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Scandal Over Israeli Firm Training Peruvian Soldiers
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Mar 22 (IPS) - The Peruvian legislature is investigating a contract with an Israeli company, entered into by the previous government for advising and training the military, after audit bodies found irregularities in how it was signed.
USAID Makes Steady but Slow Gains on Transparency
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 22 (IPS) - The United States' main foreign assistance agency is getting widespread plaudits for new data on a series of internal reforms aimed at aid improvement, but some development experts are pointing to a persistent opaqueness from the agency.
Obama Boosts Syria Support As Congress Pushes for Military Intervention
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 22 (IPS) - As the Syrian uprising enters its third year, the United States and its allies are preparing to materially increase their support of the armed opposition in Syria.
Guerillas and Civilians Converge for Peace
- Inter Press Service
QANDIL MOUNTAINS, Iraq, Mar 22 (IPS) - It was only seven in the morning when Mohamed Abdi spread out a rug a few metres away from an artillery crater, up in the Qandil mountains of northern Iraq. This Iraqi Kurd from Suleimaniyah, 260 kilometres northeast of Baghdad, was ready to celebrate the Newroz – the Kurdish and Persian New Year – along with his family.
Boreholes, Boreholes Everywhere….And Not a Drop to Drink
- Inter Press Service
MBABANE, Mar 22 (IPS) - Every day for the last four years, 52-year-old Tintfombi Msibi has had to walk past the borehole in her village of Ekuphakameni, one of the driest rural villages in southern Swaziland, to a dirty stream two kilometres away to collect drinking water.
Civil Society Seeks to Influence Mexican Mining Law Reform
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Mar 22 (IPS) - Two separate bills to reform Mexico's mining laws, one from the government and the other from academics and NGOs, agree on the urgent need for major changes in the rules governing the industry.
Portuguese Women Stand Up for the Family in Times of Crisis
- Inter Press Service
LISBON, Mar 22 (IPS) - The huge impact of the economic crisis on male employment in Portugal has led to a sharp increase in the proportion of women who have become the main breadwinners in their families. But that has not translated into progress towards equality.
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Mar 22 (IPS) - How much water does it take to turn on a light? It took 10,000 litres to make your jeans. Another three big bathtubs of water was needed for your two-eggs-toast-coffee breakfast this morning.
More Rebels Seek Asylum After War Crimes Suspect’s Surrender
- Inter Press Service
GOMA, DR Congo, Mar 22 (IPS) - As the Rwandan government said on Thursday Mar. 21 that it would do all it could to ensure the speedy transfer of war crimes suspect General Bosco Ntaganda to the International Criminal Court, fighters loyal to him are also seeking asylum in the central African nation.
The World Flocks to its Forum
- Inter Press Service
TUNIS, Mar 22 (IPS) - In the final countdown to this year's World Social Forum (WSF), Tunisian civil society and the country's capital, Tunis, prepares for an influx of over 50,000 visitors. With the dates of the forum set for Mar. 26-30, uncompleted tasks are being fast-tracked while the university campus that will host the forum is being given a security face-lift.
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