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Lynch Mobs Hide Behind 'Community Justice' in Bolivia
- Inter Press Service
LA PAZ, Dic 09 (IPS) - Images of tortured bodies and barely recognisable faces, victims of lynch mobs made up of furious local residents, periodically shock Bolivian society.
Africa Urged to Use Multilateral Approach to Achieve Sustainable Development
- Inter Press Service
WARSAW, Dic 09 (IPS) - Africa can achieve sustainable development by scaling up "green economy" initiatives. What is needed is increased allocations from within national budgets supplemented by donor funding, claim experts.
ARV Intolerance – A Growing Problem for AIDS Treatment in Africa
- Inter Press Service
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Dic 09 (IPS) - New research suggests that some AIDS patients are developing drug intolerance and severe side effects and will now have to switch to new, more expensive antiretroviral regimens.
Drone Killings Show Numbers, Not Bodies
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Dic 09 (IPS) - More than 300 U.S. drone attacks have killed 2,160 militants and 67 civilians in Pakistan since 2008, according to Pakistani defence ministry data. But people living in the affected areas are now questioning these figures, asking why they never get to know the names of the militants or see the bodies.
Number 2
- Inter Press Service
An African Dream Called Lampedusa
- Inter Press Service
TRIPOLI, Dic 08 (IPS) - Youssef crossed the Sahara desert with a folded school map of Europe in his pocket. "Could you please point Lampedusa in the map for me? I cannot find it."
More U.N. States Just Saying No to Drug War
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dic 07 (IPS) - An internal United Nations draft document leaked last weekend has offered outsiders a rare look at longstanding disagreements between member states over the course of U.N. drug policy.
Orphaned by Poverty
- Inter Press Service
PHILADELPHIA, U.S., Dic 07 (IPS) - Seated at a table in the dimly lit café in Philadelphia's public library, Carolyn Hill looks no different from her fellow diners. A few minutes of conversation, though, are enough to reveal the extent of her distress.
Staff Accuses U.N. of Violating Human Rights
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dic 07 (IPS) - The United Nations will commemorate Human Rights Day next week amidst charges the world body is unilaterally proposing drastic changes to working conditions and salaries of staffers without due consultation - and in violation of their basic rights.
Mandela, Pacifist or Rebel?
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Dic 06 (IPS) - Perhaps it's a false contradiction. But today there are many who stress the pacifist message with which South Africa's Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) emerged from prison in 1990, while few put an emphasis on his rebellion against apartheid, including armed rebellion, which landed him in prison.
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