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Kurds Build Bridges At Last
- Inter Press Service
DERIK, Syria, Oct 13 (IPS) - After fleeing the war three months ago, Gulnaz is headed back for Syria to bury her brother within the 24 hours Islam stipulates. But it is far from easy to take the coffin across the Syrian-Iraqi border.
U.S. Govt Shutdown Dashes Immigrant Dreams
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Oct 12 (IPS) - Early on the morning of Oct. 1, Tapia* left her home in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, took the subway into Manhattan and headed to the federal courthouse on Varick Street.
Mystery Attackers Hit Sinai
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Oct 12 (IPS) - A period of more than three months since former president Mohamed Morsi's ouster by Egypt's powerful military establishment have been marked by almost daily attacks on Egyptian security personnel, especially in the restive Sinai Peninsula. The identity of the attackers remains a mystery.
Brazil in Reverse
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 11 (IPS) - In the last five years, Brazil has joined the ranks of the world's big polluters, whose main source of greenhouse gases is the burning of fossil fuels.
Israeli Claim of Iranian ICBM Exploits Biased U.S. Intel
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (IPS) - In an effort to provoke any possible opposition in U.S. political circles to a nuclear deal with Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has returned to exploiting an old claim that Iran is building intercontinental ballistic missiles that could hit the United States.
OP-ED: Grenada's IMF Sunday School
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (IPS) - As the International Monetary Fund shares initial proposals for Grenada's debt restructuring during the Washington DC meetings this week, the Caribbean island could gain a reputation for more than nutmeg, calypso, beaches and the 2012 gold medal sprinter Kirani James.
Zimbabweans Head Out for a Better Life
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Oct 11 (IPS) - Admire Gumbo, 26, from Harare's Mabvuku high density-suburb, is loathe to leave Zimbabwe to return to Botswana. However, he feels he has no choice but to return to the neighbouring country where he worked for three years as a manual labourer.
Swat Not at Peace With Malala
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 11 (IPS) - Back in Swat Valley in Pakistan where she comes from, Malala Yousafzai who had been tipped to win the Nobel peace prize this year, has not only left behind more girls in school now than there were a year ago but also large numbers of people who are now distanced – and even hostile – to her.
U.S. Accused of Unprecedented Assault on Press Freedom
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (IPS) - Press freedom advocates here charge that the administration of President Barack Obama is engaged in a war on "leaks" of secret information that is without parallel in this country.
400 Million Children Mired in Extreme Poverty
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (IPS) - Four hundred million children under 13 years of age are living in extreme poverty worldwide, according to a new study released by the World Bank here Thursday.
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