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Climate Change Report “Gives No Reason for Optimism”
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 28 (IPS) - Amidst rumours that global warming has slowed over the past 15 years, the new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states that each of the last three decades has been warmer than any preceding decade since 1850.
Weakening Al-Shabaab Seeks New Aggression
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Sep 27 (IPS) - Strong action now expected against the al-Shabaab group may well end up strengthening the group rather than weakening it, local people fear. The extremist group is suspected of involvement in the attack on the Westgate mall in Nairobi.
Victims Memorial in Spain Awaits Names of the Dead
- Inter Press Service
MALAGA, Spain, Sep 27 (IPS) - A pyramid is being built in the old San Rafael cemetery in the southern Spanish city of Málaga - a monument to thousands of people shot by firing squads here during the 1936-1939 Spanish Civil War and the 1939-1975 dictatorship of General Francisco Franco.
CO2 Reshaping the Planet, Meta-Analysis Confirms
- Inter Press Service
NANTES, France, Sep 27 (IPS) - Greenland will eventually truly become green as most of its massive ice sheet is destined to melt, the authoritative U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported Friday.
Latin America Stirs the Marijuana Pot
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY/MONTEVIDEO, Sep 27 (IPS) - In Latin America, where marijuana is the most widely consumed illegal drug, there is basically no home-grown research into its effects and properties. But possible legalisation in Uruguay and the Mexican capital could open the door to new studies.
Pakistani Gays Stifled in Closet Living
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Pakistan, Sep 27 (IPS) - It took fifty-something Sameer*, father of two, 25 years of marriage and deceit to eventually break free and come out of the closet three years back.
OP-ED: The U.S.-Iran Wrestling Match
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 27 (IPS) - From Tehran's perspective, the current negotiations between Iran and the United States may be best described as a wrestling match.
U.S. Projects 17-Percent Emissions Reduction by 2020
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 27 (IPS) - The United States has formally told the United Nations that it is on track to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 17-percent by the end of the decade, assuming that currently proposed regulations are implemented.
Sudan's "Wanted" President Skips U.N. General Assembly
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 26 (IPS) - Sudan's beleaguered president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who threatened to visit the United Nations despite an arrest warrant for war crimes, has backed out at the 59th minute of the eleventh hour.
Bloody Days in Sudan
- Inter Press Service
KHARTOUM, Sep 26 (IPS) - Activists claim that more than one hundred people have been killed and thousands injured during demonstrations in Sudan following the removal of fuel subsidies.
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