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Afghan Girls Give More Than Their Hands in Marriage
- Inter Press Service
KABUL, Feb 26 (IPS) - In Afghanistan, the maternal mortality rate is on the rise; hospitals are filling up with anaemic women and girls; and in over 200 districts, high schools are devoid of even a single female pupil. These issues are not unrelated - they are all products of a grave social problem in this country of 35 million people: early child marriages.
Green-Fingered Mauritian Farmers Go Green
- Inter Press Service
PORT LOUIS, Feb 26 (IPS) - By Kritanand Beeharry's side are thousands of watermelon seedlings that he has grown in small pots without the use of chemical fertilisers.
As the farmer prepares his half-hectare piece of land in Soreze, near Mauritius' capital Port-Louis, to plant the two-week-old seedlings, he takes a minute to admire his achievement. "Look at these, they look solid and better grown -- it's the compost," he says.
Tourism Lies at the Heart of the BRICS
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 26 (IPS) - As tourism between the emerging nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa starts to increase, South Africa is determined weld the iron while it is hot.
A Changing of the Guard in Cuba
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Feb 26 (IPS) - The new faces in key positions in parliament and other branches of the Cuban state will need to prove their charisma and potential political leadership, possibly in a more participative way, in the context of current economic and social changes, analysts say.
Former Hostages Call for Broadened Dialogue with Iran
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (IPS) - On the eve of resumed talks between Iran and the P5+1 (the U.S., Britain, France, Russia, China plus Germany) in Almaty, Kazakhstan over its nuclear programme, two former hostages of the U.S. embassy takeover in Tehran argued that the aura of mistrust that has dogged relations for decades must be addressed.
Europeans Urge U.S. Action on Financial Transaction Tax
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (IPS) - Two European policymakers on Monday called on their U.S. counterparts to rethink opposition to proposals for a small tax on stock purchases and other financial transactions, which proponents say could raise hundreds of billions of dollars for poverty alleviation, action on climate change and financing international development.
Q&A: Radio Gives a Voices to South African Youth
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (IPS) - Lesedi Mogoatlhe has dedicated her life to empowering African youth by helping them to find their voices through radio journalism.
Former Insiders Criticise Iran Policy as U.S. Hegemony
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (IPS) - "Going to Tehran" arguably represents the most important work on the subject of U.S.-Iran relations to be published thus far.
Green Energy Solves Dual Crises of Poverty and Climate
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Feb 25 (IPS) - Green energy is the only way to bring billions of people out of energy poverty and prevent a climate disaster, a new study reveals.
U.N. to Build Bridges Battling "Merchants of Hate"
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (IPS) - Amidst the rising tide of racial and religious intolerance worldwide - including xenophobia, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia - the U.N. Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) will meet in the Austrian capital of Vienna later this week to strengthen cross-cultural relations in a world it describes as "alarmingly out of balance".
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