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Debate Rages over U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan
- Inter Press Service
An influential Pakistani journalist appealed this week for Washington to stick to its 2014 timetable for withdrawing its combat forces, instead of accelerating its pullout, as a growing number of voices here are urging.
Turkey's Fears: What Threats Could Syrian Crisis Unleash?
- Inter Press Service
Enough calls to reason. It is time for collective action. That was the message Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu sent Thursday to his European Union (EU) colleagues, whom he will be meeting later this week in Brussels.
Mind the Women’s Business
- Inter Press Service
'We want to hear each others’ stories on how we have coped with changes, how we have got to where we are now and thus how we can be an inspiration to others,' says Anna Loa Olafsdottir, one of the people behind a group of women in southwest Iceland who call themselves SKASS.
Saving Mothers' Lives one Midwife at a Time in South Sudan
- Inter Press Service
Martha Borete Angela’s gaze sinks to the ground as she admits neither of her two children was delivered by a midwife or doctor. The 28-year-old South Sudanese woman shared this fact in front of her classmates: first-year students in a programme for midwives at the Catholic Health Training Institute in Wau, a city in the western part of the country.
Tale of Two Approaches - the WTO Torn Asunder?
- Inter Press Service
Trade envoys of India, Brazil, and South Africa have warned industrialised countries not to hijack the Doha multilateral trade negotiations by adopting the controversial plurilateral approach to liberalise trade in services.
Tale of Two Approaches - the WTO Torn Asunder?
- Inter Press Service
Trade envoys of India, Brazil, and South Africa have warned industrialised countries not to hijack the Doha multilateral trade negotiations by adopting the controversial plurilateral approach to liberalise trade in services.
Counting the Cost at 2,600 Litres of Water a T-Shirt
- Inter Press Service
The share of organic cotton is increasing in an unstable cotton market, thanks to big European retailers like H&M and C&A who've jumped on the bandwagon of offering organic clothing at a low price. But whether this benefits the farmer is another matter.
Myanmar 'Reforms' Elude Kachin Refugees
- Inter Press Service
For thousands of ethnic Kachins who fled fighting between government troops and rebels and survived a bitter winter in the refugee camps that dot northern Myanmar (or Burma), another test of survival looms — gale force winds.
Unexpected Nomination by Obama for World Bank Chief
- Inter Press Service
In a surprise to many development and finance experts here, U.S. President Barack Obama Friday nominated Jim Yong Kim, a relatively unknown but highly regarded international health specialist to become the next president of the World Bank.
Protests in Southern Chile Spread to Other Remote Regions
- Inter Press Service
Protests in the southern Chilean city of Puerto Aysén over the region’s isolation and high local prices of fuel and food have spread to other isolated regions of the country.
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