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Reformists Ambivalent about Participation in Iranian Election
- Inter Press Service
TEHRAN, Jan 30 (IPS) - With the June 2013 presidential election drawing closer, Iran's reformists are debating what they should do in the face of the severe restrictions to which their leaders and political parties have been subject since the popular protests that roiled the country after the last election four years ago.
The Bank Stops Here
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 30 (IPS) - Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but nonetheless it is difficult to miss the irony in the following sentence from a news release, sent out by South Africa's First National Bank on Jan. 17.
Israel Votes for More of the Same – And Seeks Change
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Jan 30 (IPS) - "He who believes doesn't fear"…re-elected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hums a popular tune played with great intensity by his supporters. Indeed, faith is what Netanyahu badly needs right now as people showed just how little faith they have in him. "We'll have coalition problems," confides a Likud lawmaker.
Australian Boot to Asylum Seekers Challenged
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Jan 30 (IPS) - Papua New Guinean opposition leader Belden Namah has launched legal proceedings against an Australian detention centre for asylum seekers in Manus province of this South Pacific island nation.
Q&A: Raising Tariffs “Common Sense” Not Protectionism
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 30 (IPS) - South Africa has denied that it is taking a protectionist stance to protect its own producers against foreign competition, but says it is justified in boosting tariffs where this is allowed under international trade agreements.
A Fifth of Global Investing Considered “Sustainable”, Industry Reports
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (IPS) - Nearly 22 percent of professionally managed assets around the world can be considered sustainable or responsible, according to a finance industry assessment, the first comprehensive look at the subject.
Cuban Diplomacy Bypasses U.S. via CELAC
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Jan 29 (IPS) - Cuban diplomacy will be working full blast this year, promoting its own approach to integration in line with the needs and goals of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), a regional body that excludes the United States, Cuba's leading ideological opponent.
Latin America and Caribbean Aim for "Unity in Diversity"
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan 29 (IPS) - Openly conceding the differences in their ideological, economic and geopolitical views, leaders and high-level representatives of the 33 member countries of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) committed themselves to integration at their first ever summit.
Rio Maps Flood Risk to Avert Annual Disaster
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 29 (IPS) - Hoping to prevent the tragedies that have become an annual event every rainy season, authorities in the southeastern Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro plan to require that municipal governments include environmental risk mapping in their infrastructure projects, in order to prohibit construction in vulnerable areas.
OP-ED: Weird, and Getting Weirder
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jan 29 (IPS) - Weird is the only way to describe January temperatures whipsawing between record warm and arctic cold over a span of a few days. Experts say that is what climate change looks like: weird, record-shattering weather.
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