PKK) began last Wednesday but is already at risk of being compromised following a twin car bomb explosion on Saturday afternoon. The terrorist attack in Rayhanli in the Syrian border province of Hatay caused 46 civilian deaths and at least 155 injuries.

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