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Caracas Youth Orchestra Conquers Europe
- Inter Press Service
VIENNA, Oct 01 (IPS) - Venezuela’s youth orchestras have gotten used to wild applause and standing ovations in Europe.
But this time the warm reception was not for the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, the most visible face of the National System of Youth and Children’s Orchestras of Venezuela (FESNOJIV), a network of youth and children’s orchestras that has put instruments and music scores in the hands of 400,000 children and young people.
Haitian Government Faces Mounting Popular Anger
- Inter Press Service
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 01 (IPS) - Several thousand marchers demonstrated against Haitian President Michel Martelly on Sunday, the anniversary of a bloody coup d’état that toppled president Jean-Bertrand Aristide 21 years ago.
Australia's Great Barrier Reef on Brink of Collapse
- Inter Press Service
MONTEREY, California, U.S., Oct 01 (IPS) - Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef is dying, and little will be left less than 10 years. More than half of the coral in the 2,300 km long reef has died over the past 27 years, according to a scientific survey released Monday.
Israel’s Hypocrisy on a Nuclear Middle East
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 01 (IPS) - When world leaders packed their bags and headed home last week, there was one lingering memory of the General Assembly’s high-level debate: Benjamin Netanyahu’s dramatic presentation of a cartoonish nuclear red line, which hit the front pages of most mainstream newspapers in the United States.
Mexico, the End of the 'American Dream' for Child Migrants
- Inter Press Service
SAN SALVADOR, Oct 01 (IPS) - For many undocumented child migrants from Central America, Mexico is the end of the road in their endeavour to reach the United States, driven by economic reasons, gang violence and domestic violence.
Climate Change Hits Pacific Islands
- Inter Press Service
BRISBANE, Australia, Oct 01 (IPS) - Climate activist Wanita Limpus, from the low-lying island nation of Kiribati in the Central Pacific Ocean, says the outcome of the Rio+20 Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in June was a serious letdown for small, developing island states.
Doubts Linger About Caribbean-EU Trade Pact
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Oct 01 (IPS) - P.J. Patterson, the former Jamaican prime minister, has had a long relationship with the European Union.
‘Elderly Can be Contributors, Not a Burden’
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Oct 01 (IPS) - According to popular belief, the world’s rapidly ageing societies face the risk of poverty, dementia and loneliness. But not necessarily so, says a United Nations publication unveiled in Japan Monday. Better management by governments can support a better life for the elderly, and lead them to becoming important contributors to society, it says.
Egypt and U.S. Step Past Crisis
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Oct 01 (IPS) - The wave of unrest in the Middle East caused by blasphemous depictions of Islam's Prophet Muhammad last month – and events near the U.S. embassy in Cairo in particular – does not appear to have impaired Egypt's longstanding 'strategic partnership’ with Washington, say local analysts.
Wall Threatens to Cut Through History
- Inter Press Service
BATTIR, Occupied West Bank, Oct 01 (IPS) - Dating back to the late 1890s, the historical Jaffa-Jerusalem railroad winds in a U-shape at the base of the valley. Olive groves adorn the bottom of one steep hill. Further up the slope, pine trees and an Israeli army patrol road lead westward towards Jerusalem.
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