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Two Million People Hold their Breath Over Lake Malawi Mediation
- Inter Press Service
LILONGWE, Mar 03 (IPS) - Over two million families who solely depend on Lake Malawi for their livelihoods are anxiously putting their hopes into an upcoming mediation between Malawi and Tanzania intended to put an end to a longstanding ownership dispute.
Japanese Learn to Mind Their Business for Others
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Mar 02 (IPS) - After two decades of economic stagnation and serial natural disasters, a growing number of young Japanese believe social entrepreneurship is the best way to rebuild their society.
Draft Assessment of Tar Sands Pipeline “Devastatingly Cynical”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 02 (IPS) - The U.S. State Department late Friday released a draft environmental impact assessment of a contentious pipeline project that simultaneously acknowledged the dangers posed by climate change while also noting the project would "not likely result in significant adverse environmental effects".
Protests in Portugal Get Creative
- Inter Press Service
LISBON, Mar 01 (IPS) - Indignation in Portugal over rampant joblessness and cuts in wages, pensions and unemployment benefits, together with a growing tax burden, has given rise to innovative forms of protest capable of drawing large crowds.
Task Force Urges Joint U.S.-Mexico Approach to Border
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 01 (IPS) - A group of business executives, civil society leaders, policy experts and former government officials from Mexico and the United States are recommending that the two countries expand cooperative law-enforcement efforts along the border.
Former Haitian Dictator Denies Abuses at Historic Hearing
- Inter Press Service
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Mar 01 (IPS) - For the first time ever, on Thursday Haiti's former dictator faced his accusers, answering questions about corruption and human rights abuses during his brutal 15-year regime (1971-1986).
Inter-American Human Rights System Reform Faces Deadline
- Inter Press Service
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, Mar 01 (IPS) - March will be a key month for defining the future of the Inter-American human rights system, which has come under fire from a number of countries in the region.
“Eco-Reconstruction” Still an Impossible Dream for Chilean Village
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Mar 01 (IPS) - The reconstruction of the fishing village of Boyeruca, destroyed by the tsunami that swept over central-south Chile on Feb. 27, 2010, was meant to serve as a model of ecological and sustainable reconstruction.
Q&A: ‘Alliance of Civilisations, a Need and a Challenge’
- Inter Press Service
VIENNA, Mar 01 (IPS) - The fifth global forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilisations (UNAOC), founded to promote intercultural understanding and dialogue to bring civilisations closer, came to a close Thursday after two days of talks, at which world leaders restated their commitment to the Alliance's ideals and pledged to build on the foundations it had laid to expand its work.
Water – A Blessing and a Curse in Mozambique
- Inter Press Service
MAPUTO, Mar 01 (IPS) - As Mozambique tries to recover from the worst flooding here since 2000, experts have called for a national discussion on water management and how to maximise its usage in favour of long-term sustainable development.
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