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Tighter Security Ignores Root Causes of Somali Crises
- Inter Press Service
As Western forces step up their military presence in Somalia, locals and experts are worried that the country — struggling under multiple crises from piracy, to drought — is doomed to churn in a cycle of violence that fails to acknowledge root causes of the problems.
Agribusiness and Finance Sector Push Global Land Grabbing
- Inter Press Service
About 35 million hectares of land in 66 countries are subject to land grabs. This data published by NGO Grain of Spain refers to land grabs for food crops, but does not include most crops which are used for the production of biofuels such as jatropha.
Spain Slashes Funds for Integration of Immigrants
- Inter Press Service
The Support Fund for the Integration of Immigrants in Spain has been drained of resources, and as a result there is no funding for social insertion, employment and education programmes for the immigrant community.
Those Laboratory Mice Were Children
- Inter Press Service
At Fallujah hospital they cannot offer any statistics on children born with birth defects — there are just too many. Parents don’t want to talk. 'Families bury their newborn babies after they die without telling anyone,' says hospital spokesman Nadim al-Hadidi. 'It’s all too shameful for them.'
Syrian Strife Hits Lebanese Villages
- Inter Press Service
A few kilometres separate the two Lebanese villages of Ersal and Qaa from the Syrian border, both of which have been unwillingly drawn into the violence of the Syrian uprising. Unrest has been brewing in the region for weeks and recently it was on the receiving end of intermittent gunfire from the Syrian army. The situation remains tense despite the fragile new ceasefire.
Social Media Activism Takes Root in Malawi
- Inter Press Service
As Malawians celebrate Joyce Banda’s appointment as president on sites, like Facebook and Twitter, the increased use of social media in Malawi comes full circle as her new government takes office.
Fistula - Another Blight on the Child Bride
- Inter Press Service
It was personal experience that turned Gul Bano and her cleric husband, Ahmed Khan, into ambassadors against early marriage and its worst corollary — obstetric fistula which allows excretory matter to flow out through the birth canal.
In Antigua, Climate Change Amplifies Human Destruction
- Inter Press Service
Evi Johnson points to the spot where, as a young boy, he and his friends would go swimming at Crabb Hill Beach.
At Summit of Americas, Governments 'Are Listening' to the People
- Inter Press Service
In preparation for the Sixth Summit of the Americas, the gathering’s Social Forum has held 25 meetings since September, as well as dozens of online working sessions, with the participation of some 7,000 people.
OP-ED: Iran Nuclear Crisis Needs ‘Disruptive Diplomacy’, Not Shock and Awe
- Inter Press Service
An Open Letter to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
Disruptive diplomacy may be the only way out of the Iran-Israel nuclear crisis, the only way to pierce the hegemony of hypocrisy dominating the power politics of nuclear weapons control, of those who have them, and of those who are accused of developing them.
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