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A Grim Search for the Missing
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Jul 17 (IPS) - A bloody civil war was reaching its climax but this Tamil family, who had already experienced the conflict intimately, had one last decision to make that would prove to be the hardest one of all.
Rights Groups, U.S. Denounce Sentences of Ethiopian Journalists
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 17 (IPS) - Human rights groups, press watchdogs, and even the U.S. government have strongly denounced recent prison sentences meted out against journalists and opposition activists accused of violating Ethiopia's anti-terrorism laws.
Sudan, South Sudan Resume Talks Amid Doubts for Long-term Success
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 16 (IPS) - Ahead of an Aug. 2 deadline, the leaders of Sudan and South Sudan over the weekend engaged in their first direct talks since hostilities spiked in late April.
Ithaca Ecovillage Forges a Path to Sustainable Living
- Inter Press Service
ITHACA, New York, Jul 16 (IPS) - Ecovillage at Ithaca (EVI), located in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, is an intentional community of 160 people striving for greater sustainability, a better quality of life, and perhaps even a new model for urban planners the world over.
Russia Says West Using "Blackmail" over Syria
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Qatar, Jul 16 (IPS) - Russia has said it would block moves at the U.N. Security Council to extend a U.N. monitoring mission in Syria if Western powers did not stop resorting to "blackmail" by threatening sanctions against Damascus.
Pacific Coastal Fisheries in Dire Need of Protection
- Inter Press Service
PORT MORESBY, Jul 16 (IPS) - Coastal fisheries in Papua New Guinea, used primarily by local subsistence fisher folk, will face increasing pressure from climate change, compounding the twin problems of population growth and overfishing.
Archaic Laws Stymie HIV/AIDS Work in Sri Lanka
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Jul 16 (IPS) - Sri Lanka has long enjoyed a low 0.1 percent HIV prevalence but, as the number of fresh infections rises steadily, experts are calling for a change in the country's archaic laws that make sex work illegal and criminalises homosexual activity.
Teaching Madagascar's Mothers to Combat Malnutrition
- Inter Press Service
ANTANANARIVO, Jul 16 (IPS) - Every Friday, mothers and their children gather at the community nutrition centre in the little village of Rantolava, 450 kilometres north east of Antananarivo, the Malagasy capital, to learn more about a healthy diet.
Plain Speaking Says a Lot For a Changing Middle East
- Inter Press Service
, Jul 16 (IPS) - With ever increasing sanctions against Iran, escalating violence in Syria and the continuing political struggles in Egypt, a new dynamic has been added to the long-standing policy challenges in the Middle East.
Chile Debates Control over Lithium Production
- Inter Press Service
, Jul 16 (IPS) - SANTIAGO DE CHILE, Jul 15 2012 (IPS) - The Chilean government’s decision to invite companies to tender offers for mine lithium resources has been widely rejected by mining trade unions and legislators of the opposition.
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