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Drug-Resistant Malaria Pushes Rural Thailand to Shoulder Global Role
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Dic 20 (IPS) - As Thailand braces itself to combat drug-resistant malaria, a spread of small, nondescript buildings scattered close to corn and rice fields along its hilly, western border are being cast into a bigger, international role.
Funding Restored for U.S. Military Biofuels Programme
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 19 (IPS) - Reversing attempts to eliminate the U.S. military's advanced biofuels programme, both houses of Congress on Tuesday approved major legislation that now presents no obstacles to broad-reaching Defence Department plans to mainstream and spread the use of alternative fuels throughout its operations.
Obama’s Victory a Boon for Clear Air, Water Acts
- Inter Press Service
ATLANTA, Georgia, Dic 19 (IPS) - With Barack Obama's re-election last month as U.S. president, key environmental protections escaped a likely Republican chopping block, and new regulations are expected when his second term begins in January.
Surprise Visits to Prisons in Argentina to Prevent Torture
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Dic 19 (IPS) - Representatives of the Argentine state and of non- governmental organisations will be visiting prisons without prior warning, beginning next year, to prevent inmates from being tortured and abused – a problem that persists three decades after the end of the dictatorship, often with fatal results.
Endangered Bird Falls Prey to Royal Hunting Games
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Dic 19 (IPS) - Every year, between November and January, the Indus Flyway bears witness to a migration of an endangered bird species – the houbara bustard – from Central Asia to the deserts of Pakistan.
Community Water Management Stuck in Legal Limbo*
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Dic 19 (IPS) - Community-based water supply systems, which serve thousands of rural communities in Mexico, are seeking official recognition under the new federal legal framework currently under development.
Curbing Tanzania’s “Land Grabbing Race”
- Inter Press Service
, Dic 19 (IPS) - From January 2013, Tanzania will start restricting the size of land that single large-scale foreign and local investors can "lease" for agricultural use. The decision follows both local and international criticism that major investors are grabbing large chunks of land here, often displacing small-scale farmers and local communities.
A Third Intifada on the Horizon?
- Inter Press Service
HEBRON, Occupied West Bank, Dic 19 (IPS) - A new Palestinian group called the National Union Battalions (NUB), comprising Palestinians from across the political spectrum, has called for a third Palestinian uprising or Intifada. Simultaneously, Israeli intelligence is warning that conditions on the ground in the West Bank are ripe for another Palestinian revolt.
BRICS Tracking Where the Money Flows
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Dic 19 (IPS) - The five leading developing nations grouped in the BRICS alliance – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – are planning to intensify efforts to collect accurate trade data, so they can get a better picture of trade flows.
Neo-Cons, Israel Lobby Mobilise to Pre-empt Obama Pentagon Favourite
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 19 (IPS) - Neo-conservatives and leaders of the powerful Israel lobby are mobilising their forces in what looks like an all-out campaign to pre-empt the nomination by President Barack Obama of an outspoken former Republican senator and decorated Vietnam War hero to replace Leon Panetta as secretary of defence.
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