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Syria Escapes Threatened Sanctions by Third Double Veto at U.N.
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 19 (IPS) - Syria became the first country in the history of the United Nations to be "protected" for an unprecedented third time by double vetoes cast by Russia and China in the Security Council.
Women Rights Defenders Targeted in Mexico
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 19 (IPS) - There has been an alarming increase over the past two years in violence against women human rights defenders and journalists in Mexico, according to women’s human rights organisations.
Malnutrition Implicated in Child Killer Epidemic
- Inter Press Service
PHNOM PENH, Jul 19 (IPS) -
Parents wait anxiously outside a Phnom Penh hospital. Credit: Mike Hodgkinson/IPSHealth experts are blaming high malnutrition levels for an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) that has killed more than 54 children in impoverished Cambodia since April.
Caribbean Moves to Protect Rights of HIV-Positive Workers
- Inter Press Service
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, Jul 19 (IPS) - Thirty years into the HIV and AIDS epidemic, Caribbean countries are slowly putting necessary legislation in place to ensure the rights of workers despite their HIV/AIDS and chronic disease status.
Prison Study Programme Shuns Argentine "Dirty War" Criminals
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Jul 19 (IPS) - A group of prisoners convicted of crimes against humanity committed during Argentina's last dictatorship (1976-1983) have put university and prison authorities in a difficult position by asking to enrol in an academic study programme for inmates financed by the state.
Caribbean Moves to Protect Rights of HIV-Positive Workers
- Inter Press Service
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, Jul 19 (IPS) - Thirty years into the HIV and AIDS epidemic, Caribbean countries are slowly putting necessary legislation in place to ensure the rights of workers despite their HIV/AIDS and chronic disease status.
Prison Study Programme Shuns Argentine “Dirty War” Criminals
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Jul 19 (IPS) - A group of prisoners convicted of crimes against humanity committed during Argentina’s last dictatorship (1976-1983) have put university and prison authorities in a difficult position by asking to enrol in an academic study programme for inmates financed by the state.
Impure Flows the Ganga
- Inter Press Service
HARIDWAR, India, Jul 19 (IPS) - Every year Yogesh Mudgal treks miles through the mountainous roads of the Indian Himalayas during the holy Hindu month of Shravan, in July.
67 Minutes of Shame on African Icon Nelson Mandela’s Birthday
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Jul 19 (IPS) - Wendy Hlophe* is still visibly grieving for her long-term friend, 28-year-old Sanna Supa, who was shot and killed outside her home in Braamficherville, a South African township, two weeks ago.
Côte d'Ivoire Law Offers Battered Women Little Protection
- Inter Press Service
ABIDJAN, Jul 19 (IPS) - A shiver ran down Habiba Kanaté's* spine when she read about a policeman shooting and killing his wife in Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire. "That could have been me," she said.
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