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It’s Either Orangutans Or Cheap Palm Oil
- Inter Press Service
JaKARTA, Aug 10 (IPS) - When four men were sentenced to eight months in jail in March for the ‘murder’ of orangutans, it was the first time that people associated with Indonesia’s booming palm oil industry were convicted for killing man’s close relations in the primate family.
Back Home With Help and Hope
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Aug 10 (IPS) - Thousands who fled their homes in the Taliban-led violence over the past three years have now returned to rebuild their lives, and their homes.
55 Million Dollars to Help Eight Countries
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 10 (IPS) - The United Nations announced Thursday that eight countries, currently facing emergencies, will receive 55 million dollars for humanitarian operations.
U.N. Chief Announces New Sustainable Development Initiative
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 09 (IPS) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Thursday announced the launch of a new independent global network of research centres, universities and technical institutions to help find solutions for some of the world’s most pressing environmental, social and economic problems.
“Latin America’s Miracle” - the Land of Invisible Inequality
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Aug 09 (IPS) - It’s Friday morning, and Carlos, an executive at a real estate firm in the Chilean capital, gets up knowing that he will knock off early that day, as he does at the end of every week, to enjoy the weekend in the family’s vacation apartment on the coast with his wife and three daughters.
Waste Issue Halts U.S. Nuclear Reactor Licensing
- Inter Press Service
ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug 09 (IPS) - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which oversees commercial nuclear power enterprises, has halted the issuance of all new nuclear reactor licensing decisions after a court ruling citing the failure of industry and government to identify an acceptable solution for the long-term storage of nuclear waste.
Amid Rise in Piracy, U.N. Backs Summit on Maritime Security
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 09 (IPS) - When the United Nations advocates the protection of the world's oceans, its political agenda transcends the battle against marine pollution, global warming, overfishing, greenhouse gases and sea-level rise.
Mauritian Fishers Want EU Vessels Out of Their Seas
- Inter Press Service
PORT LOUIS, Aug 09 (IPS) - “Look out there, the blue one…. that is a European Union fishing vessel that is threatening our livelihood,” says Lallmamode Mohamedally, a Mauritian fisherman, as he points to a boat offloading its catch at the Les Salines port, close to the country’s capital Port Louis.
Q&A: Microcredit Bank “Incorporates Women in the Benefits of Development”
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Aug 09 (IPS) - “Our raison d’etre is incorporating women in development, and especially in the benefits of development,” says Nora Castañeda, an economist who has headed the Banmujer bank in Venezuela since it was founded in 2001.
Is the Staggering Rise of the South Sustainable?
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Aug 09 (IPS) - Growth in developing economies (DEs) has accelerated significantly in the new millennium.
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