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From Arms to Alms
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Jul 23 (IPS) - Most families of Taliban men killed in fighting against the army in Pakistan or in Afghanistan have been reduced to living in abject poverty.
Super Cereal For Mali’s Malnourished Children
- Inter Press Service
BAMAKO, Jul 23 (IPS) - Millet has become the basic ingredient for an enriched flour at the heart of an effort to establish a local, sustainable response to malnutrition in Mali.
When the Rains Don't Fall
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Jul 22 (IPS) - For many Sri Lankans, the effects of climate change can be summed up in one word: rainfall.
When the Himalayan Glaciers Recede
- Inter Press Service
, Jul 21 (IPS) - Every morning, as Gian Pietro Verza walks up the lateral moraine of the Khumbu Glacier in this Himalayan country’s north-east to take measurements, the wind makes colourful prayer flags flutter noisily. That same wind carries soot particles that are causing the snow on the mountains to melt faster.
Celebrating the Olympic Ideal with a Big Mac
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 21 (IPS) - As the 2012 London Olympics gears up to open on Jul. 27, criticism of the longstanding partnership between the Games and sponsor McDonald’s has stolen a small portion of the limelight.
Malaysia’s Green Movement Goes Political
- Inter Press Service
PENANG, Malaysia, Jul 21 (IPS) - Three years ago, Sherly Hue lived the life of a typical career woman in Kuala Lumpur, working as a marketing executive promoting building materials. But one day, she received a phone call from her worried parents that would forever change her life.
‘Dirty Snow’ Hastens Glacial Melt in Himalayas
- Inter Press Service
KHUMBU, Nepal, Jul 21 (IPS) - Every morning, as Gian Pietro Verza walks up the lateral moraine of the Khumbu Glacier in this Himalayan country’s north-east to take measurements, the wind makes colourful prayer flags flutter noisily. That same wind carries soot particles that are causing the snow on the mountains to melt faster.
New Satellite Evidence Suggests Sudanese Atrocities
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 20 (IPS) - An NGO here unveiled new satellite evidence on Friday that would seem to suggest the torching of a village in southern Sudan by state soldiers.
KYRGYZSTAN: Rape Trial Spotlights Women’s Plight
- Inter Press Service
BISHKEK, Jul 20 (IPS) - Allegations that a member of Kyrgyzstan's KGB-successor agency organised the brutal rape of his wife have outraged women’s rights activists in Bishkek. But what rights defenders call an ordinary crime is having an extraordinary effect because of the victim’s response: she pressed charges.
Austerity Package Sparks Protests in Spain
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Jul 20 (IPS) - "This is war. Parliament has got to go! They're trying to make civil servants take the blame for a situation that was caused by the banking sector and which the government has allowed to happen."
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