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Syria Blast Strikes at Heart of Assad's Rule
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Qatar, Jul 18 (IPS) - Syria's defence minister and interior minister are among those who were killed after a suicide bomber struck the National Security building in Damascus during a meeting of cabinet ministers and senior security officials, state media reported.
Q&A: Transforming the Way the Global Environment is Managed
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jul 18 (IPS) - The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is ready to be a catalyst for transforming the way the global environment is managed, said the next CEO and chairperson of the multilateral institution, Dr. Naoko Ishii, in this interview with Tierramérica *.
Syria Blast Strikes at Heart of Assad’s Rule
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Qatar, Jul 18 (IPS) - (Al Jazeera) - Syria’s defence minister and interior minister are among those who were killed after a suicide bomber struck the National Security building in Damascus during a meeting of cabinet ministers and senior security officials, state media reported.
UN COMMEMORATES NELSON MANDELA DAY
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 18 (IPS) - The 193-member U.N. General Assembly Wednesday commemorated International Nelson Mandela Day in honour of the former South African president.
Mexican Activists Defend Internet Freedom
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jul 18 (IPS) - Mexican advocates of internet freedom are mobilising to protest their government's decision to sign the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), a multilateral treaty whose stated aim is to protect intellectual property right through enhanced international cooperation and enforcement.
Family Planning Essential for Development
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Jul 18 (IPS) - Improving family planning to avoid unwanted pregnancies in developing countries, as well as assuring girls’ access to education, and women’s participation in the economy, are essential components of a sound development policy, according to Western experts and African activists.
Understanding the Roots of Ghana's Child Labour
- Inter Press Service
KUMASI, Ghana, Jul 18 (IPS) - At eleven years old, Thema, a native of Kumasi, hopes to be a nurse when she grows up. Currently, however, she is employed wandering between taxis and tro-tros or minibus taxis at rush hour, carrying packs of ice water on her head and selling them for 10 pesewas apiece. She manoeuvres through traffic in Ghana’s second-largest city with practiced ease; she has been doing this for four years.
U.N. Warns of Impending Humanitarian Crisis in Somalia
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jul 18 (IPS) - The United Nations has called for sustained aid efforts in Somalia to prevent the war-torn country from experiencing another humanitarian crisis as more than three million people remain in need of urgent aid.
Will Austerity Prompt Nuclear Disarmament?
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Jul 18 (IPS) - The changing international political order and a dramatic budgetary situation at home are forcing France to consider giving up the extremely expensive nuclear arsenal the country has maintained since the late 1950s.
The Bicycle Revolution in Paris, Five Years Later
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Jul 18 (IPS) - In July 2007, many Parisians laughed at their mayor, Bertrand Delanoë, when he announced the creation of a public bicycle sharing system aimed at reducing traffic in the French capital.
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