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Israeli Firepower Threatens to Overwhelm Palestinians
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 17 (IPS) - When the late Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), was engaged in a heavily one-sided battle against a robustly-armed Israel in 2000, he admitted the Palestinians were completely outgunned by the Israelis.
U.S. Escalation Against Iran Would Cost Global Economy Billions
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (IPS) - The world economy would bear substantial costs if the United States took steps to significantly escalate the conflict with Iran over its controversial nuclear programme, according to the findings of a Federation of American Scientists' (FAS) special report released here Friday.
How Austerity Plans Failed the Europe Union
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Nov 16 (IPS) - The austerity programmes being rolled out in virtually every member state of the European Union (EU) - particularly in Greece, Portugal, Spain and Italy - have failed to reach their stated objective of consolidating public finances in order to solve sovereign debt crises.
Teach a Woman to Farm…And She Creates Jobs
- Inter Press Service
DES MOINES, Iowa, USA, Nov 16 (IPS) - Give a woman a hand-out and you feed her for a day. But teach her to farm, and how to add value to her product, and you feed her and her family for a lifetime. And if she happens to be Nigerian smallholder farmer Susan Godwin, she in turn will also provide jobs for her community and become a national food hero.
Obama to Highlight “Pivot”, Burma Progress in Visit to SE Asia
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (IPS) - Highlighting his much-ballyhooed "pivot" from the Greater Middle East to the Asia- Pacific region, Barack Obama leaves Friday for a four-day tour to Southeast Asia, including the first-ever visit by a U.S. president to Myanmar.
World Bank Launches Review of Social, Environmental Safeguards
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (IPS) - The World Bank has begun a highly anticipated reappraisal of its social and environmental "safeguards" policies, a process that is slated to take place over the next two years.
Thinking Outside the Stall on World Toilet Day
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 15 (IPS) - When the United Nations commemorates World Toilet Day next week, there will be a lingering question in the minds of activists: how best can water and sanitation be given high priority in the proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the U.N.'s post-2015 economic agenda?
Citizens' Tribunal Brings Charges Against Mexican President
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Nov 15 (IPS) - Conservative outgoing Mexican President Felipe Calderón is to face a ballot again - not to compete for public office but to receive the verdict of a citizens' trial that is accusing him of violating the constitution.
Aluminium Industry Has Its Defenders in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 15 (IPS) - Aluminium, opposed by environmentalists mainly because of the amount of energy needed to produce it, is one of the targets of the heated campaign against hydroelectric dams in Brazil's Amazon jungle region.
"Writing Is on the Wall" at Upcoming Climate Summit
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Nov 15 (IPS) - Two-thirds of the world's proven fossil fuel reserves cannot be used without risking dangerous climate change, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned this week.
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