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U.S. Urged to Reject Genetically Engineered Trees
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 30 (IPS) - Consumer advocates and environmentalists this week are taking advantage of an industry conference to highlight concerns over the U.S. government's pending approval of a genetically modified eucalyptus tree.
Native People More Than Just Park Rangers
- Inter Press Service
DARWIN, Australia, May 30 (IPS) - Some good-byes can actually mean the start of a long road working together. That was how it felt at the end of the World Indigenous Network (WIN) conference in this northern Australian city.
Q&A: Israel Treats the Bedouin Like "People in a Box"
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 30 (IPS) - For thousands of years the Bedouin people have made their home in the desert of what is now Israel. But for almost six decades, the Bedouin have been on the move, repeatedly relocated to make room for Israeli settlements.
U.S., China Woo Caribbean "Friends" Just Days Apart
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, May 30 (IPS) - First it was U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, who travelled to Trinidad and Tobago Tuesday to speak with "our friends" in the Caribbean.
Courage to Combat Domestic Violence
- Inter Press Service
AUKI, Solomon Islands, May 30 (IPS) - Selina, a resident of a small community in Malaita, the most populous province in the Solomon Islands, watched in horror as a man standing on the road in front of her house tore the clothing off his wife, then beat her and inflicted wounds with a knife.
Failed Drug Policies Building Global Hepatitis C 'Time-Bomb'
- Inter Press Service
KIEV, May 30 (IPS) - As a hepatitis C pandemic rages among drug users and threatens the lives of millions around the world, a group of high-level leaders called today on governments to reform their drug policies and raise awareness about the public health threat of hepatitis C.
Nicaraguan Women May Have to Negotiate with their Abusers
- Inter Press Service
MANAGUA, May 30 (IPS) - Conservative sectors in Nicaragua have launched an offensive against the Comprehensive Law Against Violence Toward Women, seeking amendments including an obligation for women victims to negotiate with their abusers, human rights groups reported.
Brazil Floors Gas Pedal on Bus Rapid Transit
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 30 (IPS) - Brazil, and especially the city of Rio de Janeiro, is experiencing a boom in bus rapid transit (BRT), a public transport system that now has an internationally-recognised quality standard.
Dreams of Education Fly Away for Ghana’s Working Kids
- Inter Press Service
WUBA, Northern Ghana, May 30 (IPS) - It is a school day but 13-year-old Musah Razark Adams, a Grade 5 primary school pupil in Wuba, northern Ghana, is standing in a rice field wielding a "koglung" – a sling shot to hit birds with.
Diverse Groups Urge Expanded Preschool in U.S.
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 30 (IPS) - Over 300 business, civil society and academic groups here are urging U.S. lawmakers to support early childhood education, months after President Barack Obama hinted that his administration would be pushing for a change in U.S. policy to support universal preschool.
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