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Immigration Policies Wreak Unseen Havoc on U.S. Communities
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (IPS) - Deportation is a devastating experience for a family, breaking it apart and leading to emotional and mental stress for its members. But a new report from the Centre for American Progress shows that such duress extends beyond families and into the larger community as a whole.
Hydropower Dam to Flood Sacred Amazon Indigenous Site
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 20 (IPS) - The Sete Quedas or “seven waterfalls” on the Teles Pires River, which runs through the Amazon rainforest states of Mato Grosso and Pará in central Brazil, are a spiritual oasis venerated by several indigenous groups.
Northern Iraq Instead of Syria: Turkish Army’s New Target?
- Inter Press Service
ANKARA, Aug 20 (IPS) - With attacks by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) multiplying and spreading to a larger number of Turkish provinces, Ankara is under increasing pressure by nationalistic parties to take tougher measures against Kurdish activism, including a full-blown land incursion by the Turkish armed forces into northern Iraq.
Food Security and the Failure of Mechanisation in DRC
- Inter Press Service
MBUJI MAYI, DR Congo, Aug 20 (IPS) - Mechanisation was expected to transform agriculture in the Democratic Republic of Congo's central province of East Kasaï. But a project to offer tractors for ploughing land has fallen flat.
Donors Turn Their Backs on Taliban
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Aug 20 (IPS) - For the past five years Sharifullah Shah, a local doctor from the conflict-ridden North Waziristan province in Pakistan, has handed over 500 dollars to the Taliban during the month of Ramadan. But this year, he is putting his money straight into the Edhi Welfare Centre, where he knows it will reach those in need.
Food Security and the Failure of Mechanisation in DRC
- Inter Press Service
MBUJI MAYI, DR Congo, Aug 20 (IPS) - Mechanisation was expected to transform agriculture in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s central province of East Kasaï. But a project to offer tractors for ploughing land has fallen flat. Meanwhile, many households don’t have enough to eat because agricultural production in this mineral-rich province is too low.
A Plea to a Pirate
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Aug 20 (IPS) - The simple sentences six-year-old Minadi writes on paper should delight her mother. Instead, Vilasini Wakwella despairs over their content.
Donors Turn Their Backs on Taliban
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Aug 20 (IPS) - For the past five years Sharifullah Shah, a local doctor from the conflict-ridden North Waziristan province in Pakistan, has handed over 500 dollars to the Taliban during the month of Ramadan. But this year, he is putting his money straight into the Edhi Welfare Centre, where he knows it will reach those in need.
Rights Issues Mar Sri Lanka-EU Trade
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Aug 19 (IPS) - Sri Lanka is in for some hard bargaining when it negotiates a new aid pact in 2013 with the European Union (EU), which withdrew a key trade concession two years ago over this country’s human rights record.
Treating Doctors for Corruption
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Aug 19 (IPS) - Slovak doctors have launched an unprecedented campaign to rid their own profession of what is widely perceived as endemic bribery.
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