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Sexual Minorities Fight for Health Services In Uganda
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Dic 16 (IPS) - At an unremarkable office on Bukoto Street in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, health workers and civil society activists attend a regular meeting to offer information and advice on living with HIV and AIDS. What is unusual is that these information sessions cater to a group of around 50 transgender women.
Italian Mafia Up To Dirty Business
- Inter Press Service
NAPLES, Dic 16 (IPS) - The beauty of the Bay of Naples under a setting sun, the romance of Sorrento and the scenic splendour of the Amalfi coastline pull thousands of visitors to southern Italy. But the region is also home to an ugly truth.
Doctor Abductions Leave Patients Helpless
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Dic 16 (IPS) - Doctors in the Pakistani frontier provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan are running scared after nearly 45 consultants were kidnapped for ransom this year. Police suspect that gangs enjoying the Taliban's patronage are behind the abductions that are just a symptom of the many challenges the country faces as it battles terrorism, ethnic conflicts and sectarian divisions.
How Malawi’s President Joyce Banda Lives Mandela’s Legacy
- Inter Press Service
QUNU, South Africa, Dic 15 (IPS) - As South Africa's first black president, Nelson Mandela, was laid to rest at his childhood home of Qunu in the Eastern Cape, Malawi's President Joyce Banda told mourners that it was Mandela who taught her how to forgive those who tried to keep her from becoming southern Africa's first female head of state.
Refugees Struggle in Ruined Camp
- Inter Press Service
NAHR EL BARED, Dic 15 (IPS) - As the Syrian war intensifies sectarian clashes in Lebanon's northern coastal city Tripoli, Palestinians in the area worriedly watch the violence from the sidelines.
Citizen Journalists Take the Lead on Gender Issues
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Dic 14 (IPS) - Twenty-five-year-old Ragae Hammidi of Casa Blanca, Morocco wears two hats. Five days a week, she attends a business school. But on weekends, she is a journalist who goes out on the street with a small camera, shooting videos of people and issues that go untold by professional media outlets.
Kremlin Tightens Grip on Media
- Inter Press Service
MOSCOW, Dic 14 (IPS) - Russia is set to lose one of its few relatively objective news outlets as the Kremlin moves to tighten its grip on the country's media.
Native Americans Seek Equal Access to Voting Precincts
- Inter Press Service
SPOKANE, Washington, Dic 13 (IPS) - In a lawsuit that could have nationwide implications for ballot-box access for tribes across the United States, Native Americans from Montana are pushing for early voting precincts to be placed closer to the locations of three tribal reservations - the Crow, Northern Cheyenne, and Fort Belknap reservations.
Zero Garbage Plan Tied to Fate of Ousted Bogotá Mayor
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTÁ, Dic 13 (IPS) - The ousted left-wing mayor of the Colombian capital, Gustavo Petro, is a casualty of the battle over the introduction of a Zero Garbage programme, which had included thousands of informal recyclers in the waste disposal business.
Indian Gays Prepare to Fight Again
- Inter Press Service
KOLKATA, Dic 13 (IPS) - Human rights have taken a step back in India, activists say after the Supreme Court overturned a ruling of the High Court that had earlier lifted the ban on gay sex.
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