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First Steps to Save Burkina Faso's Forests
- Inter Press Service
OUAGADOUGOU, Jul 20 (IPS) - Burkina Faso has just received a grant of 30 million dollars from the Forest Investment Programme to help protect the country's forests and reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with deforestation.
Advocates of Iran Engagement Get Unexpected Boost
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 20 (IPS) - For the first time in many months, supporters of intensified diplomatic engagement with Iran appear to be gaining strength here.
River Diversion Project Spells Disaster
- Inter Press Service
SELENGE PROVINCE, Mongolia, Jul 19 (IPS) - Tsetseghkorol, a Mongolian herder, stares out nostalgically at the Orkhon River, the longest in the country.
Tensions Rise as Walmart Refuses to Pay “Living Wage”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 19 (IPS) - Proponents of a proposed higher "living wage" requirement for workers at large retailers here in Washington are stepping up their campaign, urging the city's mayor to sign pending legislation into law.
OECD Proposes Plan to Curb International Tax Avoidance
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 19 (IPS) - Finance ministers from the Group of 20 (G20) countries on Friday received a previously requested strategy under which the world's largest economies could crack down on international tax avoidance, particularly on the part of multinational corporations.
Fight over NSA Spying Spills into U.S. Courts
- Inter Press Service
ATLANTA, Georgia, Jul 19 (IPS) - A wide variety of individuals and organisations have filed lawsuits challenging the National Security Agency (NSA) and other federal agencies and officials for conducting a massive, dragnet spying operation on U.S. citizens that was recently confirmed by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
OP-ED: Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood: Exclusion Breeds Radicalism
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 19 (IPS) - The Egyptian military's removal of the democratically-elected President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood from power upended the MB's 20-year old political participation programme. If the new regime aims to achieve genuine reconciliation and political consensus, the MB and its supporters must be included in the restructuring of Egyptian politics.
Unclear Scope for Media Law in Ecuador
- Inter Press Service
QUITO, Jul 19 (IPS) - Ecuador's new media law introduces guarantees to democratise communications. But it has come under fire from critics who say it could set limits on investigative journalism. Many doubts will only be answered once its regulations are passed.
/UPDATE*/ Opinion Divided on Rebirth of Ethiopia’s Opposition
- Inter Press Service
GONDAR, Ethiopia, Jul 19 (IPS) - Since the violence that ensued after the ruling party won Ethiopia's 2005 elections, this East African nation has seen little in the way of political dissent. That is, until the last few months.
BOOKS: Iran’s Coup, Then and Now
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jul 19 (IPS) - Ervand Abrahamian, a leading historian of modern Iran, has recently explored the 1953 Anglo/American-sponsored coup that overthrew Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq.
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