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U.N. Chief Jabs Media for Overblown Coverage of Hate Crimes
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 24 (IPS) - When the United Nations commemorated International Day of Peace last week, the celebrations were marred by news of widespread rage in the Islamic world, a continued bloody civil war in Syria, suicide bombings in Iraq and Afghanistan and violent demonstrations in Pakistan, Indonesia and Bangladesh against a video caricaturing the Prophet Muhammad.
GEORGIA: Anti-Turkish Sentiments Grow as Election Date Nears
- Inter Press Service
TBILISI, Sep 24 (IPS) - Rooted in longstanding historical, religious and economic differences, Georgian animosity toward neighbouring Turkey, Georgia’s fifth-largest investor, appears to be growing in the Black Sea region of Achara.
Rural Mexican Communities Rich in Resources, Poor in Capital
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Sep 24 (IPS) - The La Ventanilla community in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca has not given up in the face of devastating hurricanes, but has organised to protect mangroves and animal species like the Olive Ridley sea turtle.
Exports Worth Their Salt in Crisis-Struck Portugal
- Inter Press Service
CASTRO MARIM, Portugal, Sep 24 (IPS) - A promising alternative in Portugal’s profoundly depressed domestic market are incentives for traditional exports which, due to their high quality or uniqueness, do not face fierce foreign competition. “Flor de sal”, the country’s premium hand-harvested sea salt, is one of these products.
Iranian Diplomat Says Iran Offered Deal to Halt 20-Percent Enrichment
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 24 (IPS) - Iran has again offered to halt its enrichment of uranium to 20 percent, which the United States has identified as its highest priority in the nuclear talks, in return for easing sanctions against Iran, according to Iran’s permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Karachi Gripped by Extortionists
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Sep 24 (IPS) - The cost of doing business in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi is steep. Surviving the climate of impunity now requires more than bags of protection money – it also calls for a stoutness of heart.
Libyan Islamists Cornered, Not Quietened
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Sep 24 (IPS) - It could be premature to believe that the storming of Islamist militia bases by Benghazi citizens on Friday could spell the end for Libya’s Islamist militants. Just as it was premature to claim when moderate Libyan political parties took the majority of votes during the July elections that Libya had bucked the Islamist trend sweeping the region.
Alternative to Wikileaks Arises in Iceland
- Inter Press Service
REYKJAVIK, Sep 24 (IPS) - With the imprisonment of Bradley Manning and detainment of Julian Assange, WikiLeaks is effectively on hold. But that does not mean that leaks and whistleblowing activities have stopped.
Assad and Opposition Both Losing
- Inter Press Service
ALEPPO, Syria, Sep 23 (IPS) - Two floors have been ripped from the top of an apartment block in Aleppo in northern Syria. A lone man stands amidst the rubble four stories up after a missile from one of his own government’s fighter jets smashed into the building that morning. With his arms crossed, the solitary figure surveys the destruction around him.
A Day Off to Riot in Peace
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Sep 22 (IPS) - The holiday declared by the Pakistani government on Friday seems to have given free rein for the rioting and killing over the American film that is disrespectful of Prophet Muhammad.
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