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Small Minority Gains Big Voice in Arms Trade Negotiations
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 10 (IPS) - The slow progress of the first week of arms trade treaty negotiations has sparked concerns among strong treaty advocates who sense the delaying tactics of a sceptical minority.
Family Planning Summit Offers New Hope
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Jul 10 (IPS) - The Summit on Family Planning that is taking place in London on Wednesday is a bid to get governments around the world to commit more resources to safeguarding women’s reproductive rights, according to the executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Libya May Steer Clear of the Islamist Way
- Inter Press Service
TRIPOLI, Jul 10 (IPS) - Libyans appear to be putting their hopes in Mahmoud Jibril’s liberal National Forces Alliance (NFA) to cement a coalition and build bridges between Libya’s fractious militias. Many believe the party can also unite other ideologically opposed political parties, and both opponents and supporters of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
The Guinean Women Who Earn a Little Coin From Gardening
- Inter Press Service
CONAKRY, Jul 10 (IPS) - Market gardening in the peri-urban areas of Conakry, the Guinean capital, is growing quickly, bringing in income for groups of women and giving them some autonomy.
Mauritania's Emergency Food Programme Under Fire
- Inter Press Service
NOUAKCHOTT, Jul 10 (IPS) - The sun is beating down on Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital, and Habi Amadou Tidjane Diop is a tired and frustrated woman. Seated on an empty upturned bucket, the mother of nine is waiting in a long queue to buy food.
U.S. Urged to Increase Bomb-Clearing Aid for Laos
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 10 (IPS) - Disarmament activists and former U.S. ambassadors are urging Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to increase U.S. aid to Laos to clear millions of tonnes of unexploded ordinance (UXO) left by U.S. bombers on its territory during the Indochina War during her brief visit to the country Wednesday.
New Afghanistan Aid Policy Turns Away from U.S. Model
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 10 (IPS) - For the first time, international donors gathered in Tokyo over the weekend explicitly tied ongoing financial aid for Afghanistan to progress made in the country’s economy and governance.
The Guinean Women Who Earn a Little Coin From Gardening
- Inter Press Service
Market gardening in the peri-urban areas of Conakry, the Guinean capital, is growing quickly, bringing in income for groups of women and giving them some autonomy.
Mauritania's Emergency Food Programme Under Fire
- Inter Press Service
The sun is beating down on Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital, and Habi Amadou Tidjane Diop is a tired and frustrated woman. Seated on an empty upturned bucket, the mother of nine is waiting in a long queue to buy food.
OP-ED: World's Ailing Oceans Find a New Dawn at Expo 2012
- Inter Press Service
YEOSU, Korea, Jul 09 (IPS) - Gazing over the ocean somehow puts a human being at peace with the world. To build a home with a view of the sea is the dream of many. The expanse of water, the beach, and tide magically draw us to them.
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