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Chávez Leaves a Deep Imprint
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Mar 06 (IPS) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez died Tuesday in the Military Hospital of Caracas after a long battle with cancer in his abdominal region, which was diagnosed in June 2011.
Operation Condor on Trial in Argentina
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Mar 05 (IPS) - The trial over a campaign of terror coordinated among the dictatorships of the Southern Cone of South America in the 1970s and 1980s began Tuesday in Buenos Aires with former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla as one of the main defendants, along with another 24 former military officers.
For Iran and Pakistan, Energy Trumps Enmity
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 05 (IPS) - Iran appears to be putting its immediate economic and strategic needs ahead of religious solidarity as it seeks to promote ties with neighbouring Pakistan.
Malian Refugees Look to Rebuild their Lives
- Inter Press Service
MANGAIZE, Niger, Mar 05 (IPS) - Malian refugees in Mangaïze, northwest Niger, are keen to return home to start work and be able to support themselves once more.
Microbes Thriving Deep Within the Earth
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Mar 05 (IPS) - Every living thing from bacteria to President Barack Obama is made of carbon from exploding stars.
Activists Urge Cardinals Who Concealed Sex Abuse to Skip Conclave
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Mar 05 (IPS) - As the Roman Catholic Church gets ready for the conclave that will select a new pope, activists and victims worldwide are stepping up their efforts to keep cardinals directly or indirectly involved in cases of paedophilia from participating in the papal election process.
Putting Local Climate Know-How on the Map
- Inter Press Service
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Mar 05 (IPS) - A new weapon in the arsenal against climate change is tapping local knowledge to bridge the policy gap and let communities make their own informed decisions about how to manage livelihoods, natural resources, culture and heritage.
Indigenous Community Takes Forest Law into Their Own Hands
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 05 (IPS) - An indigenous community in Brazil has decided to single-handedly take action against illegal loggers who are moving into their territory in search of highly valued timber.
Kabul Bank: A Bank that Defaulted on Trust
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Mar 05 (IPS) - Afghanistan's Kabul Bank is back in the news, with the sentencing of two of its top executives to five years in prison for fraud. But being in the limelight - for good or bad - has been part of the bank's saga since its inception in 2004.
Taliban Can’t Beat This Act
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Mar 05 (IPS) - The applause has continued long after the curtain came down on the last performance of Khushal Khan Khattak in the northern Pakistan city of Peshawar last month. The enthusiastic reception should have the Taliban worried.
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