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U.S. Pesticide Approval Process “Grievously Flawed”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 28 (IPS) - An environment group here is warning that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a key government regulator, may have been haphazardly approving thousands of pesticides for decades, some of which pose risks to both human and environmental health.
U.S. Fourth Graders Fight to Bring Home Deported Classmate
- Inter Press Service
BERKELEY, California, Mar 28 (IPS) - Rodrigo Javier Diaz Guzman was a fairly typical Berkeley, California kid. He loved playing baseball and video games, enjoyed school and got good grades, watched Ninjago on TV, and ate take-out burritos and Chinese food whenever he could.
Canada Pulls Out of U.N. Body to Fight Desertification
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Mar 28 (IPS) - Canada is pulling out of the United Nations convention that fights droughts in Africa next year, making it the only country in the world not participating in the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
Thailand Holds Peace Talks with Muslim Rebels
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Mar 28 (IPS) - Thai authorities and Muslim rebels leaders have started peace talks aimed at ending almost a decade of unrest in the country's far south, as fresh violence killed at least five people.
U.N. Accused of Opaque Selection Process for Top Officials
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 28 (IPS) - - The Geneva-based U.N. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), described as a key forum for developing nations on issues relating to trade, investment and development, will have a new secretary-general come September.
OP-ED: Change in Cuba Comes in Stops and Starts
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Mar 28 (IPS) - The reform process launched in Cuba by the government of President Raúl Castro has made several changes to the country's rigid social and economic structure, with the ultimate aim of bringing this island nation out of its economic lethargy and making production, which is sinking under the weight of restrictions, controls and contradictions, more efficient.
Motorcycle Mission Teaches Some Lessons
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Mar 28 (IPS) - Mounted on a Harley Davidson, Shehzad Roy, a popular Pakistani singer, is on a mission: to expose the country's 176 million residents to the good, the bad and the ugly side of Pakistan's education system.
Women Long to Work in Peace
- Inter Press Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, Mar 28 (IPS) - Shaken by the brutal gang rape and murder of a young woman in the national capital New Delhi last December, the female workforce in India is calling for more concrete measures for the protection of female employees from both physical and non-physical attacks.
Not Yet Banking on the BRICS
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Mar 28 (IPS) - Although leaders of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa group agreed to launch a new development funding institution, giving the club a major infrastructure boost, some here are sceptical about the potential impact of the new bank.
“Merchants of Death” Fly Under the Radar of U.N. Arms Trade Treaty
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 28 (IPS) - Viktor Bout earned a few monikers in his heyday: "Merchant of Death", "Sanctions Buster" and "Lord of War". He's the poster boy for illicit arms brokers – a guild of shadowy intermediaries who link arms suppliers to their end users.
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