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Military Launches a Democratic Missile
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Jan 14 (IPS) - As Egyptians head for a referendum Tuesday and Wednesday this week, the fate of the Muslim Brotherhood, which was swept into government in the last election, hangs in balance.
Development Follows Devastation from Brazilian Dam
- Inter Press Service
PETROLANDIA, Brazil, Jan 13 (IPS) - Valdenor de Melo has been waiting for 27 years for the land and cash compensation he is due because his old farm was left underwater when the Itaparica hydroelectric dam was built on the São Francisco river in Brazil’s semiarid Northeast.
Djotodia’s Resignation Sparks Hopes for Peace in CAR
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon, Jan 13 (IPS) - “I can’t wait to return back home,†Celeste Edjangue, a refugee from the Central African Republic (CAR) now in Cameroon’s East Region, told IPS.
Jordan Valley Produces Conflicting Dates
- Inter Press Service
JORDAN VALLEY, Israeli-occupied West Bank, Jan 13 (IPS) - Israeli settler Gadi Blumenfeld distributes machetes to 15 Palestinian labourers and instructs them to cut the thorns off of his dates’ fronds. “I might be stabbed in the back,†he says, “but thanks to farming, we keep the area safe from terrorists.â€
Next Step in Uruguay: Competitive, Quality Marijuana
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Jan 12 (IPS) - Uruguay, about to become the first country in the world where the state will fully regulate production, sale and distribution of marijuana, will spend the next few months selecting a good quality strain of the crop that can be sold at a price similar to current illegal prices.
U.N. Peacekeepers Overwhelmed in South Sudan
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 11 (IPS) - As the death toll rises from South Sudan's spiraling political and ethnic conflict, the ability of the U.N. to enforce its peacekeeping mandate in the country is coming under increased scrutiny.
Wildlife Poaching Thought to Bankroll International Terrorism
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (IPS) - Top diplomats and retired U.S. military officials are urging Western and African governments to step up the global fight against illegal wildlife poaching.
Natural Disasters Add to Myanmar’s Troubles
- Inter Press Service
YANGON, Jan 11 (IPS) - As Myanmar nurses a fragile democracy after long years of military rule, a new danger has reared its head. Climate change, say experts, has the potential to spur migration and exacerbate conflict in the country.
Major Parts of World Ignored by U.S. TV News in 2013
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (IPS) - If people outside the United States are looking for answers why Americans often seem so clueless about the world outside their borders, they could start with what the three major U.S. television networks offered their viewers in the way of news during 2013.
Blackouts in Argentina Highlight Failings of Privatisation
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Jan 10 (IPS) - Record temperatures at the start of the southern hemisphere summer in Argentina have been accompanied by highs on the thermometer of social discontent, as consumption peaks left thousands without electricity and threw into sharp focus the failings of the privatisation of the power industry in the 1990s.
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