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ASEAN Stumbles Again On South China Sea
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Nov 24 (IPS) - Against the backdrop of growing territorial tensions in the South China Sea, inflamed by a more explicit Sino-American rivalry in the Pacific theatre, the recently-concluded ASEAN Summit in Cambodia represented the best chance at bolstering regional security through peaceful, multilateral mechanisms.
Acquittal in The Hague Sparks Controversy
- Inter Press Service
BELGRADE, Nov 24 (IPS) - Stojan Kovacevic spent last weekend going about his usual routine in his tiny dwelling in the village of Grocka, near Belgrade: cleaning the kitchen and bedroom, going to the local green market and watching TV.
War Tourism Skips Reality
- Inter Press Service
MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka, Nov 24 (IPS) - The tour guide's voice echoes around the dark, musty room, three stories underground. Fifty visitors – among them mothers holding infants, youths snapping pictures on mobile phones and grandparents leaning against the walls – are crammed into the narrow stairwell that leads down into the chamber, listening attentively to his every word.
Briefly President, Now Pharaoh
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Nov 24 (IPS) - When Mohamed Mursi was sworn in as president in June there were concerns that the first democratically elected president in Egyptian history would be subservient to the military council that had ruled the country since dictator Hosni Mubarak was toppled in early 2011.
Security Council Vow on Women Lives Mostly on Paper
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 23 (IPS) - When the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) adopted a landmark resolution numbered 1325 back in 2000, it was supposed to integrate gender into its core mandate: the establishment and maintenance of international peace and security.
Mental Health, Another Victim of Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Nov 23 (IPS) - "The city looked as if it had been bombed. On the way to my office, I passed people who had the same shocked look on their faces as I did. We would look at each other, and even though we were strangers, we'd ask ‘How did things go for you? Did anything happen to your house?' It was a kind of warm solidarity that did me a lot of good."
Shrinking Ozone Hole, Growing Hopes
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Nov 23 (IPS) - Argentine scientists agree that there are signs of recovery of the ozone layer that protects life on earth by filtering out the sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation, but they are cautious about saying that the problem is on its way to a solution.
Nepal Unprepared for Imminent Earthquakes
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nov 23 (IPS) - Nepal now ranks 11th on a list of the world's most earthquake-prone countries, yet it remains one of the least disaster-prepared nations globally.
Gaza Assault Shows a New Egypt
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Nov 23 (IPS) - The reaction of post-revolution Egypt to Israel's weeklong onslaught on the next-door Gaza Strip – brought to a halt temporarily at least by a Wednesday night ceasefire – has contrasted sharply with the former regime's callous approach to the besieged coastal enclave.
Bombed, Wounded, and Celebrating
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Nov 23 (IPS) - The ceasefire has brought extremities in Gaza. In the morning the coastal territory woke up bashed and bloody from one of Israel's most intensive nights of bombardment since a week's tit for tat violence broke out between Hamas and Israel. By late morning the coastal strip was ghostly quiet, gripped with fear as people stayed indoors awaiting the inevitable retaliation from Israel for a bus bombing carried out in Tel Aviv by Palestinian extremists. But as night fell thousands of Gazans took to the streets in joyful celebration in what they see as victory over Israel.
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