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Taking Solace from a Verdict that Can’t Bring Back Loved Ones
- Inter Press Service
Saffa Momoh Lahai was just two years old when his father was killed during Sierra Leone’s civil war. Rebels attacked their family home in Kailahun District, in the eastern reaches of the country, and shot Lahai’s father when he tried to resist.
Tribal Farming Beats Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
Tribal farmer Harish Saraka has rediscovered the key to sustainable farming in this rain-dependent hinterland of eastern Odisha state — mixed cropping.
Threat of "Nuclear Terror" Diverts Abolition Efforts
- Inter Press Service
President Barack Obama indicated in Prague in 2009 that he was interested in achieving a "world without nuclear weapons." Since that bold statement (which was one of the reasons for his Nobel peace prize) he has been persuaded by his foreign policy advisors and pressured by the Nuclear Weapons Laboratories to put nuclear abolition on hold and to focus instead on issues such as nuclear safety and nuclear security, writes Kevin P. Clements, professor at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Otago, New Zealand.
Malaria Adds to Myanmar’s Woes
- Inter Press Service
Political reforms unfolding in Myanmar (or Burma) are giving health workers a chance to address a resurgence of drug-resistant falciparum malaria in the war-torn ethnic minority enclaves along the country’s eastern borders.
Fragmented Protests Rise in Jordan
- Inter Press Service
On a warm Friday afternoon, police cars blocked the roads around the Al Husseini mosque, where hundreds of men were kneeling for the noon prayers. At the end of the service, the crowds rose and marched in a compact protest behind a car bearing a banner for the Islamic Action Front (IAF), the Jordanian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood.
In Debt Debate, Most US Voters Prefer Tax Fairness to Cuts
- Inter Press Service
A giant digital 'clock' on Sixth Avenue in New York keeps track of a number, currently at 15.6 trillion dollars and counting. As the number soars ever higher into the stratosphere, so U.S. voters are increasingly concerned, for the number represents the debt of the United States.
U.S. Escalating Drone War in Yemen
- Inter Press Service
Even as President Barack Obama touts his progress in extracting the U.S. from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, his administration appears to be deepening its covert and military involvement in strife-torn Yemen.
Wiping the Iron Dust Off Their Feet in Small Brazilian Town
- Inter Press Service
The 380 families living in Piquiá de Baixo, a small town in the northeastern Brazilian state of Maranhão, are fed up with having to endure high levels of pollution from nearby steelworks in their water, air and soil.
In New U.S. 'Bioeconomy', Industry Trumps Environment
- Inter Press Service
The White House on Thursday announced the formulation of the National Bioeconomy Blueprint, aimed at shoring up the U.S. commitment to bioscience-related research.
Taylor's War Crimes Conviction Sends Powerful Message
- Inter Press Service
The United Nations is rejoicing over the conviction of a former head of state for committing crimes against humanity, specifically involving the recruitment of child soldiers.
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