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Bought, Sold and Abused in Yemen
- Inter Press Service
ADEN, Yemen, Jan 02 (IPS) - Twenty-one-year-old Aisha clings to her two children as she recounts her tale of horror. Growing up in the Somali capital Mogadishu, she fell in love and bore a child out of wedlock four years ago. When her family threatened her life for destroying her ‘honour', Aisha escaped.
The Rise of Ethiopia’s Sole Rebels
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 01 (IPS) - Innovative Ethiopian footwear manufacturer Sole Rebels will open its second retail outlet in Taiwan this year. With ambitions to open 30 more franchise stores across the world in countries like the United States, Australia, Italy and Japan, Sole Rebels, the largest African footwear brand, is now fast becoming a global competitive brand.
The Mindlessness of War in Afghanistan
- Inter Press Service
KABUL, Dic 30 (IPS) - One night in 1979, bombs dropped from the sky, killing 16 members of Ismail's family. "The war took some people to Europe and America, but it destroyed my family," Ismail, who is universally addressed as "uncle", says.
Between Drought and Floods - A Year of Extremes in Sri Lanka
- Inter Press Service
UDAWALAWE, Sri Lanka, Dic 30 (IPS) - Wild elephants are usually the primary attraction in the remote shrub jungles of Udawalawe, about 180 kilometres southeast of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo. But this Christmas season, the massive Udawalawe dam stole the limelight from the lumbering beasts.
Bicycles No Longer Mere Recreation in Argentine Capital
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Dic 30 (IPS) - A programme launched in Buenos Aires three years ago to encourage the use of bicycles has already brought results: the use of this environment-friendly means of transport has increased fivefold in the Argentine capital.
Thai-EU FTA Raises Alarm for People With AIDS
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Dic 29 (IPS) - Days before leaders of the European Union (EU) arrived in Norway to collect this year's Nobel Peace prize, Thai public health activists sent a letter to the northern powerhouse, warning that the EU's 2012 accolades face a credibility test in this Southeast Asian country.
Bolivia Takes the Leap into the Big Pond of Mercosur*
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dic 29 (IPS) - To go down fighting in the Andean Community (CAN), with a combined market of 92 million consumers, or move up to the big leagues of Mercosur, with 275 million? This was the dilemma faced by Bolivia's foreign trade strategists when it came to pursuing full membership in the bloc formed by its neighbours to the south.
Renovating an Embattled City
- Inter Press Service
HEBRON, Occupied West Bank, Dic 29 (IPS) - Every day, Anas Maraka sees his family's home, but can't go inside. "It's hardest for my grandfather," said Maraka, referring to the house overlooking Shuhada Street, once the central marketplace in Hebron's old city.
Carrots and Cabbages - Reviving Family Farming in Angola
- Inter Press Service
CAPANDA, Angola, Dic 28 (IPS) - "We never used to eat carrots, but now we like them," said Rebeca Soba, admiring her vegetable garden, an island of diversity in the midst of a vast sugarcane plantation.
Vegetable gardening has been introduced at the Capanda Agroindustrial Pole (PAC) as a source of income for local small farmers.
Prisons in Mexico on Verge of Collapse
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Dic 28 (IPS) - Edgar Torres Castillo, 21, has spent two years in the prison of Gómez Palacio, in the Lagunera district between the northern Mexican states of Durango and Coahuila – an arid zone known as one of the most dangerous parts of the country.
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