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Street Power Takes On Gold
- Inter Press Service
BUCHAREST, Sep 17 (IPS) - Street protests are snowballing in Romania against a Canadian-led gold mining project in the Rosia Montana area in the Apuseni Mountains. More than 20,000 people joined a protest march in Bucharest on Sunday, and thousands in other Romanian cities took to the streets.
Proposed Global Accord Called a Disaster for Public Services
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 17 (IPS) - Nearly 350 international civil society organisations are urging countries taking part in new negotiations towards an agreement on "trade in services" to abandon the effort, warning that the accord would negatively impact on universal access to and national regulation of public services.
U.N. Team Confirms Syria Chemical Attack but Not Culpability
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 16 (IPS) - After an intense investigation of the military attack on civilians in Syria last month, a U.N. team of arms inspectors has reached a predictable conclusion: the deadly attack had all the trappings of the widespread use of chemical weapons.
“The Oil Is Ours” – But Its Secrets Are the NSA’s
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 16 (IPS) - Reported U.S. spying on Brazil's Petrobras oil firm revived the controversy over opening up the company, a symbol of Brazilian sovereignty since the 1950s, to foreign investment.
Top Afghan Female Police Officer Gunned Down
- Inter Press Service
QATAR, Sep 16 (IPS) - A top policewoman in southern Afghanistan has died after being shot by unknown attackers, months after her predecessor was also slain in similar circumstances.
Argentina's Imports Climb Despite State Controls
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Sep 16 (IPS) - To maintain its trade surplus, Argentina continues to control imports – a strategy that has bolstered its national industry but is questioned by importers, partners in the Mercosur trade bloc, and rich countries.
OP-ED: Making Sense of Syria
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Sep 16 (IPS) - Tarzie Vittachi, a Sri Lankan journalist who in his final years was the bemused occupant of a high United Nations office, once summed up with his characteristic terse wit a central truth about international affairs: "Everything is about something else."
Seeds of Conflict Sprout in the Balkans
- Inter Press Service
BELGRADE, Sep 16 (IPS) - This year, summer in the Balkans has been nice and warm, leaving behind a land of plenty, and enough food on the table. Except that people are talking about tomatoes "that don't taste as they used to," watermelons that are too watery, cabbages that are hard to slice through and onions that do not sting your eyes.
Executions on Hold ‘for the Wrong Reasons’
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Sep 16 (IPS) - The execution of three Taliban men ordered by the courts has been kept on hold - not because the Pakistani government opposes the death penalty but because it fears the Taliban, political leaders say.
Scarcity Reveals an Inaccessible Excess
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Sep 15 (IPS) - For decades Zakayo Ekeno has walked Turkana County's arid land, herding his livestock, and his father's before that. Yet nothing about the persistently drought-stricken land in northern Kenya could have given him an indication of the wealth beneath it.
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