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16-Year-Old Vote on the Agenda in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Sep 17 (IPS) - A bill that would lower the voting age from 18 to 16 is headed for approval in the Argentine Congress, in line with a reform that has already been adopted in Cuba, Brazil, Ecuador and Nicaragua, and that has begun to be debated in Bolivia, Chile and Uruguay.
U.S.-Egyptian Ties Appear to Survive Crisis
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 17 (IPS) - While Tuesday's killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other U.S. officials in Benghazi dominated the headlines here last week, the larger concern for most foreign policy experts here was focused on neighbouring Egypt and specifically how the government of President Mohamed Morsi was dealing with anti-U.S. protests.
Mob Violence Continues Against Myanmar's Rohingya
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 17 (IPS) - Myanmar, also known as Burma, has taken important steps towards democracy and greater respect for human rights during the last months with one exception, activists say – the situation for the Rohingya minority, which has faced an outburst of violent attacks this summer.
Canada Tightens Alliance with Israel
- Inter Press Service
TORONTO, Sep 17 (IPS) - Scepticism continues in Canada about why the national government abruptly cut off diplomatic relations with Iran earlier this month, although ties between the two states have been rocky since the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
Drawing an Uncertain Kurdish Map
- Inter Press Service
QAMISHLI, Sep 17 (IPS) - Over a yellowish map, Qehreman Meri draws an oblong surface along the Turkish-Syrian border. "We want an autonomous region with clearly defined boundaries," says this spokesman from Yeketi (Unity), one of 15 Kurdish political parties in Syria.
When a Courtyard Becomes a Border
- Inter Press Service
RAS EL-AMOUD, Occupied East Jerusalem, Sep 17 (IPS) - Filistin Hamdallah looks disoriented, walking without purpose amidst the furniture strewn in the courtyard, as if she was moving home. Only the fresh laundry hanging on wires indicates that the Palestinian family is here to stay, to stay in conditions with Jewish neighbours that show just how difficult the divisions in Jerusalem can be.
Poor Infrastructure Makes Imports Cheaper in Indonesia
- Inter Press Service
JAKARTA, Sep 17 (IPS) - Indonesia suffers from a malaise: an appalling lack of infrastructure which makes a mandarin orange that travels thousands of miles from Argentina cost nearly the same as another picked locally.
Floods Dampen Thai Adaptation Plans
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Sep 16 (IPS) - Thailand’s flood-management blueprint received a jolt when the dykes in Sukhothai were breached by the rain-swollen Yom river last week, submerging large stretches of the former royal capital.
Govt Abandons Former Kashmir Militants
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, India, Sep 16 (IPS) - Rashid was 12 years old when he picked up a gun and received armed training in Pakistan. He was caught by the Indian forces in 1992 and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. Five years later when he wished to return to a normal life, everyone turned away from him.
No Safe Exit for Military Leaders
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Sep 16 (IPS) - When Egypt's army was deployed to restore order in the streets during the uprising that ended president Hosni Mubarak's rule, Egyptians greeted the troops as saviours. But by the time the generals handed the country over to a civilian president in June this year, many Egyptians regarded the 16 months of transitional military rule as more oppressive than the 29 years under Mubarak.
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