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Conference Reaffirms Reproductive Rights
- Inter Press Service
While much of the world is facing a global financial crisis, made worse by government cuts in social spending, members of parliament meeting here Wednesday agreed the economic crunch is no reason for governments to relax their commitment to women’s reproductive rights and health, made 18 years ago.
Doctor’s Tale Injects New Trouble
- Inter Press Service
The sentencing of the Pakistani doctor believed to have provided the U.S. with vital DNA evidence that led to the tracing and killing of Osama bin Laden has set off new conflicts within Pakistan. The Taliban are now out to get him beyond what the law can.
U.S. Urged to Follow Own Human Rights Reporting
- Inter Press Service
The U.S. State Department on Thursday released the government's annual compendium of country-by-country human rights reports, but ran into criticism from rights groups for holding double standards.
Security Council 'Unfit for Purpose', Says Amnesty International
- Inter Press Service
Amnesty International delivered a scathing condemnation of global and national leadership in its 2012 global human rights report on Tuesday, conveying profound disappointment in such leadership for its failure to match the determination and resilience of ordinary civilians in their resistance to repressive regimes.
Student Protests Energise Mexico’s Election Campaign
- Inter Press Service
The 'Occupy' movement has spread to Mexico, where thousands of university students have taken to the streets, bringing fresh air to a superficial and flat election campaign and forcing political parties to pay attention to a long-ignored segment of the population.
ANTIGUA: Mysterious Pest Targets Valuable Palm Trees
- Inter Press Service
Something is decimating the coconut and other palm trees here and no one seems to know exactly what it is.
Outsourced Chilean Copper Workers '21st Century Slave Labour'
- Inter Press Service
'Temporary and subcontracted workers in the copper industry are the slave labour of the 21st century. Lacking rights and social protection, they are vulnerable and defenceless,' complained Cristián Cuevas, the leader of a union for outsourced Chilean copper workers.
HAITI: Partners in Deforestation and 'Slumification'
- Inter Press Service
More than 100 Haitian families now have new housing, thanks to the support of two non-governmental organisations working on reconstruction following the country's devastating 2010 earthquake.
EU Summit Ends with Warning for Greece
- Inter Press Service
A European Union summit has ended with a warning to Greece that it will have to stick to its bailout terms if it wants to stay in the eurozone, but failed to resolve Franco-German differences over the issue of eurobonds.
Living in the Heart of Hurricane Alley in Cuba
- Inter Press Service
In Los Palacios, a farming community in the western Cuban province of Pinar del Río, local residents are still working hard to rebuild after the damage caused by two of the three hurricanes that hit this country in 2008. 'It was just horrible,' people here say when asked about what happened.
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