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Reforms Spread to Cuba’s Travel Policy
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Oct 16 (IPS) - The easing of travel restrictions announced by the Cuban government Tuesday was one of the most eagerly awaited reforms. However, limitations remain in place for professionals and others deemed essential to the country’s development or national security.
Obama Aides Launch Preemptive Attack on New Iran Plan
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (IPS) - Although the place and time of the next round of talks on Iran’s nuclear programme have not yet been announced, the manoeuvring by Iran and the United States to influence the outcome has already begun.
Caught Between Islamists and the Military
- Inter Press Service
KANO, Nigeria, Oct 16 (IPS) - Locals in the city of Maiduguri in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno have intensified their calls for the military to withdraw from the town, the stronghold of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, after claims that they are being maltreated and abused.
OP-ED: Distorting US Foreign Policy
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Oct 16 (IPS) - Contrary to U.S. President Barack Obama’s recent foreign policy speech at the United Nations, candidates’ pronouncements during election campaigns distort US foreign policy. Some arguments defy voters’ intelligence, and incite nations who should be our allies.
Communal Land Titling at a Standstill in Peru
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Oct 16 (IPS) - The titling of the lands of indigenous and peasant communities has been at a practical standstill for two years, with many of the corresponding files lost or incomplete. But the promotion of foreign investment is moving full steam ahead in the same regions.
Law Fails to Protect Malawi Children
- Inter Press Service
BLANTYRE, Oct 16 (IPS) - Patrick Martin, 14, and his brother Mayeso, 15, are safely home for the moment with their mother and other siblings in Kasonya village, Phalombe District in southern Malawi, after they and 12 other children were rescued from being trafficked to neighbouring Mozambique last month by their father.
Most EU Nuclear Power Plants 'Unsafe'
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Oct 16 (IPS) - The so-called ‘stress tests’ on nuclear power plants in the European Union (EU) have confirmed environmental and energy activists’ worst fears: most European nuclear facilities do not meet minimum security standards.
Village Project Helps Rural Producers in Senegal
- Inter Press Service
POTOU, Senegal, Oct 16 (IPS) - Increased harvests in the northern Senegalese community of Léona provide evidence of the benefits of multifaceted support for agriculture. But as their yields grow, farmers are calling for consistent policy to protect markets for their crops.
Developing World Has 80 Percent of Tobacco-Related Deaths
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (IPS) - Tobacco use led to almost six million deaths in 2011, according to new research released here on Monday, of which nearly 80 percent were in low- and middle-income countries.
Q&A: “A Stable, Lasting Peace Treaty for Colombia Will Take Time"
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Oct 15 (IPS) - As peace talks between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrillas are about to start in Oslo, the possible participation of rebel leader Simón Trinidad, in prison in the United States, has not yet been decided.
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