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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?

Ethiopia Playing at Being Good Neighbours

Friday, May 17, 2013

ADDIS ABABA, May 17 (IPS) - Despite comments by Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn suggesting the pending withdrawal of his country's troops from Somalia, many experts have voiced doubts that Ethiopia will pull out of Somalia before it is capable of handling its security without assistance.

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.

South Asia in Search of Coordinated Climate Policy

Thursday, May 16, 2013

KATHMANDU, May 16 (IPS) - With a combined population of over 1.7 billion, which includes some of the world's poorest but also a sizeable middle class with a growing spending capacity, South Asia is a policymaker's nightmare.

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.

Mexican Communities Sue Pemex for Environmental Justice

Thursday, May 16, 2013

MEXICO CITY, May 16 (IPS) - Fed up with oil spills from facilities belonging to Mexico's state oil company Pemex, residents of two communities in the southeastern state of Tabasco are taking the country's largest company to court in a bid for compensation for damage to the environment and agriculture.

With Billions of Euros Pledged, Mali Risks Aid Overflow

Thursday, May 16, 2013

BRUSSELS, May 16 (IPS) - International donors pledged yesterday to mobilise 3.25 billion Euros to rebuild Mali, a figure that surpassed all expectations. But experts warn that the country does not have the absorption capacity for so much aid, while others say donors should pressure the Malian government to stop ongoing human rights abuses.

Climate Change Is Happening… So What?

Thursday, May 16, 2013

NEW YORK, May 16 (IPS) - Seven in 10 U.S. citizens believe climate change is real and happening now. Yet most have never even contacted a government official about the issue, let alone volunteered with an environmental organisation or taken other action.

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.

Against Push for Peace Talks, Outposts Continue Israeli Land Grab

Thursday, May 16, 2013

ASIRA AL-QIBLIYA, Occupied West Bank, May 16 (IPS) - Ibrahim Makhlouf reaches for two wooden planks lying in the hallway and places them expertly in an L-shape along the seams of his front door.

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