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Amid Stormy Waters, Caribbean Tacks South
- Inter Press Service
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Jul 09 (IPS) - The Eurozone crisis and growing influence of countries like China and Brazil are leading the Caribbean to reassess its dependence on traditional trade and aid partners.
Coral Triangle Fights to Save Reefs from Extinction
- Inter Press Service
CAIRNS, Jul 09 (IPS) - The planet's richest region of coral and marine life, which feeds 130 million people, is in trouble.
Taliban Thwarts Global Polio Eradication
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jul 09 (IPS) - By ordering a ban on polio immunisation, in its strongholds along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, the Taliban is holding up an ambitious global programme to rid the world of the crippling childhood disease, say World Health Organisation (WHO) doctors.
‘Reforms’ Legacy Rocks Romania Again
- Inter Press Service
, Jul 09 (IPS) - WARSAW, Jul 7 2012 (IPS) - Romanian President Traian Basescu is close to being impeached after the Parliament suspended him Friday. The political crisis, however, distracts from citizens’ calls for a more responsive political class and a halt to declining standards of living.
South Africa’s National Health Insurance Sites Underfunded
- Inter Press Service
, Jul 09 (IPS) - CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Jul 6 2012 (IPS) - Experts say that underfunded pilot universal healthcare sites to be set up by South Africa as part of its proposed national health insurance may be doomed to fail as debate rages about how the move to more equitable healthcare will be funded.
NEWSBRIEF: South Sudan Celebrates a Troubled First Birthday
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, Jul 09 (IPS) - The streets have been swept clean and lined with flags to mark the first anniversary of South Sudan’s independence. But cosmetic changes in the capital, Juba, mask deep concerns about the future of the world’s newest nation.
Europe Dithering on Tobin Tax
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Jul 09 (IPS) - Despite the grave financial and sovereign debt crisis sweeping the region, the European Union has once again failed to reach unanimous approval of a proposition made by its executive body, the European Commission (EC), to tax financial transactions in order to reduce speculation and increase state revenues.
South Sudan Celebrates a Troubled First Birthday
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, Jul 09 (IPS) - The streets have been swept clean and lined with flags to mark the first anniversary of South Sudan’s independence. But cosmetic changes in the capital, Juba, mask deep concerns about the future of the world’s newest nation.
South Sudan's Women Await Independence From Poverty
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, Jul 09 (IPS) - One year after the formation of South Sudan, the country’s women say that independence has not resulted in the positive political, economic and social changes that they had hoped for.
South Sudan Celebrates a Troubled First Birthday
- Inter Press Service
The streets have been swept clean and lined with flags to mark the first anniversary of South Sudan’s independence. But cosmetic changes in the capital, Juba, mask deep concerns about the future of the world’s newest nation.
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