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Putting Uganda’s Working Kids Back in School
- Inter Press Service
, Jun 13 (IPS) - Children around the world may complain about attending school and doing their homework, but not 14-year-old Raya*. For two years she was forced by her illiterate parents to spend every day, rain or shine, selling sugar cane from the family garden to customers on the streets of Entebbe, about 35 km outside the Ugandan capital, Kampala.
NSA Leaks Prompt Lawsuit and U.N. Action
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 13 (IPS) - Edward Snowden, 29, left behind a comfortable lifestyle in Hawaii as a private contractor for the Pentagon's National Security Agency (NSA) because he did not want to help create an "architecture for repression" for fellow citizens.
Intra-Asian Security Ties Good for U.S. – Report
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 13 (IPS) - Deepening security ties between East Asian nations offer substantial benefits to the United States as it "rebalances" its military forces towards the Asia-Pacific region, so long as the move is not perceived as a U.S.-led effort to contain China, according to a new report by a think tank close to the administration of President Barack Obama.
Climate Change Threatens Water and Food Security in Antigua
- Inter Press Service
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, Jun 12 (IPS) - With their islands devoid of rivers or streams, farmers in Antigua and Barbuda have been building dams and ponds for centuries, harvesting rainwater to irrigate their crops and provide drinking water for their livestock.
Iran's Reform-Center Alliance Will Transcend Election
- Inter Press Service
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jun 12 (IPS) - The decision by the reformist candidate Mohammadreza Aref to withdraw his candidacy -- and in effect open the path for the centrist Hassan Rowhani to become the unified candidate of both the centrists and reformists -- is an important development in Iranian politics.
Economic Issues Murky As Iranians Go To Polls
- Inter Press Service
TEHRAN, Iran, Jun 12 (IPS) - Talking to ordinary people in Neishabour and Tehran about Iran's June 14 presidential election, economic issues seem foremost on their minds. But whom they will vote for is based on vague promises to pull the economy out of its deep crisis rather than well-defined economic programs.
"Carbon Farming" Makes Waves at Stalled Bonn Talks
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jun 12 (IPS) - U.N. climate talks have largely stalled with the suspension of one of three negotiating tracks at a key mid-year session in Bonn, Germany.
‘Happy Prostitutes’ AIDS Campaign Sparks Debate
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 12 (IPS) - Happiness, the subject of endless philosophical discussions, has now become the focus of controversy in an HIV/AIDS prevention campaign aimed at prostitutes in Brazil. The campaign chief has been booted out and a further question has been raised: What are the limits of popular participation in the definition of public policies?
In Sri Lanka, the Tempest Comes Unannounced
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Jun 12 (IPS) - It was several hours before dawn when Afthas Niflal, a young fisherman in southern Sri Lanka, felt the sea start to rumble beneath him.
Zanzibar’s Encroaching Ocean Means Less Water
- Inter Press Service
ZANZIBAR, Tanzania, Jun 12 (IPS) - Khadija Komboani's nearest well is filled with salt water thanks to the rising sea around Tanzania's Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar.
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