News stories by IPS Correspondents, page 11

, Jul 09 (IPS) - CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Jul 6 2012 (IPS) - Experts say that underfunded pilot universal healthcare sites to be set up by South Africa as part of its proposed national health insurance may be doomed to fail as debate rages about how the move to more equitable healthcare will be funded.

JUBA, Jul 09 (IPS) - The streets have been swept clean and lined with flags to mark the first anniversary of South Sudan’s independence. But cosmetic changes in the capital, Juba, mask deep concerns about the future of the world’s newest nation.

, Jul 06 (IPS) - UNITED NATIONS, July 6 — A new initiative in the Philippines has inspired communities to brighten up their neighbourhoods turning empty bottles into solar powered light bulbs.

, Jul 06 (IPS) - ASUNCIÓN, Jul 5 2012 (IPS) - Paraguay’s isolation, following the impeachment and ouster of President Fernando Lugo 11 days ago,  has grown thanks to slender recognition for the new government and souring diplomatic relations with the neighbours.

, Jul 05 (IPS) - BRUSSELS, Jul 2 2012 (IPS) - Coal has brought its own compulsions for Poland, as it has for many other countries in the call to move to more renewable and cleaner sources of energy.

, Jul 05 (IPS) - BELGRADE, Jun 30 2012 (IPS) - Wildlife is being increasingly threatened around the Danube river, the “Amazon of Europe”. The need for profit is taking over from the need to protect natural resources along the river.

, Jul 04 (IPS) - WASHINGTON, Jul 3 2012 (IPS) - On Monday, his first day in office, new World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said he sees the institution’s recent decision to pull out of a massive bridge project in Bangladesh as “appropriate”.

, Jul 04 (IPS) - DHAKA, Jul 3 2012 (IPS) - At first glance the smart young women in white overcoats, black rubber boots and protective face masks seem out of place in impoverished Bangladesh’s dirtiest industry – brick making.