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OP-ED: Arab Democracies and the West
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 20 (IPS) - Anti-Western protests across the Arab Islamic world denouncing the anti-Islam video, reportedly produced in the United States, is a serious test for the new democratic governments in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Yemen, and elsewhere.
Ice-Free Arctic Is "Uncharted Territory"
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Sep 20 (IPS) - The melt of Arctic sea ice has reached its lowest point this year, shrinking 18 percent from last year's near-record low.
New Study Claims Popular Herbicide Causes Tumours in Rats
- Inter Press Service
South African Miners Begin Returning to Work
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Sep 20 (IPS) - Miners at the Marikana platinum mine in South Africa have begun returning to work after agreeing a pay deal.*
Taliban Outflank U.S. War Strategy with Insider Attacks
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON/KABUL, Sep 20 (IPS) - Sharply increased attacks on U.S. and other NATO personnel by Afghan security forces, reflecting both infiltration of and Taliban influence on those forces, appear to have outflanked the U.S.-NATO command’s strategy for maintaining control of the insurgency.
Murder Tops Crimes by Women in Afghanistan
- Inter Press Service
KABUL, Sep 20 (IPS) - The number of Afghan women being jailed for murder has been increasing every year, officials say. More than a quarter of the 700 women in prison are serving murder sentences.
Egyptian Christians in Uneasy Safety
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Sep 20 (IPS) - Many of Egypt's Coptic Christians met the recent assumption of the presidency by the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi with trepidation, even panic – some even made plans to leave the country. Almost three month's into Morsi's term, these fears, say some experts, appear largely unfounded.
Money For Salt: How The Country Of The Young Is Failing Its Elderly
- Inter Press Service
, Sep 20 (IPS) - Carolina Poalo strikes the dry earth over and over with her hoe, her frail body bent almost double. She is determined to begin planting. During the long, dry season in Mozambique, she and her two young grandchildren have eaten little but cassava leaves.
Uganda’s ‘Haunted’ Children Slow to Receive Medical Help
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Sep 20 (IPS) - On a wet earth littered with fresh fruit from a large mango tree in Tumangu village in northern Uganda, Betty Olana (42) sits on a papyrus mat watching over four emaciated children infected by the mysterious nodding syndrome that leaves victims mentally challenged and nodding repeatedly when they see food or cold water.
Women Redefine Japan’s Work Culture
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Sep 20 (IPS) - Unhappy with her employer of five years, Chikako Harada, 34, quit three months ago and has just started on a new job with a large Internet sales company.
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