News headlines in October 2011, page 2

  1. CENTRAL AMERICA: No Right to Housing for Millions of Slum Dwellers

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    'The governments of Central America outline a number of requisites for access to housing, and people don't have the money to meet them,' says Roly Escobar, an activist with a Guatemalan movement of slum dwellers fighting for the right to decent housing.

  2. AFRICA: Regulating the Rush for Land

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    The adoption of international guidelines to regulate so-called land grabs has been pushed to next year after negotiators failed to agree on conditions for large-scale land investments and enforcement.

  3. MEXICO: Wixáritari Indians Fight Mining in Sacred Desert Site

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    Some 200 Wixáritari or Huichol men, women and children travelled 20 hours from western Mexico to the capital to defend their sacred ceremonial sites from silver mining.

  4. EGYPT: First Woman Candidate Begins Campaign

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    When post-revolution Egypt holds presidential elections next year, Buthaina Kamel is set to become the first woman in the country's modern history to run for the highest office. Although she knows her chances of winning are slim to none, she says she's doing it out of principle.

  5. JAPAN: Wall Street Protest Finds Strong Echoes

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    Inspired by the ongoing Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in the United States, thousands of Japanese youth and workers, dissatisfied with growing unemployment and harsh working conditions in the world’s third largest economy, have taken to the streets to demand stable jobs and government reforms.

  6. MIDEAST: Virtually, There Are No Borders

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    Israeli entrepreneurs dream of a region without borders. Given their country's remoteness from its vicinity, that's a natural need. It's a dream also nurtured by their Palestinian counterparts, and a national necessity given their own encirclement by Israel. That's where high-tech comes into play…

  7. Sri Lankan Rights Abuses Obstruct Trade Efforts with Canada

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    Despite the crossfire of Canadian accusations of human rights violations by Sri Lanka at the end of its civil war and Colombo's corresponding counter-claims, the economically battered South Asian country aims to bolster its trading relationship with Canada and increase foreign direct investment.

  8. Q&A: Cooperatives a 'Compelling Model of Economic Enterprise'

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    With 800 million members in over 100 countries, the cooperative sector is a globally important group of collective organisations. On Oct. 31, the United Nations (U.N.) will begin a year of recognising their importance by launching the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC) in New York.

  9. PAKISTAN: Singing Against the Taliban

    - Inter Press Service

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    'In the last few years, I have sung more than a dozen songs against the Taliban,' award-wining singer Khyal Muhammad tells IPS. 'I got threatening messages on the mobile phone. But I will continue to sing because it gives me strength.'

  10. MEXICO: Wixáritari Indians Fight Mining in Sacred Desert Site

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    Some 200 Wixáritari or Huichol men, women and children travelled 20 hours from western Mexico to the capital to defend their sacred ceremonial sites from silver mining.

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