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Village Project Helps Rural Producers in Senegal
- Inter Press Service
POTOU, Senegal, Oct 16 (IPS) - Increased harvests in the northern Senegalese community of Léona provide evidence of the benefits of multifaceted support for agriculture. But as their yields grow, farmers are calling for consistent policy to protect markets for their crops.
Developing World Has 80 Percent of Tobacco-Related Deaths
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (IPS) - Tobacco use led to almost six million deaths in 2011, according to new research released here on Monday, of which nearly 80 percent were in low- and middle-income countries.
Q&A: “A Stable, Lasting Peace Treaty for Colombia Will Take Time"
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Oct 15 (IPS) - As peace talks between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrillas are about to start in Oslo, the possible participation of rebel leader Simón Trinidad, in prison in the United States, has not yet been decided.
Africa’s Claims for Security Council Seats Still in Limbo
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 15 (IPS) - After 20 long years of negotiations on a proposed expansion of the Security Council, African countries continue to be left out in the cold - even as African leaders complain that the international community has failed to respond to their demands for two permanent seats in the most powerful body at the United Nations.
UN Envoy to Syria Calls for Eid Ceasefire
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Oct 15 (IPS) - The U.N.-Arab League envoy has called for a ceasefire in Syria during the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, as the revolt against the Syrian government enters its 20th month with a death toll of more than 33,000.
Purveyors of Death Flourish in Spain During Crisis
- Inter Press Service
MÁLAGA, Spain, Oct 15 (IPS) - At the height of the economic and financial crisis, the Spanish government is promoting the export of weapons, creating concern among civil society organisations that say commercial interests are prevailing over the law and human rights.
Syria Stands Between Egypt and Iran
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Oct 15 (IPS) - The election of the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi to the presidency this summer was followed by a flurry of conjecture that the restoration of Egyptian-Iranian diplomatic relations – frozen since 1979 – was in the offing. Yet despite some initial indications to this effect, local analysts now say such speculation appears to have been premature.
Fiji’s Leadership of G77 a ‘Rare Opportunity’ for the Pacific
- Inter Press Service
BRISBANE, Oct 15 (IPS) - For the first time in 48 years, a Pacific Small Island Developing State (PSIDS) is gearing up to assume chairmanship of the Group of 77 developing nations plus China.
Caged in the Great City
- Inter Press Service
AR-RAM, Occupied East Jerusalem, Oct 15 (IPS) - Ali Shuruf turns on the lights, that shine into a gaudy living room. Beyond the window, the dominant colour is uniformly grey: the house stands literally against a wall. Not just any wall – the infamous eight-metre cement wall separates Palestinians from Israelis.
Donors Urged to Tread Carefully in Myanmar
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Oct 14 (IPS) - Foreign donors are rushing into Myanmar (formerly Burma), whose government has been pushing the right political buttons as part of its democratic reform process. But development planners and local activists caution that the best approach should still be ‘easy does it’.
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