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“Peanut Oil” Endangers Health of Young Bodybuilders
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Oct 09 (IPS) - You can't buy it in a store or get it in Cuba's public health clinics. But young men who frequent gyms know who sells it and secretly inject themselves with "peanut oil," as people in this country refer to synthol and other products that increase muscle mass.
New Laws May Fail to Protect Children in Sri Lanka
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Oct 09 (IPS) - Stricter laws could curb the rising trend of child abuse in Sri Lanka, experts say. However, recommendations like witness protection, special courts and procedures to hear abuse cases and more legal assistance to victims are unlikely to be included in a new draft Child Protection Policy that is to be presented to parliament before the end of the year.
Syrians Struggle with a Life of Sorts
- Inter Press Service
IDLIB/ALEPPO Provinces, Syria, Oct 09 (IPS) - Free Syrian Army fighters stand guard over the state cable company premises to avoid looting in Khan Al-Assal, a district 14 kilometres west of Aleppo. Much of the rest of the place seems a nightmarish ghost town.
Building a Better World, One Block at a Time
- Inter Press Service
NANTES, France, Oct 08 (IPS) - One evening in the small village of Ashton Hayes in Cheshire, England, someone started a conversation about climate change and energy at the local pub. It was 2005. Two years later, residents had cut their carbon dioxide emissions and energy costs by 20 percent.
Chile’s Mining Industry Turns to Sunlight to Ease Energy Shortage
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Oct 08 (IPS) - The mining industry in the north of Chile, the world's leading producer of copper, is trying to partially satisfy its insatiable appetite for energy with a renewable, ever-available source: the sun.
U.N.'s Top Posts Remain a Boy's Club
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 08 (IPS) - Despite adopting scores of pious resolutions on gender empowerment over the last 67 years, the 193-member General Assembly has failed to practice in its own backyard what it has vigourously preached to the outside world.
Neoconservatives Despair Over U.S.-Iran Diplomacy
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 08 (IPS) - A week that began with a blistering denunciation by Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of Iranian duplicity ended with diminished prospects for Israel to take direct action to address Iran's nuclear capabilities.
Somalis Caught Between Terrorism and a Border Dispute
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Oct 08 (IPS) - Somali militia groups are beginning to operate in Kenya's remote and arid North Eastern Province, an area that borders southern Somalia – a former stronghold of the extremist group Al-Shabaab.
Pakistan Government Failing to Go Local
- Inter Press Service
LAHORE, Oct 08 (IPS) - Had the provincial governments of Pakistan heeded their apex court, the country's four provinces - Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - would have had local governments in place by now. The Supreme Court of Pakistan had in July this year directed that local government elections be held by Sep. 15.
Pacific Pact – a Minefield for Health Care
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Oct 08 (IPS) - The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), the negotiation of which is set to conclude this year, could drive research into new drugs and improve access to medicines. Except – it won't.
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