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  1. From the Police Station Back to the Hellhole: System Failing India’s Domestic Violence Survivors

    - Inter Press Service

    MUMBAI, Feb 27 (IPS) - "One time my husband started slapping me hard on the face because I had not cooked the rice to his satisfaction," Suruchi* told IPS. "He hit me so hard that my infant daughter fell from my arms to the ground."

  2. Opinion: The Middle East and Perpetual War

    - Inter Press Service

    PHILADELPHIA, Feb 27 (IPS) - There is a currently popular idea in Washington, D.C. that the United States ought to be doing more to quash the recently born Islamic States of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), because if we don't, they will send terrorists to plague our lives.

  3. OPINION: Europe Under Merkel’s (Informal) Leadership

    - Inter Press Service

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    ROME, Feb 27 (IPS) - When I am asked whether Europe is still a relevant "protagonist" in the modern world, I always answer that there is no doubt about it. For a long time now the continent has been shaken by financial crises, internal security strategy crises – including wars – and instability within its borders, which definitely make it a protagonist in world affairs. 

  4. Gazan Fishermen Dying to Survive

    - Inter Press Service

    GAZA CITY, Feb 27 (IPS) - The beautiful Mediterranean Sea laps gently onto the white sandy beach near Gaza City's port. Fishing boats dot the beach as fishermen tend to their boats and fix their nets.

  5. Despite U.N. Treaties, War Against Drugs a Losing Battle

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Feb 26 (IPS) - As the call for the decriminalisation of drugs steadily picks up steam worldwide, a new study by a British charity concludes there has been no significant reduction in the global use of illicit drugs since the creation of three key U.N. anti-drug conventions, the first of which came into force over half a century ago.

  6. Sometimes a Single Tree Is More Effective than a Government

    - Inter Press Service

    BARDIYA, Nepal, Feb 26 (IPS) - Every morning, Raj Kumari Chaudhari walks from her home to the other end of Padnaha village, located in the Bardiya district of mid-west Nepal, to a big mango tree to offer prayers.

  7. Families of ‘Desaparecidos’ Take Search into Their Own Hands

    - Inter Press Service

    MEXICO CITY, Feb 26 (IPS) - Carlos Trujillo refuses to give up, after years of tirelessly searching hospitals, morgues, prisons, cemeteries and clandestine graves in Mexico, looking for his four missing brothers.

  8. Mobile Technology a Lever for Women’s Empowerment

    - Inter Press Service

    PARIS, Feb 26 (IPS) - Providing women with greater access to mobile technology could increase literacy, advance development and open up much-needed educational and employment opportunities, according to experts at the fourth United Nations' Mobile Learning Week conference here.

  9. Indigenous Storytelling in the Limelight

    - Inter Press Service

    BERLIN, Feb 26 (IPS) - In recent years, the Berlin International Film Festival, known as the Berlinale, has established a European hub for indigenous voices across a number of platforms, including its NATIVe – A Journey into Indigenous Cinema series and Storytelling-Slams in which indigenous storytelling artists share their stories before opening the floor to contributions from the audience.

  10. Human Rights in Asia and the Pacific: A “Regressive” Trend, Says Amnesty International

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (IPS) - The cradle of some of the world's most ancient civilizations, home to four out of the planet's six billion people, and a battleground for the earth's remaining resources, Asia and the Pacific are poised to play a defining role in international affairs in the coming decade.

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