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Put Food Crisis on G8's Plate, Group Urges
- Inter Press Service
Days before the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, anti- poverty advocates staged their own egg hunt in Lafayette Park to urge President Obama to 'find political will to end global hunger' during the upcoming G8 Summit at Camp David.
Libya Faces a Health Check
- Inter Press Service
At a crowded corner of the Tripoli Medical Centre, people gather every morning to submit paperwork for medical treatment abroad, or worriedly scan new lists of approved names plastering the walls.
New Leaders in Yemen, Same Old System
- Inter Press Service
A new report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) Friday contends that the dearth of meaningful reform in the protection of human rights and the rule of law in Yemen threatens political stability as the fledgling transitional government copes with a deteriorating economy and continued violence.
OP-ED: Where Economic and Environmental Prosperity Meet
- Inter Press Service
One of the lesser-known catalysts of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings was a global grain crop failure in 2010, caused by drought and flooding that year from Russia to Canada.
World Bank Race Heats Up
- Inter Press Service
While the U.S. candidate for World Bank president, Jim Yong Kim, still has the inside track, the two non-U.S. candidates, Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian finance minister Jose Antonio Ocampo, have been raking in high-profile endorsements.
Cold Spring Forecast in Iran-Turkey Relations
- Inter Press Service
Ties between Turkey and Iran appear to be headed downward in the wake of Tehran's statement earlier this week that it would prefer not to hold the negotiations with the P5+1 group on its nuclear programme in Istanbul, as had been announced last week by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton.
U.N. Taps Brazil’s Experience in Humanitarian Aid
- Inter Press Service
On her first visit to Brazil, the United Nations humanitarian affairs chief Valerie Amos stressed the need to take advantage of this country’s experience in disaster response and the fight against poverty.
World's Dictators More Scared of Tweets Than Opposing Armies
- Inter Press Service
In his keynote address to the Global Colloquium of University Presidents at New York's Columbia University last week, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke of the growing power exercised by the world's younger generation in an age of high- speed technology and the information superhighway.
Full Access to Justice Elusive for Women in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
Only a small proportion of women in the region whose rights are undermined achieve full access to justice, says a collective of women’s organisations from eight countries of Latin America.
Guatemala — Regional Leader in Teen Pregnancies
- Inter Press Service
Teenage pregnancies are on the rise in Guatemala, along with the drop-out rate in schools, family breakdown and many other related social ills.
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