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Mexican Activists Defend Internet Freedom
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jul 18 (IPS) - Mexican advocates of internet freedom are mobilising to protest their government's decision to sign the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), a multilateral treaty whose stated aim is to protect intellectual property right through enhanced international cooperation and enforcement.
Family Planning Essential for Development
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Jul 18 (IPS) - Improving family planning to avoid unwanted pregnancies in developing countries, as well as assuring girls’ access to education, and women’s participation in the economy, are essential components of a sound development policy, according to Western experts and African activists.
Understanding the Roots of Ghana's Child Labour
- Inter Press Service
KUMASI, Ghana, Jul 18 (IPS) - At eleven years old, Thema, a native of Kumasi, hopes to be a nurse when she grows up. Currently, however, she is employed wandering between taxis and tro-tros or minibus taxis at rush hour, carrying packs of ice water on her head and selling them for 10 pesewas apiece. She manoeuvres through traffic in Ghana’s second-largest city with practiced ease; she has been doing this for four years.
U.N. Warns of Impending Humanitarian Crisis in Somalia
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jul 18 (IPS) - The United Nations has called for sustained aid efforts in Somalia to prevent the war-torn country from experiencing another humanitarian crisis as more than three million people remain in need of urgent aid.
Will Austerity Prompt Nuclear Disarmament?
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Jul 18 (IPS) - The changing international political order and a dramatic budgetary situation at home are forcing France to consider giving up the extremely expensive nuclear arsenal the country has maintained since the late 1950s.
The Bicycle Revolution in Paris, Five Years Later
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Jul 18 (IPS) - In July 2007, many Parisians laughed at their mayor, Bertrand Delanoë, when he announced the creation of a public bicycle sharing system aimed at reducing traffic in the French capital.
New Waste-to-Energy Facility Helps Barbados Toward Greener Economy
- Inter Press Service
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jul 18 (IPS) - When it comes to pursuing a greener path to economic development, the tiny Caribbean island of Barbados is not about to allow its small size and limited resources to get in its way.
U.S.: Republicans Sink Law of the Sea Ratification for Now
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 18 (IPS) - Defying the wishes of both the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the U.S. Navy, Republican senators have effectively halted – for now - an effort by the administration of President Barack Obama to gain ratification of the 30-year-old Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST).
Negotiators Lack Focus at Arms Treaty Talks, Observers Warn
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 18 (IPS) - More than halfway through four-week negotiations for a binding treaty to regulate the global weapons trade, observers are warning that the talks are a week behind schedule.
Report Claims No Pakistani Civilian Deaths from Drones in 2012
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 17 (IPS) - Civilian deaths due to drone strikes in Pakistan are falling rapidly, and the death rate is now close to zero - or so asserts a New America Foundation (NAF) report.
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