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Taliban Running Out of Suicide Bombers
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Feb 19 (IPS) - Taliban militants have been losing grip over the handling of their would-be suicide bombers. Of late they failed to carry out their missions as planned.
Q&A: "Neoliberalism Negates Human Rights"
- Inter Press Service
LISBON, Feb 19 (IPS) - Thousands of people marched through the streets of cities across Portugal "against exploitation and impoverishment" caused by the government's austerity cuts, in a protest organised by the General Confederation of Portuguese Workers (CGTP), the country's largest trade union.
Correa Calls for Irreversible "Citizens' Revolution"
- Inter Press Service
QUITO, Feb 18 (IPS) - Ecuador's President Rafael Correa secured yesterday his third term in office by a landslide, after vowing to radically deepen his project of citizens' revolution by making the changes achieved thus far "irreversible", fully achieving the goals of eradicating poverty, transforming the model of production and consolidating the "rule of the people".
The Struggle to Keep Swaziland’s Primary Schools Free
- Inter Press Service
MBABANE, Feb 18 (IPS) - As the Swazi government struggles to guarantee a no-cost nationwide primary school system, it finds itself sparring against school principals over the question if it is a lack of funds or an abundance of corruption that is standing in the way of its success.
Erratic Weather Looms Above while Injustice Boils Below
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Feb 18 (IPS) - The "Spirit of America" is one of 10 ferries that carry passengers from Manhattan to Staten Island. Its keel – which lies on the bottom of the boat and carves through the waters of New York Harbour– was built with steel from the collapsed Twin Towers.
India Tightens Child Labour Laws
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Feb 18 (IPS) - After one of the six males under trial for the rape and subsequent death of a 23-year-old woman was deemed an adolescent and therefore entitled to leniency, juvenile rights activists have found themselves pitted against irate members of the public demanding death sentences for all the perpetrators.
Switzerland Checks Mercenaries, Partially
- Inter Press Service
BASEL, Feb 18 (IPS) - The Swiss government has presented a draft law regulating the private military industry but critics argue the law is toothless.
Gangnam Style Finds a Tragic Touch in Gaza
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Feb 18 (IPS) - "We wanted to do something to bring focus to the plight of Palestinian political prisoners, of which there are around 5,000 in Israeli jails, including hunger strikers, children, women," says Mohannad Barakat, 30, one of seven Palestinians who have made a Palestinian version of the Gangnam style.
Bulgarian Revelations Explode Hezbollah Bombing “Hypothesis”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (IPS) - When European Union foreign ministers discuss a proposal to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov will present his government's case for linking two suspects in the Jul. 18, 2012 bombing of an Israeli tourist bus to Hezbollah.
Indigenous Youth Speak up to Protect Their Roots
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 17 (IPS) - Indigenous youthfrom some of the world's oldest living cultures are stepping forward to steer their communities past the threat of disappearance and into an age of coexistence with an increasingly globalised world.
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