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Deep Emissions Cuts Urged at Climate Summit
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Qatar, Nov 26 (IPS) - Extreme weather disasters, including floods and droughts intensified by climate change, have totalled many billions of dollars in damages this year.
'The Children Could Die' in Eastern DRC Fighting
- Inter Press Service
BUKAVU, DR Congo, Nov 26 (IPS) - Humanitarian agencies working in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo have been overwhelmed following a massive displacement triggered by fighting between the Congolese army (FARDC) and rebel movement M23 in North Kivu.
Execution Met With Silence in Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Nov 26 (IPS) - Wednesday, Nov. 21, dawned like any other in the sleepy town of Faridkot, located some 150 kilometres from the Punjab capital of Lahore in Pakistan. But as the town's 3000 residents went about their daily routines the air grew thick with apprehension, for a reason none wanted to mention.
East European War on Drugs Fails
- Inter Press Service
WARSAW, Nov 26 (IPS) - When the Global Commission on Drug Policy, which advocates an end to what it says has been a failed ‘war on drugs', held its latest working meeting in Warsaw last month, the choice of venue was apt.
The Secular Fret in New Tunisia
- Inter Press Service
TUNIS, Nov 26 (IPS) - A year has passed since the provisional government assumed power in Tunisia. Following in the wake of the revolutionary changes brought on by the Arab Spring, the moderate Islamic Ennahda party won the majority and formed a coalition with the two secular parties Congress for the Republic (CPR) and Ettakatol in October last year.
Developing Senegal's Urban Agriculture
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, Nov 26 (IPS) - Watering cans in hand, men and women move back and forth between the wells and water storage tanks and the crops they're watering: carrots, onions, tomatoes, cabbage, and potatoes, as well as fruit trees like palm, coconut, papaya and banana trees.
Coastal Erosion Reaches Alarming Levels in Vietnam
- Inter Press Service
AN BIEN, Vietnam, Nov 25 (IPS) - For the last decade, many families in this southwestern Vietnamese province have been uprooted at least once every two years – but this is not due to economic or political upheaval.
Opposition to U.S. Bases Reaches Turning Point
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Nov 25 (IPS) - Okinawa, the largest of a group of 60 sub-tropical islands forming Japan's southernmost prefecture, has an equable climate and preferential treatment for United States servicemen under the Mutual Cooperation Security Treaty between the U.S. and Japan.
End of Assault Opens Opportunities for Gaza
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Nov 25 (IPS) - As the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas seems to be holding, many are hoping that one of the agreement's main points – the easing of restrictions on people and goods coming in and out of the Gaza Strip – signals a new era for the besieged Palestinian territory.
Q&A: Honouring the Silent Courage of Afghan Women
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 24 (IPS) - Violence against women is internationally recognised as a threat to democracy, a burden on national economies, and a serious human rights violation.
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