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Virtually At Sea in the Pacific
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Feb 15 (IPS) - The Pacific Islands have some of the lowest rates of Internet penetration in the world, but tech-savvy urbanites are behind the emergence of a number of social media sites dedicated to generating public debate and demanding government accountability. However, without real action, online forums speaking truth to power are constrained in impacting political and social reforms in the region.
BRICS Summit Means Business
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 15 (IPS) - African nations and other emerging countries are expected to soon outperform the developed world, and South Africa wants to take advantage.
Obama Pushes Universal Preschool Coverage for U.S.
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 15 (IPS) - Following on a surprise announcement supporting a universal preschool guarantee during his annual State of the Union address earlier this week, President Barack Obama spent much of Thursday pushing a suite of new policy initiatives aimed at vastly increasing access to high-quality education and development programmes for a child's first few years of life.
Climate Change Threatens Caribbean Coral Reefs
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Feb 14 (IPS) - Scientists and researchers are working together in a new initiative to collect data that will help determine the effects of climate change on coral in the Caribbean Sea.
Sahel Region Learning to Reap the Benefits of Shade
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (IPS) - In Africa's Sahel region, agroforestry techniques using traditional plantings known as "fertiliser trees" to increase soil fertility, as well as harvesting and grazing regulations, are offering new solutions to both food and human security.
Water, Water Everywhere – and No Early Warning in Sight
- Inter Press Service
GWANDA, Zimbabwe, Feb 14 (IPS) - Muzeka Muyeyekwa from Mapfekera Village in Zimbabwbe's Manicaland Province wonders what he will feed his three children for lunch.
Escaping to Ecovillages in Argentina
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Feb 14 (IPS) - Almost imperceptibly, sustainable settlements that combine community living with the preservation of natural resources have mushroomed across Argentina as an alternative to rampant consumerism.
Thawing Permafrost May Be "Huge Factor" in Global Warming
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Feb 14 (IPS) - Thawing permafrost is emitting more climate-heating carbon faster than previously realised. Scientists have now learned that when the ancient carbon locked in the ice thaws and is exposed to sunlight, it turns into carbon dioxide 40 percent faster.
Obama Administration Reveals Deep Divisions on Syria Policy
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (IPS) - Though President Barack Obama has been reticent to involve his administration too deeply in the Syrian uprising, revelations over the past week have shown near-unanimous agreement among the president's top national security advisors for greater military intervention.
Female Journalists Walk on Eggshells in Sri Lanka
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Feb 14 (IPS) - The year was 1998 and porters at the wholesale vegetable market in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo had gone on strike, virtually suspending vegetable distribution in the city and its suburbs.
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