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U.S.-Mexico Border Build-Up Found Excessive
- Inter Press Service
While Republican politicians and other 'border hawks' call for ever-tougher measures to secure the U.S.-Mexican border against drug trafficking and illegal immigration, a one-year bi-national study released here Thursday suggests that current efforts may be excessive.
Business20 Makes Its Weight Felt at G20 Meeting
- Inter Press Service
The concerns of the business community basically monopolised the first day of the meeting of trade and economy ministers of the G20 group of industrialised and emerging countries in this Mexican resort city Thursday.
Ghanaian Fisherfolk Blasting Their Way to Finding Fish
- Inter Press Service
Explosives, high-watt light bulbs, monofilament nets, and poison: these are a few methods fisherfolk are using to catch ever-dwindling fish stocks off Ghana’s shores.
Gulf of Mexico Seafood Deformities Alarm Scientists
- Inter Press Service
'The fishermen have never seen anything like this,' Jim Cowan told Al Jazeera. 'And in my 20 years working on red snapper, looking at somewhere between 20,000 and 30,000 fish, I've never seen anything like this either.'
U.S.: Only Four-Fifths of Men's Pay for Women
- Inter Press Service
Forty-seven years after the Equal Pay Act was signed into law, women in the United States are still struggling against wage discrimination in the workplace.
Indonesia Knocks at BRICS' Door
- Inter Press Service
Indonesia’s keen interest in becoming the newest member of BRICS — a bloc of emerging-market nations comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — has sparked off a round of debate on the future and efficacy of South-South groupings.
U.N. in Last Ditch Bid to Finalise Rio+20 Action Plan
- Inter Press Service
The Rio+20 sustainable development summit, scheduled to take place in Brazil in June, is billed as a key meeting of world leaders who are expected to renew their political commitment and approve a wide-ranging plan for a greener future.
In Mali - Civilians Govern, the Junta Rules
- Inter Press Service
Cheick Modibo Diarra has been named interim prime minister of Mali as a transitional administration takes shape, to guide the country back to full constitutional government. But despite agreeing to hand power back to civilians, the military junta intends to retain an oversight role in the transition.
Europe Loses Billions to Tax Evasion
- Inter Press Service
Swiss banks are facing prosecution in several European countries, accused of complicity in tax evasion and money laundering schemes, especially with French, German, and wealthy Greek citizens.
Bangladesh Cuts Maternal Deaths With Affordability
- Inter Press Service
The Aditmari Maternity Centre (AMC) is unpretentious but hygienic, and its staff of paramedics welcomes pregnant women from the poor farming villages of this district, 375 km northwest of Dhaka.
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