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New York Wants Your Potato Peels
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 06 (IPS) - Ask a random New Yorker what their city is famous for and "composting" is about as likely to make the list as "cheap housing" and "warm winters". But if it is up to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, this will soon change.
Global Value Chains from a Development Perspective
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Aug 06 (IPS) - The current discourse on Global Value Chains by key proponents and also the World Trade Organisation (WTO) secretariat is that developing countries should liberalise - in goods and services - and conclude a trade facilitation agreement.
OP-ED: Latin America Lags on Reproductive Rights
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 06 (IPS) - In the last decade, several countries in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region have had the opportunity to experience economic growth and establish redistributive fiscal policies aimed at reducing poverty, reducing inequality and improving the coverage and quality of health, education and social protection services.
Migrant Workers Finding Opportunity in Russian Far East
- Inter Press Service
MOSCOW, Aug 06 (IPS) - Traditionally the bulk of migrant labourers in Russia's Far East have come from China, with a few North Koreans mixed in. But of late, workers from Central Asia have been pushing their Chinese competitors off the lowest rung on the labour ladder in eastern Siberia.
Interpol ‘Misused’ by Human Rights Abusers
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Aug 06 (IPS) - The world's largest international policing organisation Interpol is being used by governments to track down political opponents and human right campaigners, an IPS investigation reveals.
China Trade Deal Raises Hackles in Taiwan
- Inter Press Service
TAIPEI, Aug 06 (IPS) - A broad coalition of Taiwanese labour, human rights and other civil society organisations are campaigning to block legislative ratification of the controversial Cross-Strait Services Trade Agreement signed Jun. 21 by representatives of Taiwan and China.
Fear of Isolation Gets Israel Talking
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Aug 06 (IPS) - The fresh Palestinian-Israeli peace drive stems from the realisation by all parties involved in the process that diplomatic isolation constitutes a strategic threat to Israel. This isolation whip will be held above Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's back for as long as it takes for him to agree to the pre-1967 lines as basis for the end of the 46-year occupation.
Australian ‘Outsourcing’ of Refugees Challenged
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Aug 05 (IPS) - The Australian asylum policy of rejecting boat arrivals has been condemned by the United Nations Refugee Agency, Pacific island leaders, migration experts and human rights organisations.
Alberta's Oil Sands Bring Jobs, Services and Despair
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 05 (IPS) - "First the bugs began to disappear," says Eriel Deranger, spokesperson for Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation.
Therapeutic Abortion Faces Political Veto in Chile
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Aug 05 (IPS) - Nearly a quarter century after Chile's return to democracy, there is still a lack of political will to legalise therapeutic abortion, analysts say, even though Congress is debating several draft laws on the question.
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