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Washington Mulls Surprise Rouhani Victory in Iran Vote
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 18 (IPS) - The surprise victory of Hassan Rouhani in Iran's Jun. 14 election has provoked a range of reactions here, ranging from cautious optimism about possible détente between Tehran and Washington to outright rejection of the notion that his presidency will produce any substantive change in policy, foreign or domestic.
U.S. Court Decision to Speed Introduction of Generic Drugs
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 17 (IPS) - The Supreme Court pushed back Monday against a longstanding practise in the U.S. pharmaceuticals industry under which large-scale companies pay producers of generic copies to hold off introducing those low-cost drugs into the marketplace.
U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Voter Registration Law
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 17 (IPS) - In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down voter application requirements demanding proof of citizenship, making it much easier for naturalised citizens to register to vote.
Analysts Say Oil Could Help Mend U.S.-Venezuela Relations
- Inter Press Service
How Booz Allen Made the Revolving Door Redundant
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 17 (IPS) - Edward Snowden, a low-level employee of Booz Allen Hamilton who blew the whistle on the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), unexpectedly exposed a powerful and seamless segment of the military-industrial complex - the world of contractors that consumes some 70 percent of this country's 52-billion-dollar intelligence budget.
No "Free Pass" for U.S. in Human Rights Film Festival
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 17 (IPS) - Stories of struggle can be found all over the world, from a law classroom in Oklahoma and the brutal borderlands between the United States and Mexico to a Bedouin village in Jordan and wedding parties in Morocco, as the 24th Human Rights Watch Film Festival is showcasing.
Women's Time Has Come
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 17 (IPS) - Closing the gender gap between women and men on agriculture and food security could free over one hundred million people from hunger.Â
Bringing Home the Bacon the Green Way
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 17 (IPS) - The world can satisfy its growing appetite for meat and animal-based products without upsetting livelihoods, especially of developing country farmers, or worsening climate change.
Cuba Wakes Up to Costs of Climate Change Effects
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Jun 17 (IPS) - "How much is a species worth? What is the price tag on the services provided by a river or a forest?" These are the questions biologist MarÃa Elena Perdomo is asking to encourage Cubans to take account of environmental costs, which may apparently be incorporated in the present economic reforms.
MDGs Fund Boosts Food Security
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 17 (IPS) - Since its founding in 2007 to help developing nations fight poverty, hunger, illiteracy, disease and gender discrimination, the Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund (MDG-F) has financed about 130 joint programmes in 50 countries.
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