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Q&A: Brazil’s School Meals Teach Good Eating Habits
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 20 (IPS) - Providing school meals for 45 million children is a remarkable achievement for Brazil. But the programme faces specific difficulties, as well as the generic problems plaguing any national plan in this vast country of more than 192 million people.
Ex-World Leaders Find Haven, and Per Diem, at U.N.
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 20 (IPS) - A potential ad from the United Nations to be placed in a weekly London newsmagazine could possibly read: Vacancy for ex-head of government or ex-head of state; lucrative globe-trotting political assignments in Asia, Africa or Latin America; attractive per diem; first or business class travel; five star hotels; and guaranteed diplomatic immunity (including from the International Criminal Court).
Syrian Delegates Push for Peaceful Resolution of Conflict
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 20 (IPS) - Amidst ongoing violence between the Syrian regime and opposition forces, and serious international discourse on arming the opposition, some Syrian civil society leaders are insisting upon a non-violent approach toward conflict resolution.
Q&A: Master Reforestation Plan to Save Haiti
- Inter Press Service
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Mar 20 (IPS) - Droughts and floods, devastating hurricanes and soil erosion with a drastic impact on food security make Haiti extremely vulnerable to climate change and in need of enormous adaptation efforts.
Goat Farming, a Growing Alternative in Cuba's Reform Process
- Inter Press Service
CIENFUEGOS, Cuba, Mar 20 (IPS) - Goat farming is becoming popular among farmers given land to use as part of the economic reforms implemented in Cuba since 2008. The increase in goat rearing, in provinces like Cienfuegos on the southern coast, could help expand the limited range of basic food products available to Cubans.
Constant Checks Necessary to Maintain Integrity of Kariba Dam Wall
- Inter Press Service
In Middle East, Women's Labour Half of Global Levels
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 20 (IPS) - As countries in the Middle East and North Africa adjust to profound political changes and economic difficulties, development experts on the region have increasingly turned their attention to the social and economic potential of incorporating more female workers into the labour market.
Treating Malnutrition Moves From the Hospital to the Home
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Mar 20 (IPS) - When nine-month-old Borsha was admitted to the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Bangladesh last January, she was on the verge of death.
Palestinians Prepare a Bitter Welcome for Obama
- Inter Press Service
RAMALLAH, Mar 20 (IPS) - The rumbling drone of a fleet of U.S. helicopters carrying security and administrative personnel could be heard long before the eight choppers came into view over the Ramallah horizon on their way to the Palestinian Authority (PA) presidential compound in the West Bank de facto capital Ramallah.
Treason Case May Fuel Unrest in Malawi
- Inter Press Service
LILONGWE, Mar 20 (IPS) - Malawi's first-ever tripartite elections in May 2014 will be a litmus test for President Joyce Banda, who is faced with an opposition majority in parliament, soaring food prices, and a potential treason trial.
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