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Senegal Seeks to Curb the Baby Boom
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, Jan 21 (IPS) - A 25-year-old mother of five hailing from Senegal's eastern Tambacounda province believes that contraceptives damage the womb and cause health problems in the long term, such as a rise in blood pressure and chronic headaches.
Coups Become the Norm in Guinea-Bissau
- Inter Press Service
LISBON, Jan 21 (IPS) - Chronic instability, extreme poverty, drug trafficking and corruption are the tragic lot of Guinea-Bissau, which this year commemorates four decades of independence from Portugal.
Some Call for Death - Others Call for Justice
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Jan 21 (IPS) - On a chilly Wednesday evening, exactly a month after a young woman was gang-raped and brutalised on a moving bus in New Delhi, hundreds of sombre citizens gathered at a candlelight protest in India's national capital.
Q&A: “There is Nothing Worse Than Holding a Dying Woman in Your Arms”
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Jan 20 (IPS) - Despite staggering advances in medical science and technology over the years, women around the world continue to suffer gravely as a result of inadequate access to basic reproductive health services.
Taliban Bullets Target Ballot
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jan 20 (IPS) - The new round of a terror campaign by Taliban militants against liberal politicians and health workers has led to fresh alarm within government and civil society. Many see this as a ploy to postpone elections due mid-2013.
BRICS Invest in National Priorities
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 19 (IPS) - A leading South African economist and investment strategist has warned that national priorities may be a more compelling factor influencing business decisions in the BRICS group of countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – than the prospects of increased market access through the alliance.
Criticising the President no Laughing Matter
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Jan 19 (IPS) - Egyptians love to have a good laugh. At every opportunity they rattle off jokes and take jabs at themselves, their society, and – where they dare – their ruler.
U.S. Public Supports UNESCO, Despite Funding Cuts
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 19 (IPS) - A national poll revealed that 83 percent of voters in the United States believe it is important for the country to be a member of and provide funding to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, commonly referred to as UNESCO.
Injustice Overshadows Growth in Chile
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Jan 18 (IPS) - Chile's positive economic performance in 2012 is not enough to boost President Sebastián Piñera's waning popularity, as many Chileans believe the country's much-touted growth does nothing to compensate or solve decades of accumulated injustices, several analysts told IPS.
Iran’s Nuclear Plans Drop Off Israeli Radar
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Jan 18 (IPS) - A meeting between Iran and world powers is tentatively set for the month-end in Istanbul, and might constitute a litmus test over a compromise regarding Iran's uranium enrichment programme. Strangely enough, in Israel, Iran's nuclear quest is now off the public radar.
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