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Cautious Welcome for ‘Robin Hood’ Tax
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Jan 23 (IPS) - Non-governmental organisations across Europe welcomed the move by 11 European Union countries Tuesday to move forward with the introduction of a financial transaction tax (FTT), but they urged national governments to ensure that a part of the revenues would be allocated to development.
Victory Close to Defeat for Netanyahu
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Jan 23 (IPS) - As expected, Benjamin Netanyahu has been ensured another term in office. Against all expectations, he could have been defeated. Now, he faces uncertainty over the kind of governing coalition he will lead and thus the kind of policies he will carry out. And he faces a lingering question: can any prospective coalition last?
Drones Provoke Growing Controversy in U.S.
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (IPS) - As Barack Obama renews his lease on the White House for another four years, his administration is debating how best to respond to a growing internal and public controversy over his first term's non-battlefield counter-terrorist weapon of choice: armed drones.
Chadian Soldiers Join Battle for Northern Mali
- Inter Press Service
NIAMEY, Jan 23 (IPS) - Two hundred Chadian soldiers – members of the region's most battle-hardened army – moved north from Niger's capital Niamey on Tuesday to join French and African forces battling to free northern Mali from the grip of armed Islamic groups.
Expanding Coal Exports Test Obama’s Inaugural Climate Pledges
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (IPS) - Following surprisingly forceful statements on the threat of global climate change by President Barack Obama during his second inaugural address on Monday, campaigners here are expressing cautious optimism that a second Obama administration will be able to see through some of the substantive actions on carbon reduction that largely eluded the president's first term.
China-Mexico Ties Grow Thin
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jan 22 (IPS) - "We are completely 'clueless' when it comes to China." This statement by Enrique Dussel, director of the Centre for China-Mexico Studies of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, perfectly describes the currently stale state of relations between the two countries.
Malawi’s President Faces a Crisis of Confidence
- Inter Press Service
LILONGWE, Jan 22 (IPS) - She has taken a personal pay cut, promised reforms, resumed aid flows from Western donors and put her predecessor's private jet up for sale.
Dominica Sees Geothermal as Key to Carbon-Negative Economy
- Inter Press Service
ROSEAU, Jan 22 (IPS) - What a difference a trip makes. Before visiting the French island of Guadeloupe, Alfred Rolle had vocally expressed fears about the possible health effects of a decision to drill geothermal wells in the village of Laduat on the outskirts of Dominica's capital.
Law Makes it Honourable to Kill
- Inter Press Service
RAMALLAH, Jan 22 (IPS) - "Before she was murdered, she wasn't alive. We'll tell her story backwards from her murder to her birth"…so begins a powerful new song by critically acclaimed Palestinian hip-hop band DAM to draw attention to the continuing murder of Palestinian women by male relatives declaring that "family honour" has been damaged by alleged sexual indiscretions.
Q&A: "Yesterday, We Had No Binding Treaty on Mercury: Now We Do"
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Jan 21 (IPS) - The international community has adopted a binding treaty for reducing emissions of mercury, a poisonous heavy metal that harms human health and the ecosystems on which life depends.
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