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Critics Brand Climate Talks Another Lost Opportunity
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Qatar, Dic 11 (IPS) - Rich countries came to the U.N. climate talks in Doha intent on delaying needed action on climate change for another three years and a still to be hammered out new global treaty.
Chávez Names Civilian Heir for Sake of Unity
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Dic 10 (IPS) - Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan vice president and foreign minister, has been announced by President Hugo Chávez as his political successor. Many analysts view this as a specific call for party unity, and a preference for a civilian over a former military leader.
Developing World to Overshadow the West by 2030, Study Says
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 10 (IPS) - A major new long-range report by the U.S. intelligence community suggests that the U.S. economy, currently the world's largest, could be eclipsed by China's by 2030.
Off the Blacklist Doesn’t Imply Improvement in Human Rights in Colombia
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, Dic 10 (IPS) - Colombia will be removed from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights "blacklist" next year. In exchange, the government of Juan Manuel Santos facilitated a visit to the country by a delegation from the Commission.
Longer Lives, Lower Incomes for Japanese Women
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Dic 10 (IPS) - When Hiroko Taguchi retired this past April, at the age of 64, from her job as an insurance sales agent, she joined the rapidly growing ranks of Japan's aging women who now outnumber their male counterparts.
The Civilian Toll of Israel’s Bombs
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Dic 10 (IPS) - When Israeli bombs struck the Abu Khadra complex for civil administration, they also gutted the sixth floor of the Abu Shabaan complex, located ten metres across the road. According to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), eight Israeli warplane-fired bombs levelled roughly half of the government compound in eastern Gaza City in the early hours of Nov. 21.
Brazilian Firms Bring Water and Power to Angolans
- Inter Press Service
CAMBAMBE, Angola, Dic 10 (IPS) - The Kwanza river in the heart of Angola will be a symbol of Brazilian partnership in African development when power stations along the country's main source of water are fully operational.
Q&A: Making Toilets Fashionable
- Inter Press Service
Doha Climate Summit Ends With No New CO2 Cuts or Funding
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Qatar, Dic 10 (IPS) - The United Nations climate talks in Doha went a full extra 24 hours and ended without increased cuts in fossil fuel emissions and without financial commitments between 2013 and 2015.
Egyptian Pulse Running Weak
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Dic 09 (IPS) - Hospitalised for impaired kidney function, Eman El-Behery needed three medicines to bring her diabetes under control. Her daughter, 16-year-old Reham, found two of the medications at a pharmacy across the road from the hospital, but after hours of searching was unable to find the third, a drug that dilates blood vessels in the kidneys to prevent damage.
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