News headlines in 2009, page 151

  1. MIDEAST: Settlers Push Palestinians to Sleep on the Street

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    Israel's continued policy of Judaising East Jerusalem in order to establish facts on the ground before the future of that part of the city is decided, has left dozens of Palestinians homeless and sleeping on the streets.

  2. EUROPE: Easterly Wind Picks Up

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    The natural conditions in Romania and Bulgaria make these countries some of the best placed in Europe for producing wind energy. Interest in investing in wind power is high in both countries, but legislative ambiguity and the limited capacity of national electricity grids are delaying the building of new wind parks.

  3. EGYPT: Christians Split Over Presidential Scion

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    Leaders of Egypt's Coptic Christian Church have voiced support for Gamal Mubarak, son of President Hosni Mubarak, as preferred candidate for president. Concurrently, however, some Coptic activists are calling for demonstrations against what they see as official state bias against Christians.

  4. POLITICS-MALAYSIA: Umno Stokes Racial Fires to Regain Lost Ground

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    Race relations here, unsteady even in the best of times, are worsening with the ruling Umno party ratcheting up racial and religious issues to maintain its influence over majority Malays, who make up some 60 percent of the population of 27 million.

  5. WATER-NAMIBIA: Running A Dry River

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    The Omaruru River basin is one of the first in Namibia to establish a basin management committee. Its members have a difficult balancing act to perform with a water resource that’s already being utilised to its maximum.

  6. CHILE: The Environmental Fight Starts in Your Neighbourhood

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    A working-class neighbourhood on the outskirts of the capital, which stood united against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in the 1970s and 1980s and today is doing so against climate change, is launching the country's first 'ecobarrio' project.

  7. RELIGION: Swine Flu Hits Ramadan Gatherings

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    Muslims marked the start of the fasting month of Ramadan Saturday, but the global H1N1 pandemic has put a damper on religious festivities throughout the Middle East.

  8. POLITICS-INDONESIA: After July Bombings, Life Goes On (Almost)

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    Dian Sabri likes to do a little test on the security guards whenever she goes to malls, hotels or office buildings. If she dresses up and acts busy, or if she brings along her toddler, she can avoid being frisked, said the freelance writer.

  9. HEALTH-ARGENTINA: 'Buddies' Ease Transgenders' Hospital Visits

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    Keeping a hospital appointment in the Argentine capital is a far less fearsome ordeal for transgender persons, a sector of the population that according to doctors had 'dramatic' statistics of illness, when they are accompanied by trained health promoters who, like them, have chosen a different gender identity.

  10. ENVIRONMENT: New Maritime Rules Target Oil Spills in Antarctica

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    The ships that bring thousands of tourists to Antarctica to take in some of the most pristine landscapes in the world will have to adapt to new marine environmental standards, which could be stricter than those requested by the members of the Antarctic Treaty.

Powered by Inter Press Service International News Agency and UN News