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OP-ED: The Arab Spring at Two: What Lessons Should We Learn?
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 04 (IPS) - As the Arab Spring enters its third year, new Arab democracies and the international community should reflect on several critical lessons from the past two years.
New Feminism Tears Down Walls in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 04 (IPS) - Anarkia Boladona has turned the streets of Brazil into billboards against domestic violence. As a self-titled feminist political graffiti artist, she represents a new trend in women's rights that seeks less academic and more daring and popular avenues of expression.
OP-ED: Climate Inaction Is a Clear Failure of Democracy
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jan 04 (IPS) - Around the world, 2012 was the year of extreme weather, when we unequivocally learned that the fossil fuel energy that powers our societies is destroying them. Accepting this reality is the biggest challenge of the brand new year.
Paediatricians for a Healthy Environment
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Jan 04 (IPS) - A group of Argentine paediatricians has been combining work on environmental protection and child health for more than 10 years. It appears a basic principle to apply, but the task is turning out to be increasingly challenging and complex.
Mystical Islam Deters Fundamentalism
- Inter Press Service
JAKARTA, Jan 04 (IPS) - Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, has found a deterrent to Islamic fundamentalists: they dress conservatively, sport short beards and Islamic caps and emulate the ways of the Prophet Muhammad.
Groups Decry Obama’s Failure to Close Guantanamo
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 04 (IPS) - Human rights groups are denouncing President Barack Obama's failure to veto a defence bill that will make it far more difficult for him to fulfill his four-year-old pledge to close the Guantanamo detention facility this year.
Asia Leaps Forward in Regional Economic Integration
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 03 (IPS) - As the United Nations continues to intensify the promotion of South-South cooperation among member states, Asia plans to take a great leap forward in regional economic integration during the next decade.
Q&A: Global Ban Another Tool in the Fight Against FGM
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 03 (IPS) - For the estimated 140 million girls and women living with the consequences of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), it is already too late. But since a global ban on FGM was passed at the end of last year, activists hope many more will now escape this brutal practice.
Controversial Anti-TB Drug Approved in U.S.
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 02 (IPS) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the sector's primary regulator, has given accelerated approval to a controversial new drug for use by patients suffering from forms of tuberculosis that have proven resistant to other medicines.
Preventing World War III
- Inter Press Service
OSLO, Jan 02 (IPS) - A Third World War is not impossible, but fortunately is rather unlikely. Let us explore why, and what can be done to prevent it.
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