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International Conference Sheds Light on U.S. AIDS Crisis
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 10 (IPS) - Thirty-one years after the start of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States, the country’s infection rates have not gone down in a decade, warned advocates speaking here on Tuesday ahead of a major international conference.
U.N. Showcases South-South Successes
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 10 (IPS) - Knowledge-sharing has become a cornerstone of successful cooperation among developing countries, in areas ranging from agriculture to health and renewable energies.
Scientists Declare State of Emergency for World's Coral Reefs
- Inter Press Service
CAIRNS, Australia, Jul 10 (IPS) - Coral reef scientists urged local and national governments to take action to save the world's coral reefs and said they'd be "on call 24/7" to assist politicians and officials.
Norwegian Study Calls for Research on Natural Causes of Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Jul 10 (IPS) - While there is no doubt that global warming is primarily a consequence of human activities, it is also true that there are natural phenomena contributing to climate change as well.
RFK Award Spotlights Struggle for Farmworkers’ Rights
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 10 (IPS) - New York State legislators up in Albany are likely to be seeing a lot of Librada Paz in the near future.
Locals Urge Fresh Negotiations on Padma Bridge Funding
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Jul 10 (IPS) - Amidst continuing controversy over the World Bank’s recent decision to cancel a 1.2 billion-dollar loan to Bangladesh to assist in the construction of the Padma Bridge – which would have been the country’s largest ever development project, worth 2.9 billion dollars – most locals have expressed deep concern about the impact of such a move on one of the world’s least developed countries.
Cameroon farmers plant trees for bees
- Inter Press Service
, Jul 10 (IPS) - Honey producers in Cameroon are looking to restore bee habitats by planting trees in areas where deforestation have left the countryside bare.
Thai Farmers Fight ‘Global Warming Fines’
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Jul 10 (IPS) - Small farmers in the Baan Pra village of Thailand's southern Trang province have been living in anxiety ever since they were slapped with stiff fines by the government in 2006 and ordered to vacate their ancestral lands for ‘contributing to global warming’.
Southern Africa’ fruit and vegetables come here
- Inter Press Service
Scientists Declare State of Emergency for World’s Coral Reefs
- Inter Press Service
CAIRNS, Australia, Jul 10 (IPS) - Coral reef scientists urged local and national governments to take action to save the world’s coral reefs and said they’d be “on call 24/7? to assist politicians and officials.
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