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‘Reforms’ Legacy Rocks Romania Again
- Inter Press Service
WARSAW, Jul 07 (IPS) - Romanian President Traian Basescu is close to being impeached after the Parliament suspended him Friday. The political crisis, however, distracts from citizens’ calls for a more responsive political class and a halt to declining standards of living.
Key Syrian Defection Heartens U.S.
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 07 (IPS) - The defection this week of a key general with longstanding ties to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad was hailed Friday by officials in the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama as an important step towards ending the regime.
Anxiety as Donors Chart Aid for Afghanistan Beyond 2014
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 07 (IPS) - A key United Nations official on Friday urged the international community to match security funding for Afghanistan with economic and development funding after 2014, when most international – particularly U.S. – forces will leave the country.
PERU: Anti-Mining Protesters Shot Amid Climate of Fear
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Jul 06 (IPS) - In under two days, five demonstrators were gunned down by security forces in the northern Peruvian highlands region of Cajamarca, where a state of emergency has been declared.
Israel Divestment Campaigns Gain Momentum in U.S.
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 06 (IPS) - A resolution at the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) to divest from three corporations which provide equipment used to maintain Israel's occupation of Palestinian lands failed by a mere two votes on Thursday.
New U.S.-Pakistani Supply Accord Seen as Tenuous
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 06 (IPS) - As NATO supply convoys began crossing from Pakistan into Afghanistan for the first time in more than seven months Thursday, analysts here warned that the reopening of the key route does not necessarily signal a new dawn in the fraught relations between Washington and Islamabad.
Kenyan nurses suffer after self-diagnosis
- Inter Press Service
After Rio+ 20, the Path Ahead
- Inter Press Service
, Jul 06 (IPS) - Two weeks after the United Nations conference on sustainable development in Rio de Janeiro has left many lukewarm, activists, government representatives and U.N. officials are looking forward to setting new goals for the future.
Americas Team Avoids Paraguayan Rights Groups
- Inter Press Service
ASUNCIÓN, Jul 06 (IPS) - Paraguyan rights groups are disappointed at being denied access to a delegation of the Organisation of American States (OAS) sent in this week to discover the facts behind the impeachment and removal of President Fernando Lugo on Jun. 22.
"No Future We Want Without the Ocean We Need"
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 06 (IPS) - When South Korea, one of Asia's rising economic powerhouses, decided to host the international exhibition Expo 2012 in the coastal town of Yeosu, it picked a theme high on the agenda of the just-concluded Rio+20 summit on sustainable development: the living ocean.
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