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Undocumented Workers Find Courage in Solidarity
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 22 (IPS) - Ataur was 18 when he left Bangladesh and arrived in the United States in 1991 as an undocumented migrant. He took two jobs at the same time, earning about 35 dollars a day in total.
Expanding Access to University to Boost Social Mobility
- Inter Press Service
, Jul 22 (IPS) - Nine of the 47 tuition-free public universities in Argentina were created in the last decade, with the aim of improving access to higher education in low-income areas. But despite the expansion and strategies to provide support for students, the drop-out rate has proven difficult to combat.
Kashmiris Run Away from TB Treatment
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, India, Jul 22 (IPS) - Twenty-three-year-old Haleema (not her real name) was not the first female patient at Srinagar's Chest Diseases Hospital in the Indian state of Kashmir to try to run away.
Challenges and Opportunities Await Iran’s Rouhani
- Inter Press Service
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, U.S., Jul 22 (IPS) - The transition team of Iran's President-elect Hassan Rouhani was busy last week lowering expectations for a quick economic recovery, saying that things are far worse than they had thought.
Afghan Mission Not Quite Ending
- Inter Press Service
TORONTO, Jul 22 (IPS) - NATO member countries like Canada will be continue to be asked to shoulder the burden of a military mission stuck in Afghanistan because of the continued vulnerability of the Kabul-based government.
Hundreds escape after Iraq prison attacks
- Inter Press Service
QATAR, Jul 22 (IPS) - A manhunt is under way for hundreds of inmates, including several high-ranking al-Qaeda members, who escaped two Iraqi prisons following deadly attacks.
Malnutrition Killing Children in Cameroon
- Inter Press Service
, Jul 22 (IPS) - At the Garoua Regional Hospital's Paediatric Feeding Centre in northern Cameroon, Aicha Ahidjo* is relieved to hear that her one-year-old son will survive. The child was suffering from chronic malnutrition, and other children have died of it.
Egyptians Dispute the Meaning of Democracy
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Jul 21 (IPS) - The events of Jun. 30 have split Egyptians into two categories. For those in the first, what happened that day was an army-supported public uprising to fulfill the objectives of the revolution of Jan. 25, 2011 and topple a president who broke promises and worked only to benefit his own group, the Muslim Brotherhood.
Civil Society Pushes for More Active Participation in Green Climate Fund
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jul 21 (IPS) - The Green Climate Fund (GCF), created under the auspices of the United Nations to finance the huge investments demanded by climate change, was opened up to participation by civil society and private sector representatives as observers in March.
Imported Torture Haunts Poland
- Inter Press Service
WARSAW, Jul 21 (IPS) - The only sign of life at Szymany's "international airport" are mosquitoes eager to suck blood out of a rare visitor. The gate is locked with a rusted chain and a padlock.
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