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U.S. Regulator Lodges “Environmental Objections” to Keystone Plan
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 23 (IPS) - Advocacy groups here are applauding the publication of new government concerns, formally expressed Monday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), over a recent assessment of the environmental impact of a major oil pipeline that would run between Canada and the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Q&A: "The Challenge in Venezuela Is to Consolidate Democracy"
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Apr 23 (IPS) - The challenge for Venezuela is to strengthen democracy, and for its new president, Nicolás Maduro, it is to overcome a potential recall referendum and to further the interests of his political supporters, Marcelo Serpa, of the Latin American Association of Election Campaign Researchers (ALICE), told IPS.
Mining and Logging Companies “Leaving Chile without Water”
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Apr 23 (IPS) - More than 100 environmental, social and indigenous organisations protested Monday in the Chilean capital to demand that the state regain control over the management of water, which was privatised by the dictatorship in 1981.
California Rethinks Cooperation with Deportation Programme
- Inter Press Service
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Apr 23 (IPS) - Challenges are mounting to a key U.S. immigration enforcement programme that requires local police to share the fingerprints of individuals they arrest, triggering a federal investigation into the immigration status of the detainee.
Spain’s New Evictions Law “Protects Banks”
- Inter Press Service
MÁLAGA, Spain, Apr 23 (IPS) - A new mortgage bill approved by Spain's lower house of parliament would merely put a bandaid on the plight of people whose homes are being repossessed, and would not guarantee protection for most families facing eviction, activists complain.
Their Missing Daughters
- Inter Press Service
GUWAHATI, India, Apr 23 (IPS) - It is as if they have given up hope of ever seeing their girls again. They are an Adivasi family from a remote village in Assam state in India, nestled in the Himalayan foothills. The picturesque surroundings belie the hollowness they feel within.
Israeli Cloud Hovers Over Green Energy
- Inter Press Service
MASAFER YATTA, Occupied West Bank, Apr 23 (IPS) - A quiet diplomatic war is being waged by several European governments against the Israeli authorities, specifically the Israeli Civil Administration which controls the Israeli occupied West Bank.
Tackling Malawi’s Doctor Deficit
- Inter Press Service
BLANTYRE, Malawi, Apr 23 (IPS) - In Malawi, where the healthcare system frequently makes headlines for its shortages of drugs and medical workers, a fact that is often overlooked is that two out of four central hospitals do not have a specialist physician in attendance.
Educating Mothers to End South Africa’s Newborn Deaths
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Apr 23 (IPS) - A young mother – who only wants to be identified as Karren – beamed as she nursed her newborn baby at the University of Witwatersrand's Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, in Hillbrow, South Africa.
Boston Suspect No “Enemy Combatant”, Rights Concerns Remain
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 22 (IPS) - Civil liberties and human rights groups are applauding the White House's announcement Monday that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the lone surviving suspect in last week's bombing in Boston, will not be charged as an enemy combatant, as some conservative politicians here had been urging.
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