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Protesters: Free Trade Deals, Drug Patents Derail AIDS Fight
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 26 (IPS) - As the nineteenth International AIDS Conference continued in Washington Tuesday, thousands of protesters marched on the White House with a set of demands to end the epidemic.
Syria Bolsters Troops in Battle for Aleppo
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Qatar, Jul 25 (IPS) - Activists say thousands of troops have been sent to Syria's second city, Aleppo, as clashes were reported in the city for the sixth consecutive day.
Voracious Lionfish on Caribbean's Menu
- Inter Press Service
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, Jul 25 (IPS) - In a case of "if you can’t beat them, eat them," Caribbean countries have embarked on a new strategy to deal with the invasive lionfish, whose voracious appetite is wiping out fish stocks from Bermuda to Barbados in what scientists believe to be the worst marine invasion in history.
Record Aid Shortfall Abandons Millions to Their Fate
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 25 (IPS) - Global funding for humanitarian aid interventions saw the biggest shortfalls in 10 years in 2011, according to a new report, raising questions about the international community’s ability to meet a 20-percent greater need for 2012 driven by drought and conflict.
Cultivating Toxic Crops
- Inter Press Service
LAHORE, Jul 25 (IPS) - At a time when spiraling input costs and perennial shortages of irrigation water are breaking countless farmers’ backs, a small village community on the outskirts of Lahore appears to have been spared.
New York Farmers Aid the City's Hungry
- Inter Press Service
, Jul 25 (IPS) - At a time when big grocery stores like Trader Joe's and Whole Foods are attracting scores of hungry customers, many local family-run farms are fighting to keep afloat.
New York Farmers Aid the City's Hungry
- Inter Press Service
, Jul 25 (IPS) - At a time when big grocery stores like Trader Joe's and Whole Foods are attracting scores of hungry customers, many local family-run farms are fighting to keep afloat.
Cultivating Toxic Crops
- Inter Press Service
LAHORE, Jul 25 (IPS) - At a time when spiraling input costs and perennial shortages of irrigation water are breaking countless farmers’ backs, a small village community on the outskirts of Lahore appears to have been spared.
Syria Bolsters Troops in Battle for Aleppo
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Qatar, Jul 25 (IPS) - (Al Jazeera) - Activists say thousands of troops have been sent to Syria’s second city, Aleppo, as clashes were reported in the city for the sixth consecutive day.
Bankers or 'Banksters'?
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Jul 25 (IPS) - European media, political leaders, and the citizenry are bashing bankers again, overtly calling them at best accomplices of numerous illegal activities, at worst downright criminals.
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