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A 'Drowning' President Speaks Out
- Inter Press Service
TARAWA, Kiribati, Sep 20 (IPS) - Scientists say dredging, building causeways and natural climate variations are largely responsible for the flooding events that many officials here point to as evidence that climate change-induced sea-level rise is shrinking and destroying their tropical Pacific island.
Heading Somewhere in Europe, Somehow
- Inter Press Service
ATHENS, Sep 20 (IPS) - While the relentless war in Syria continuously adds to the number of refugees travelling west to Europe, Greece is fast becoming a nation they are choosing to avoid.
Watchdog Body Will Oversee Private Military Contractors
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 19 (IPS) - Member governments, security companies and civil society organisations on Thursday formally created the first international body to be tasked with the monitoring and oversight of private military contractors' adherence to human rights standards and international law.
Q&A: Congolese Wrongly Branded as "Pathological"
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19 (IPS) - Western analysts all too often take a distorted and reductionist approach to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), says Kai Koddenbrock, who analysed more than 50 policy papers for a study published in the journal International Peacekeeping in November 2012.
Syria Diplomacy Helps Shuffle Global Order
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 19 (IPS) - When U.S. President Barack Obama tried to drum up momentum for airstrikes in Syria to punish and deter the use of chemical weapons, he failed to gain much of a following.
Ghana’s Growing Economy Fails to Create Jobs
- Inter Press Service
ACCRA, Sep 19 (IPS) - Ghana's economy registered 7.1 percent growth last year but 23-year-old Jennifer Esi Avemee has had difficulty securing a permanent job since graduating in 2011. "It's very stressful," she laments. "It's very hard to sustain yourself."
Killers Roam Free in Nepal
- Inter Press Service
KOLKATA, Sep 19 (IPS) - When the police finally arrested a man this month in the Nepali capital for the murder of a teenager nine years ago, it became a matter of life and death for Nanda Prasad Adhikari and his wife Ganga Maya.
U.S. Urged to Curb Militarisation in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 19 (IPS) - The United States needs to phase down its drug war and tighten the reins on its cooperation with local militaries and police in Latin America, according to a new report released here Wednesday by three influential think tanks.
U.S. to Require Disclosure of Worker-to-CEO Pay Gap
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 19 (IPS) - Regulators here are proposing that most U.S. corporations be required to provide annual public reporting on how the pay received by their chief executive compares to that of their average workers, a requirement proponents say could be a first step in reining in an unprecedented swelling in executive compensation.
Wanted for War Crimes, Sudan's President Threatens U.N. Appearance
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 18 (IPS) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, accused of war crimes and genocide in the politically-troubled Darfur region, is apparently planning to visit New York and address the U.N. General Assembly next week.
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