CARACAS, Nov 14 (IPS) - Venezuela is studying the use of nanotechnology as a means of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases caused by the oil industry.

RAMALLAH, Occupied West Bank, Nov 14 (IPS) - George Sahhar opens the door to a closet-sized control room, where a cacophony of wires, routers, papers, and computer screens are messily strewn across a desk.

CAIRO, Nov 14 (IPS) - An ultraconservative Salafi cleric recently sparked outrage among Egypt's liberal circles when he attempted to justify his opposition to a proposed constitutional article that would outlaw the trafficking of women for sex.

WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (IPS) - Israel tops the list of the world's most militarised nations, according to the latest Global Militarisation Index released Tuesday by the Bonn International Centre for Conversion (BICC).

MÁLAGA, Spain, Nov 13 (IPS) - Out-of-work engineers, family businesses that are falling apart, people working in precarious conditions in an ailing labour market – it's a description of Spain, but it could just as easily be Portugal, Greece or Italy…

WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (IPS) - New data from the World Bank shows that the middle class in Latin America has expanded substantially, growing by 50 percent over the past 10 years despite decades of sluggish poverty reduction.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Nov 13 (IPS) - Nearly three years after it came to power promising to uphold press freedom, Trinidad and Tobago's coalition government is under fire for demanding free airtime from local broadcasters.

TORONTO, Nov 13 (IPS) - With an initial focus on oil-producing Nigeria and mineral-rich Ghana, Ottawa is bolstering its trade strategy in Africa, but some within the international development and economic communities have expressed concerns about Canada's approach.

WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (IPS) - As Syrian rebels launched a new attack in Damascus, opposition leaders announced the creation of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, an umbrella group designed to be more representative of – and more influential with – anti-Assad forces on the ground.

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 13 (IPS) - Start a global debate about the underlying reasons why poverty exists – and do it through cinema.