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Historic Mapuche Land Conflict Flares Up
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Jan 08 (IPS) - A string of attacks in the southern Chilean region of Araucanía, where native Mapuche people are struggling for their land rights, puts the spotlight squarely on what analysts call the "supine ignorance" displayed by authorities about the country's history.
Obama Nominates Hagel for Pentagon, Brennan for CIA
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 08 (IPS) - Rounding out his second-term foreign policy picks, U.S. President Barack Obama Monday nominated former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel to head the Pentagon and his top counter-terrorism adviser, John Brennan, to direct the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Pacific Island Wakes Up to Threat of Oil Spills
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Jan 07 (IPS) - Coral reefs and marine ecosystems in the Milne Bay Province of the Pacific Island nation of Papua New Guinea are at serious risk of long-term environmental damage. The reason: an oil spill from a ship that ran aground on a reef on Kwaiawata Island on Christmas Eve, and authorities' long delay in mobilising an appropriate response to the accident.
Wage Dumping Hits Switzerland
- Inter Press Service
BERN, Jan 07 (IPS) - The Swiss parliament has decided to tackle wage dumping in the construction sector. With the introduction of chain liability, general contractors can soon be held accountable for labour agreement violations by their subcontractors.
Villagers Wail Against Nuclear Power
- Inter Press Service
KUDANKULAM, India, Jan 06 (IPS) - Mahalakshmi, a housewife married to a farmer, is afraid for her family's future. The fifty-two-year-old woman is also frustrated that Indian authorities have "betrayed" poor villagers.
Cubans See Internet as Crucial to Future Development
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Jan 05 (IPS) - The Cuban government's economic reforms must consider the myriad opportunities offered by the Internet, a key platform of the dominant economic model on the planet, according to interviews with both experts and average people.
Yemeni Women Struggle to Step Forward
- Inter Press Service
, Jan 05 (IPS) - Yemeni women have played an integral role in the protests against ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year regime last year. But despite the country's upcoming political ‘National Dialogue' - brokered by Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and intended to bring together a cross-section of Yemeni constituencies - females still face a wall of discriminatory laws and practices, and a status quo willing to enforce them.
Major Test for Israel Lobby As Obama Leans to Hagel for Pentagon
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 05 (IPS) - With President Barack Obama reportedly primed to nominate former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel to head the Pentagon early next week, the powerful Israel lobby, led by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), faces a major dilemma.
OP-ED: The Arab Spring at Two: What Lessons Should We Learn?
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 04 (IPS) - As the Arab Spring enters its third year, new Arab democracies and the international community should reflect on several critical lessons from the past two years.
New Feminism Tears Down Walls in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 04 (IPS) - Anarkia Boladona has turned the streets of Brazil into billboards against domestic violence. As a self-titled feminist political graffiti artist, she represents a new trend in women's rights that seeks less academic and more daring and popular avenues of expression.
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