News headlines in May 2012, page 23
IAEA Refuses Iran Cooperation Pact Until After Parchin Visit
- Inter Press Service

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano has signaled that there will be no IAEA agreement with Iran in the meetings in Vienna Monday and Tuesday on the terms for Iranian cooperation in clarifying issue of alleged nuclear weapons work.
Financial Middlemen Muddle Climate Commitments
- Inter Press Service

The European Union has been using all means necessary to fill the multi- billion-euro fund for climate change, including the controversial mobilisation of public resources through private financial intermediaries.
Deserting Refugees in the Sahara
- Inter Press Service

As dusk settles over the isolated Saharan town Kufra, young guards order a few hundred migrants lined up at a detention centre to chant 'Libya free, Chadians out', before they kneel down for evening prayers.
Round One to Radical Left, Round Two to Europe?
- Inter Press Service

Kosmas Bitros (29) didn’t 'believe in politics and in elections as a way of changing society'. Still, he showed up at the ballot boxes for the first time last Sunday to cast a vote against austerity in the Greek national elections.
Recovering From the Spring, at a Price
- Inter Press Service

The Arab Spring has sent scores of sick and injured Libyans fleeing their war- torn country north to Jordan. The unexpected flow of patients is putting a lot of pressure on Jordanian hospitals and disrupting the lives of Libyan and Jordanian patients alike, a situation the Libyan government is now attempting to correct.
Unresolved Ethnic Issues Threaten Myanmar Reforms
- Inter Press Service

Discussion of economic reforms in Myanmar (Burma) should not overshadow the critical need for a political solution to the longstanding grievances of the country's ethnic minorities, observers in Washington warned on Friday.
Spain’s 'Indignados' Take to the Streets Again
- Inter Press Service

A filthy vacant lot is now sprouting strawberries, tomatoes and carrots. This small community garden in the centre of the southern Spanish city of Málaga was created by the 'Indignados' protest movement, which is celebrating its first anniversary Saturday by taking to the streets across the country.
Indonesia Galvanises Youth Ahead of Rio+20
- Inter Press Service

Clutching a plastic bag containing a tree sapling in his right hand and a slim notebook in his left, 11-year-old Rizki Fauzi is the picture of a young climate change expert.
Chile’s Native Communities Find Ally in Supreme Court
- Inter Press Service

Indigenous groups in Chile celebrated a recent court ruling that represented the latest victory in the struggle for respect for their right to be previously consulted about major projects which directly affect their communities.
Jamaica's Rich Biodiversity Faces Multiple Threats
- Inter Press Service

Jamaican authorities are going all out to achieve environmental sustainability as one way of minimising the expected impacts of climate change on the local biodiversity.
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