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Libyan Weapons Arming Regional Conflicts
- Inter Press Service
TRIPOLI, Sep 02 (IPS) - In the aftermath of Libya’s revolution, Libyan fighters and weapons are flooding areas of conflict in neighbouring countries, according to local fighters and officials in several countries.
IAEA Report Shows Iran Reduced Its Breakout Capacity
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 01 (IPS) - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report made public Thursday reveals that Iran has actually reduced the amount of 20-percent enriched uranium available for any possible “breakout” to weapons grade enrichment over the last three months rather than increasing it.
Israelis Brace Dubiously for War With Iran
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Sep 01 (IPS) - Parviz Barkhordar says he loves both Israel and Iran. For many, this dual affinity might seem contradictory, but according to Barkhordar, it makes total sense.
‘Super’ Cabinet Seeks to Save Myanmar
- Inter Press Service
YANGON, Sep 01 (IPS) - After months of speculation and rumours, President Thein Sein of Myanmar (earlier Burma) has created a “super” cabinet to try to salvage his besieged administration – riven with divisions and inertia. Currently he is embroiled in a constitutional crisis – a battle for power between the president and the parliament – that threatens to paralyse the government until it is resolved. This has left the president increasingly isolated, with only the army offering concrete support.
Papua New Guinea Poll ‘Free but not Fair’
- Inter Press Service
PORT MORESBY, Sep 01 (IPS) - Papua New Guinea’s national election, which ended a ten-month leadership duel between National Alliance Party and veteran post-Independence leader Sir Michael Somare, and Peter O’Neill, leader of the People’s National Congress Party, has come to a close with O’Neill announcing his new coalition government.
Men and Women Farming Together Can Eradicate Hunger
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Sep 01 (IPS) - Three years ago, the residents of the semi-arid Yatta district in Kenya’s Eastern Province lived on food aid due to dwindling crops of maize that could not thrive because of the decreased rainfall in the area.
That was until a local bishop, trying to find ways to prevent mothers from forcing their teenage daughters into prostitution, changed everything.
U.S.: Rights Groups Denounce Dropping of CIA Torture Cases
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 01 (IPS) - U.S. human rights groups have roundly condemned Thursday's announcement by Attorney General Eric Holder that the Justice Department will not pursue prosecutions of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officers who may have been responsible for the deaths of two prisoners in their custody.
Nepal's President Urged to Reject War-Era Amnesty
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (IPS) - The Nepali government is receiving significant national and international blowback for a draft ordinance that rights groups, including ones in the United States, say would allow for a widespread amnesty for some accused of human rights and other abuses perpetrated during Nepal's decade-long civil war.
Women Spend 40 Billion Hours Collecting Water
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Aug 31 (IPS) - As the weeklong international conference on water concluded Friday, it was left to one of the keynote speakers from the United Nations to focus on a much neglected perspective on water and food security: the role of women.
Q&A: “Another Chile Is Possible, with Greater Democracy and Social Rights”
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Aug 31 (IPS) - It is essential for young people in Chile to assume a more active role in politics, especially in two key electoral processes: the municipal elections in October and the legislative and presidential vote in 2013, says student leader Camila Vallejo, who has not ruled out running for a seat in parliament herself.
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