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Stories Sprout like Warnings in Japan's Tsunami Wasteland
- Inter Press Service
MINAMISANRIKU, Japan, Mar 19 (IPS) - As a survivor of Japan's deadliest tsunami in living memory, Shun Ito dedicates his mornings to evoking stories of heroism that helped to save lives in this port town that was decimated on that fateful March afternoon two years ago.
‘Born in War, Grown up in War, Now Time for Rehabilitation’
- Inter Press Service
NZARA, South Sudan, Mar 19 (IPS) - Sungu Mizele, a Congolese national living in Yambio, in South Sudan's Western Equatoria state, earns a living selling the fruit and vegetables that she grows in her backyard, at the local town market. On average, she earns nine dollars a day. But on a good day, when she has fresh supplies, she can earn up to 31 dollars.
Secretive U.S. Amendment Would Weaken Biotech Oversight
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 19 (IPS) - Food safety advocates, environmentalists and health professionals here are engaging in a fervent last-minute campaign to highlight a controversial legislative amendment they say would gut the ability of both the judiciary and the federal government to regulate genetically modified agricultural products.
Low Expectations Colour Obama's Israel Trip
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 19 (IPS) - With Barack Obama set to travel on his first trip to Israel as president, expectations for a major breakthrough on the long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian "peace process" are low to nonexistent.
Several Countries Depend on Venezuela’s Oil Diplomacy
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 18 (IPS) - Venezuela's economic challenges, more than the uncertainty over who will succeed late president Hugo Chávez, could threaten the oil diplomacy he practiced in the region.
Russia to Get Venezuelan Oil for a Few Cents a Barrel
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Mar 18 (IPS) - Russian state oil firm Rosneft and Venezuela's PDVSA (Petróleos de Venezuela S.A.) have agreed to form a partnership to exploit an oilfield with estimated reserves of 40 billion barrels, strengthening the alliance between the two countries.
How to Break the Stalemate on Global Sustainability
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Mar 18 (IPS) - The current growth model is not sustainable. Neither the green economy nor alternative sources of energy can prevent global warming. Solutions will come from concerted actions at the local and national levels, from the adoption of instruments and practices borrowed from other disciplines like peacebuilding, and from the move to a "no-waste economy", according to experts here.
China Outsells UK in World's Lucrative Arms Bazaar
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 18 (IPS) - After ranking ahead of Japan as the world's second largest economy, China has reached another milestone: displacing the UK as the world's fifth largest arms supplier.
Ten Years After Iraq War, Neo-Cons Struggle to Hold Republicans
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 18 (IPS) - Ten years after reaching the height of their influence with the invasion of Iraq, the neo-conservatives other right-wing hawks are fighting hard to retain their control of the Republican Party.
Foreigners Take Centre Stage in Election Race
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Mar 18 (IPS) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's comments about foreigners taking Australian jobs in a speech made last week in Rooty Hill, the working-class heartland of Sydney's western suburbs, has brought issues of immigration, asylum and race back into election campaigning.
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