JEJU, South Korea, Sep 12 (IPS) - The outcome of the June Rio+20 UN conference on sustainable development was the undisputed inability of governments to come to an agreement on moving ahead to protect the planet. Three months later, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is proposing what can be done as a collective.

BETHLEHEM, Occupied West Bank, Sep 12 (IPS) - Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets across the West Bank over the past week in protest against increasingly high living costs, and demanding major changes from the Palestinian Authority (PA) leadership.

BAMAKO, Sep 12 (IPS) - A group of smallholder farmers in Mali have turned to the courts to try to recover land they say they have lost to big private investors. The legal action comes as foreign investors are losing interest in Mali due to political instability and an armed rebellion in the north.

KARACHI, Sep 12 (IPS) - “I can’t imagine life without misoprostol,” says Dr. Azra Ahsan, a gynaecologist and obstetrician who has, for more than a decade, been using the controversial drug to stop women from bleeding to death after delivery.

LUSAKA, Sep 12 (IPS) - About a dozen men aimlessly wander around what seems like a prison courtyard. Most of them appear completely disoriented, a confused gaze in their eyes.

WASHINGTON, Sep 12 (IPS) - With just a month to go before an agreed deadline, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Tuesday that a push for more equitable voting shares among the organisation’s member states was still lagging.

ISLA LA PIRRAYA, Usulután, El Salvador, Sep 11 (IPS) - El Salvador’s Jiquilisco Bay, a tiny hidden corner of the Pacific Ocean, is becoming a haven for endangered sea turtles.

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 11 (IPS) - World Water Week recently concluded in Stockholm with a special emphasis on the linkages between water and food security.