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Iraqi Women Seek a New Liberation
- Inter Press Service
BAGHDAD, Jan 16 (IPS) - From full literacy declared in the seventies, Iraq is down to 40 percent literacy for women. From the first woman prime minister and the first woman judge in the Middle East in 1959, Iraq has slipped to a place where an abnormal number of widows struggle, and where child marriages are on the rise. Hanaa Edwar is putting up a fight to win Iraqi women their freedoms again.
The Ugly Face of Street Justice in Sierra Leone
- Inter Press Service
FREETOWN, Jan 16 (IPS) - On a steamy, starless night in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, a teenager runs desperately down a potholed street before being violently brought to the ground by a bystander. As word spreads that a thief has been caught, young men come running from all directions.
Solar-Powered Water Pumps Struggle to See the Light
- Inter Press Service
ANAND, India, Jan 16 (IPS) - When twenty-nine-year-old Kartik Wahi graduated from the Kelloggs School of Management in Chicago in 2010, he wasted no time in returning to India to self-finance a start-up company to market solar-powered irrigation pumps.
Digging for Water, But Striking Oil
- Inter Press Service
ABU DHABI, Jan 16 (IPS) - The volatile politics of the Middle East have long been dominated by the fluctuating fortunes of a single commodity: oil.
New Push in U.S. for Tougher Sanctions, War Threats Against Iran
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (IPS) - Four U.S. non-proliferation specialists are urging the Obama administration to impose tougher economic sanctions against Iran and issue more explicit threats to destroy its nuclear programme by military means.
National Legislation Key to Combating Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jan 16 (IPS) - A majority of major economies have made significant progress in addressing climate change, with countries like South Korea and China taking aggressive action so they can benefit from energy- and resource-efficient economies, a new report released Monday found.
Mideast Energy Crisis Looks For Light at the End of the Tunnel
- Inter Press Service
ABU DHABI, Jan 15 (IPS) - When Jordan's Queen Rania Al Abdullah took the podium to address world political and business leaders at a back-to-back energy and water summit here, she said she was representing a country that relies on imports for over 90 percent of its energy needs.
Kurdish Rights Back in Focus in Turkey
- Inter Press Service
ISTANBUL, Jan 15 (IPS) - After over a year without accountability for a Turkish aerial bombing that killed 34 Kurdish men and boys, Turkey has come under heavy criticism for what many say is a widespread culture of impunity, especially when it comes to the treatment of its Kurdish citizens.
Syrian Refugees Face Storms With Cardboard
- Inter Press Service
TRIPOLI, Lebanon, Jan 15 (IPS) - Zuhur al-Khalaf is eight months pregnant and lives in a one-room shack in northern Lebanon with her husband and five children. The cloth walls and cardboard roof have become sodden and musty after heavy storms this past week, and two of the children are suffering from fevers and chest infections.
U.S. Prepares Support for French Military Intervention in Mali
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (IPS) - U.S. Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta has applauded France's surprise airstrikes on Islamist rebels in northern Mali that began late last week and continued over the weekend.
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