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South Korea Showcases Role as Donor at Expo 2012
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 01 (IPS) - When South Korea took the initiative to integrate a development cooperation programme into this year’s World Expo, it stepped up its efforts to gain credibility as a donor on the international stage.
Human Right to Water and Sanitation Remains a Political Mirage
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 01 (IPS) - When the 193-member General Assembly, the U.N.'s highest policy-making body, declared water and sanitation a basic human right back in July 2010, the adoption of that divisive resolution was hailed by many as a "historic" achievement.
Portugal’s Innovative Drug Policy Offers Hope*
- Inter Press Service
LISBON, Aug 01 (IPS) - Portugal was traditionally one of the European countries with the lowest levels of drug use, until the 1980s and 1990s, when problematic drug abuse, especially of heroin, became a major problem.
Somalia Adopts Provisional Constitution by Overwhelming Vote
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 01 (IPS) - Somalia adopted a Provisional Constitution Wednesday setting a date for the political transition of the country.
Mainstream Rhetoric on Nuclear Power Far From Reality
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Aug 01 (IPS) - The catastrophe following the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power reactor in March 2011 has turned the old debate on nuclear power into a war of words between international agencies and independent experts with diametrically opposed views.
India Drowning in Waste, Experts Warn
- Inter Press Service
BANGALORE, Aug 01 (IPS) - Almitra Patel, a civil engineer by qualification, says she was first alerted to India’s huge problem of inadequate waste disposal when she noticed that the frogs in the marshlands near her farmhouse, on the city’s outskirts, had stopped croaking.
Trash Collectors Become Zimbabwe’s Unlikely Climate Change Ambassadors
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Aug 01 (IPS) - Tomson Chikowero was ashamed of his job. He did not want anyone finding out what he did to earn a living, so he used to wake up early every morning and leave his home in Hatfield, a residential suburb in Zimbabwe’s capital city Harare, under the cover of darkness.
Kenya Set to Run Away With Medals
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Aug 01 (IPS) - On a chilly morning at the Moi International Sports Centre in Nairobi, the largest multi-purpose sports centre in Kenya, 800m world record holder David Rudisha looked like just another athlete.
Local Producers Worried about Venezuela’s Admission to Mercosur
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Jul 31 (IPS) - After a six-year delay, Venezuela finally became the fifth full member of South America’s main trade bloc, Mercosur, on Tuesday, bringing with it huge oil and natural gas reserves and a market hungry for the abundant agricultural production of its new partners to the south.
Q&A: South Korea Steps Up as Marine Conservation Champion
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 31 (IPS) - When South Korea picked an oceans theme for the 2012 Yeosu World Expo, it became host to the largest marine-themed event in history, with the potential to make a concrete contribution to sustainable development and simultaneously buoy the Korean global image.
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