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OP-ED: Putting Resilience at the Heart of Development
- Inter Press Service
The world's population today is healthier, wealthier, and better educated than ever before. Yet, despite incredible progress, disconcerting realities stubbornly persist.
Morality Versus Strategy in U.S. Tibet Policy
- Inter Press Service
On Friday, a panel discussion in Washington called on the U.S. government to stop treating the question of Tibetan human and civil rights violations as a moral issue.
U.N. Wraps Up Contentious Study of Native American Communities
- Inter Press Service
A United Nations special envoy on Friday called on the U.S. government to step up efforts to address historical injustices that continue to affect the country's indigenous population.
Calls Mount for Stronger U.S. Stance as Bahrain Resists Reform
- Inter Press Service
Citing growing violence and polarisation along sectarian lines, human rights groups and independent experts here are urging Washington to exert more pressure on the government of Bahrain to free political prisoners and launch a serious dialogue with its opposition on major democratic reforms.
Modern Obstetrics and Midwives Need to Join Forces
- Inter Press Service
María dos Prazeres de Souza has lost count of the number of births 'without a single death' she has attended as a midwife, an occupation that there is renewed interest in strengthening in traditional communities in Brazil where state services are not available or are not entirely acceptable for cultural reasons.
KYRGYZSTAN: Justice Elusive for Kidnapped Brides
- Inter Press Service
Even though she was kidnapped, pressured into marrying a man from a nearby village, and then abandoned without means to sustain herself and the couple's two young children, Totugul can't rely on Kyrgyzstan's courts for help.
Expo 2012 Aims to Protect World's Endangered Oceans
- Inter Press Service
Come May 12, South Korea will host its largest single landmark event for the year - an achitecturally-glittering Expo 2012 - continuing a 161-year-old tradition going back to the first Great Exhibition in England in 1851 showcasing the steam engine.
Renationalised YPF Aims to Bring Self-Sufficiency in Oil and Gas
- Inter Press Service
After the Argentine Congress approved the renationalisation of YPF, the country’s biggest oil company, late Thursday, thousands of demonstrators from different political and social groups cheered the decision outside the legislature.
Standing Up for the Planet and the Future
- Inter Press Service
What are you doing on Saturday? Peter Nix, a retiree, will be standing on a railway track on Canada's west coast blocking a coal train destined to ship U.S. and Canadian coal to Asia.
Child Soldiers Used in Mali Conflict
- Inter Press Service
It was tough for Hassan Toure to decide to stay in his small town on the outskirts of Kidal, in northern Mali. The government troops had withdrawn on Mar. 30, and several armed groups, including militias and bandits, were operating in the region.
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