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A Storm Brews in Doha
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Qatar, Dic 05 (IPS) - While the Philippines copes with the aftermath of powerful super-typhoon Bopha, which killed more than 300 people this week, tempers flared at the U.N. climate summit here.
Landfill in Argentine Capital “Kills Slowly”
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Dic 05 (IPS) - "This isn't like a tsunami, which appears all of a sudden, but a silent enemy that kills you slowly, as you breathe and drink the water," says Hugo Ozores, who lives in González Catán, a working-class district in Greater Buenos Aires.
Peace in Colombia?
- Inter Press Service
, Dic 05 (IPS) - People in the streets and squares of the Colombian capital are breathing easier. The air is fresh with hope, in contrast to the former leaden and fearful atmosphere of eternal violence and interminable conflict.
Why Isn’t the Nobel Peace Prize For the Champions of Peace?
- Inter Press Service
GÖTEBORG, Dic 05 (IPS) - Leaders of the European Union (EU) will gather in Oslo this Monday to receive an increasingly controversial Nobel Peace Prize. Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor and industrialist, established the five prizes by his will in 1895 and there is a growing international awareness that his prize "for the champions of peace" does not go to the recipients Nobel had in mind.
Conflict Kills Culture in Kashmir
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, Dic 05 (IPS) - Nestled in a valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range, Kashmir is an idyllic and culturally rich region, a cradle of Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist religious relics and architectural sites.
India Shrugs Off UK Aid Cuts, Despite Poverty
- Inter Press Service
Violence Against Afghan Women on the Rise
- Inter Press Service
KABUL, Dic 05 (IPS) - Afghan women are no strangers to gender-based violence. For decades now, violent crimes against women have been heading for epic proportions, as young girls are forced into marriage, wives and daughters are abused, and women are dealt harsh punishments for ‘moral crimes'.
Cottoning on to Outsourcing Farming
- Inter Press Service
LUSAKA, Dic 05 (IPS) - Five years ago, Forbes Gwilize, 52, a cotton grower from Musena village, 80 kilometres north of the Zambian capital Lusaka, was hardly able to earn a living from farming maize.
U.N. Disabilities Treaty Rejected by U.S. Senate
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 05 (IPS) - Underlining the persistent power of their party's most right-wing elements, a majority of Republican senators Tuesday blocked ratification of the long-pending International Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities (CRPD).
Antigua Prepares for Consequences of Superstorm Sandy
- Inter Press Service
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, Dic 05 (IPS) - Tourism-dependent Antigua may have been spared the ravages of superstorm Sandy, but the island is nevertheless feeling its effects on environmental, political and economic fronts.
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