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Opinion: Why the US-Iran Nuclear Deal May Still Fail
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Jun 02 (IPS) - The euphoria that spread though the world after the Iran nuclear agreement reached in Lausanne in April this year with the United States, Russia, China, France, United Kingdom and Germany, plus the European Union, is proving short-lived.
Growing Mobilisation Against Introduction of Fracking in Spain
- Inter Press Service
MALAGA, Spain, Jun 02 (IPS) - Thousands of people in Spain have organised to protest the introduction of "fracking" – a controversial technique that involves pumping water, chemicals and sand at high pressure into shale rock to release gas and oil.
Indigenous Voices Ignored in Financing Panamanian Dam Project
- Inter Press Service
AMSTERDAM, Jun 02 (IPS) - Indigenous people who would be directly affected by the impact of a hydroelectric project in Panama were not consulted despite national and international human rights obligations to obtain their free, prior and informed consent, according to a just-released report.
Corporate Tax Dodging Cheats Africa Out of 6 Billion Dollars, Says Oxfam
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jun 02 (IPS) - G7-based companies and investors cheated Africa out of an estimated six billion dollars in a year through just one form of tax dodging, according to a new Oxfam report ‘Money talks: Africa at the G7', released Jun. 2.
Small Arms Proliferation a Trigger for Rising Wildlife Crimes
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 01 (IPS) - The ongoing military conflicts in the Middle East and Africa continue to be fuelled by the proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALW), primarily assault rifles, sub machine guns, hand grenades, portable anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns, rockets and self-loading pistols.
Thousands Rally to Demand Freedom for Puerto Rican Activist
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 01 (IPS) - Children in prams held placards. Those unable to make it into the streets leaned out of high-rise apartment building windows, shouting support to the river of protestors below. For hours, several city blocks became a mass of red and blue, as scores of people waved the national flag of Puerto Rico. One name was on everyone's lips, but the cause was broader than a single man.
Opinion: The Bumpy Road to an Asian Century
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Jun 01 (IPS) - It has been apparent for some time that we are in the midst of a historic shift of the centre of gravity of the global economy from the trans-Atlantic to what is now becoming known as the Indo-Pacific.
Garment Sweatshops in Argentina an Open Secret
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, May 30 (IPS) - The death of two Bolivian boys in a fire and the mistreatment and sexual abuse of a young Bolivian woman put the problem of slave-like labour conditions in clandestine sweatshops back in the headlines in Argentina.
Australia’s ‘Stolen Generations’ Not a Closed Chapter
- Inter Press Service
BRISBANE, May 30 (IPS) - Every year since 1998, Australia has marked ‘National Sorry Day' on May 26, a day to remember the tens of thousands of indigenous children who, between the 1890s and 1970s, were forcibly removed from their communities by government authorities and placed into the care of white families or institutions to be assimilated into settler society.
Latin America’s Relative Success in Fighting Hunger
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, May 29 (IPS) - The Latin American and Caribbean region is the first in the world to reach the two global targets for reducing hunger. Nevertheless, more than 34 million people still go hungry.
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