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Election Year Sees Increasingly Polarised U.S. Congress
- Inter Press Service
All signs are pointing to a more polarised, less moderate U.S. Congress in the near future.
SYRIA: Conscience Is Their Only Armor
- Inter Press Service
With the international community vowing to ratchet up pressure on the Syrian government, non-violent activists say they remain undeterred even as the situation seems to be deteriorate daily.
How Would You Measure Success at the Rio Summit?
- Inter Press Service
When the heavily hyped three-day U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) comes to a close in Rio de Janeiro Jun. 22, what would be the yardstick to measure its successes and failures?
At Home, Israelis Attack Africans
- Inter Press Service
It’s Saturday night in south Tel Aviv. Amine Zegata, a 36-year-old refugee from Eritrea is reopening the small bar he owns in the HaTikva neighbourhood. The pub was closed after Jewish Israelis smashed his windows and the bottles within during the race riots two weeks back. But Zegata has been assaulted twice since then. Violence against African refugees is continuing.
Trans Community Makes Slow Progress in Vietnam
- Inter Press Service
The restaurant Thuy Linh sits by one of Saigon’s black, soupy canals at the edge of District Three. Though operating in an area already full of restaurants and cafes it doesn’t struggle for business.
Washington's Asia Pivot Gains Momentum
- Inter Press Service
The much-anticipated U.S. 'pivot' from the Greater Middle East to the Asia/Pacific accelerated this week, which began with Pentagon chief Leon Panetta's high-profile, nine-day swing through the region and ended with a White House summit between Barack Obama and Philippine President Benigno Aquino.
Trade, Military Cooperation to Top U.S.-India Talks
- Inter Press Service
The ambassador of India to the United States, Nirupama Rao, on Friday suggested that high-level talks between the two countries, taking place here next week, would focus on 'development' and the 'people aspect of cooperation'.
Changes at Parchin Suggest an Iranian Bargaining Ploy
- Inter Press Service
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Western governments acted this week to escalate their accusations that Iran has 'sanitised' a site at its Parchin military complex to hide evidence of nuclear weapons work, showing satellite images of physical changes at the site to IAEA member delegations.
Chile’s Smog Still Deadly
- Inter Press Service
'We are facing a very alarming situation, and solutions are urgently needed,' said Cecilia Sepúlveda, the dean of the University of Chile medical school, after it was announced that 4,200 people a year in this country die from causes directly attributable to smog and other kinds of pollution.
CARIBBEAN: Gay Rights Slowly Coming Out of the Closet
- Inter Press Service
Over the past six months, governments in two influential Caribbean trade bloc member states — Jamaica and Guyana - have floated political test balloons on the question of whether colonial-era laws criminalising homosexuality should be amended in keeping with trends in most Western states.
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