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A Game-Changing Week on Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (IPS) - - In recent days, two major developments have injected new life into international action on climate change.
Shale Oil Fuels Indigenous Conflict in Argentina
- Inter Press Service
CAMPO MARIPE, Argentina, Nov 18 (IPS) - The boom in unconventional fossil fuels has revived indigenous conflicts in southwest Argentina. Twenty-two Mapuche communities who live on top of Vaca Muerta, the geological formation where the reserves are located, complain that they were not consulted about the use of their ancestral lands, both "above and below ground."
Iranians Keep Hope Alive for Final Nuclear Deal
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (IPS) - In the United States, the negotiations aimed at a final deal between world powers and Iran over its nuclear programme—in a crucial phase this week—are far from the minds of average people. But for many Iranians, the talks hold the promise of a better future.
G20 Seeks to Streamline Private Investment in Infrastructure
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (IPS) - Industrialised countries have agreed to collaborate on a new programme aimed at funnelling significant private-sector investment into global infrastructure projects, particularly in developing countries.
U.N. Concerned Over Ebola Backlash
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 17 (IPS) - The United Nations, which is working on an emergency footing to battle the outbreak of Ebola, is worried about the potential for further isolation of the hardest-hit nations in West Africa.
OPINION: Will There be Peace Between Iran and the West?
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Nov 17 (IPS) - In just a few days, a meeting is scheduled that will be decisive for the security of the Middle East and of the whole world.
Will New Climate Treaty Be a Thriller, or Shaggy Dog Story?
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Nov 17 (IPS) - This December, 195 nations plus the European Union will meet in Lima for two weeks for the crucial U.N. Conference of the Parties on Climate Change, known as COP 20. The hope in Lima is to produce the first complete draft of a new global climate agreement.
Building Disaster Resilience Amidst Rampant Poverty
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Nov 17 (IPS) - Of the thousands of landslide-prone villages he has visited and worked with, R M S Bandara, a high-ranking official from Sri Lanka's National Building Resources Organisation (NBRO), says only one has made him sit up and take note.
Ebola Outbreak Affects Key Development Areas in Sierra Leone
- Inter Press Service
FREETOWN, Nov 17 (IPS) - The outbreak of the deadly Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone has badly affected the West African country's move towards meeting key development goals.
Fighting the Islamic State On the Air
- Inter Press Service
ERBIL, Iraqi Kurdistan, Nov 16 (IPS) - There is daily news broadcasting at 9 in the evening and a live programme every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. For the time being, that is what Mosul´s only TV channel has to offer from its headquarters in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.
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