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Groups Rewarded in Their Fight for Fair Food
- Inter Press Service
, Oct 12 (IPS) - The Korean Women's Peasant Association won the 2012 Food Sovereignty Prize for its efforts on behalf of the survival of small-scale and ecologically sustainable farming in South Korea.
Progress in Reducing Hunger 'Tragically Slow'
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (IPS) - WASHINGTON, October 11, 2012 (IPS) – At least 20 countries are currently at either "alarming" or "extremely alarming" levels of hunger, according to new research released here on Thursday.
Report Accuses China of Mass Forced Evictions
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 12 (IPS) - Wang Jiazheng's family was sleeping at home when the bulldozers, along with security officers, entered their village at dawn.
Oil Industry Moves to Block New U.S. Transparency Rules
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (IPS) - Lobby groups representing the oil industry filed a lawsuit in Washington court on Wednesday that seeks to halt the implementation of a new set of rules requiring U.S.-registered extractives companies to disclose all payments made to foreign governments.
Where Drugs Abound – and Syringes to Fight AIDS Are Scarce
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Oct 11 (IPS) - In northern Mexico, one of the areas in the country hit hardest by drug trafficking, there are not enough syringes to protect intravenous drug users from HIV/AIDS and hepatitis.
New Threats, Same Old U.S. Hegemony
- Inter Press Service
PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay, Oct 11 (IPS) - Although it admits that it cannot be a long-term solution, Washington insists on strengthening the armed forces in Latin America, to confront “new threats,” including citizen insecurity. But activists argue that it is only another means of maintaining control over the region.
U.N. Launches Global Campaign to Abolish Child Marriages
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 11 (IPS) - The United Nations has launched a global campaign to abolish an anachronistic social practice still prevalent in some communities around the world: child marriages.
Reduce Poverty in Africa – Educate a Girl
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Oct 11 (IPS) - While in the last decade an additional 52 million of sub-Saharan Africa’s children enrolled in primary schools, with girl’s enrolment increasing from 54 percent to 74 percent, a large majority of girls - 16 million – are still being denied access to education.
Q&A: Tracing Hate Crimes to the Fear of the "Outsider"
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Oct 11 (IPS) - Donald P. Green is a U.S. professor of political science who turns theories about hate crime upside down with his research.
Q&A: “Cuba Needs to Be Bold and Creative" Break with Many Dogmas”
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Oct 11 (IPS) - Cuba has been steeped in a profound economic crisis over the last 20 years, and no short-term solution to the accumulated problems can be expected, says Cuban professor and researcher Ricardo Torres.
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