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Q&A: Smallholder Farmers Driving New Trend Against Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Aug 27 (IPS) - Small-scale irrigation schemes can provide the biggest opportunity for boosting food security in Africa, according to Meredith Giordano, the research director at the International Water Management Institute.
'Eating' Water Latest and Rising Threat to a Thirsty World
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Aug 27 (IPS) - Paradoxically, the water we "eat" is likely to become one of the growing new dangers to millions of the world’s thirsty, hungering for this finite natural resource.
Organ Trafficking Resurfaces in Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Aug 27 (IPS) - Despite the enactment of a transplant law in 2010, there are reports of a resurgence of the organ trade in Pakistan. Credit: aturkus/CC BY 2.0 About two months back, 28-year old Asif Ahmed* put up an announcement on the internet to sell one of his kidneys.
Evidence in Delhi Embassy Bombing Suggests Journalist Was Framed - Part 1*
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (IPS) - New Delhi police officials have released hundreds of pages of documents from their investigation into the Feb. 13 bombing of an Israeli Embassy car. The documents aimed to show that a well-known Indian Muslim journalist aided an Iranian conspiracy to plan and carry out the bombing.
Philippines Floods Prompt Climate Action
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Aug 27 (IPS) - This year’s floods, one of the worst in Philippine history, destroyed a staggering 57 million dollars worth of crops, pushing this climate vulnerable country to implement disaster risk reduction measures.
U.S. Foreign Weapons Sales Triple, Setting Record
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (IPS) - U.S. weapons sales around the world have massively expanded over the past year, setting several records. Agreements for foreign arms sales in 2011 totalled around 66.3 billion dollars – three times higher than the previous year and constituting an “extraordinary increase”, according to the Congressional Research Service.
Norway Counts the Usefulness of Lending
- Inter Press Service
, Aug 27 (IPS) - The Norwegian government has announced it would assess the legitimacy of developing countries' debt to Norway. In effect it will investigate whether its loans have been useful enough to warrant repayment.
There’s Bride at the End of the Tunnel
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Aug 27 (IPS) - Mai Ahmed, a 26–year-old from the West Bank fell in love over the Internet with Mohammed Warda from Nussirat refugee camp in Gaza after they ‘met’ on the Internet. The Israeli government refused permission for her to travel to Gaza. Mai travelled to Jordan, flew from there to Egypt, drove across the Sinai, and then crossed through a tunnel into Gaza, where she now lives. “It’s a story I will tell my grandchildren,” she says.
Philippines Floods Prompt Climate Action
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Aug 27 (IPS) - This year’s floods, one of the worst in Philippine history, destroyed a staggering 57 million dollars worth of crops, pushing this climate vulnerable country to implement disaster risk reduction measures.
U.S.: Political Leadership Critical to Fighting Rising Islamophobia
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (IPS) - The attack on a Sikh temple in Wisconsin in early August on the heels of the shooting at a movie theatre in Aurora, Colorado signals the rise of right-wing domestic terrorism in the United States, experts say.
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