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Fighting Against Soldiering
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Aug 14 (IPS) - Thousands of ultra-Orthodox men, women and children have been demonstrating in Jerusalem against the Israeli government’s move to make military service mandatory for members of their community.
Children Treated as Lab Rats
- Inter Press Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, Aug 14 (IPS) - Four-year-old Deepak Yadav, a mentally disabled boy from Indore city in the Indian state Madhya Pradesh, was being treated for stomach problems at Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, a government hospital for children attached to the M. G. M. Medical College.
Pakistan’s Measles Deaths Hinder Global Goals
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Aug 14 (IPS) - Measles outbreaks, which have killed at least 100 children in Pakistan’s militancy-hit border areas since May, have prompted calls by experts for better cooperation in territories adjacent to Afghanistan with international immunisation campaigns.
OP-ED: What to Make of the Latest Iranian-Turkish Row
- Inter Press Service
HAWAII, U.S., Aug 14 (IPS) - Turkish-Iranian relations have been rocky since the deepening of the Syrian imbroglio, but the latest row suggests a new low.
Improving Public Transport in Dangerous Guatemala City
- Inter Press Service
GUATEMALA CITY, Aug 14 (IPS) - “Service is definitely improving. Transmetro is good quality and Transurbano is using the prepaid system, which means they can’t charge you extra,” said Manolo Contreras, one of the thousands of users of the public transit system in the Guatemalan capital, which is under renovation.
Eastern Caribbean Seeks Economic Unity
- Inter Press Service
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Aug 13 (IPS) - The nine-member Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is pushing harder for regional integration with the launch of a new parliamentary forum that it says will play a major role in its efforts to establish an economic union.
Crowds in Cairo Praise Morsi's Army Overhaul
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Qatar, Aug 13 (IPS) - The Egyptian president has ordered the powerful head of the army and defence minister, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, and several senior generals into retirement and canceled constitutional amendments issued by the military restricting presidential powers.
U.N. Launches New Oceans Compact Following Expo 2012
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 13 (IPS) - As the three-month-long international exhibition Expo 2012 came to a close in the South Korean coastal town of Yeosu last week, the United Nations announced the launch of an "Oceans Compact" aimed at the preservation of marine resources worldwide.
Armed Forces Still Dictating Côte d'Ivoire’s Law
- Inter Press Service
ABIDJAN, Aug 13 (IPS) - Even as Côte d'Ivoire gradually recovers from the bloody events of the 2010-2011 post-electoral crisis, massacres in the western part of the country and the frequent sound of gunfire in the economic capital, Abidjan, are signs of the long road ahead.
Cuban Higher Education Changing in Times of Reform
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Aug 13 (IPS) - Enrolment in Cuban universities fell by 25.8 percent during the past school year, as young people are being oriented toward fields with more employment opportunities, such as agriculture, in the context of sweeping economic reforms that are also affecting public education.
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