News headlines in 2009, page 131

  1. GUATEMALA: Nine Arrested for Murder that Caused Political Turmoil

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    Nine suspects, including police officers and members of the military, have been arrested in Guatemala for the murder of prominent lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg, who had accused President Álvaro Colom of his murder in a video broadcast after his death.

  2. VENEZUELA: Women Recycle for Income and Environment

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    The women of this town in northern Venezuela no longer say 'garbage' but rather 'secondary raw material,' and instead of referring to recycling, they talk about 'separation at point of origin.'

  3. SOUTH SUDAN: Complicating the Vote for Women

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    In April 2010, the people of South Sudan will vote in a milestone general election, and for the first time, South Sudanese women will be able to participate.

  4. CHINA: Communist Resort Makeover Mirrors State’s Populist Shift?

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    The summer capital of China’s political intrigue is taking a break from the years of intense infighting and maneuvering that Chinese communist leaders used to engage in while hidden in their secluded villas.

  5. MIDEAST: To Rap Is to Resist

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    In a backstreet open-air café in Gaza late at night, Khaled Harara from the Black Unit Band starts to talk about rap.

  6. MINING-INDIA: Woman Leads Tribals Against World's Steel Maker

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    The fight against the world's biggest steel maker, ArcelorMittal, is being waged from a tiny tea stall in Ranchi, eastern India.

  7. SRI LANKA: Gov’t to Resettle Displaced Tamils Ahead of Monsoon

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    The Sri Lankan government, accused of keeping the refugees who fled fighting between the military and Tamil rebels against their will, is preparing to resettle these minority civilians ahead of next month’s monsoon period, officials from non-government agencies said Friday.

  8. ASIA: One of World’s Rarest Animals in Danger of Extinction

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    Conservationists are raising the alarm about the fate of an animal in South-east Asia’s growing list of endangered wildlife, even though the animal in need of saving was only discovered in a remote mountainous corner of Laos in 1992.

  9. BRAZIL: Branching Out in Alliances as Emerging Global Actor

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    Brazil and France have 'similar interests in the area of global geopolitics' and Brazil shares 'affinities in terms of circumstances and values' with India and South Africa, Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said Friday, explaining his country's growing 'extra-regional' alliances.

  10. US-IRAN: War Drums Begin Beating in Washington

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    As nuclear negotiations between Iran and the West continue to move slowly, U.S. President Barack Obama is coming under growing pressure from what appears to be a concerted lobbying and media campaign urging him to act more aggressively to stop Iran's nuclear programme.

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