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  1. When Faith Meets Disaster Management

    - Inter Press Service

    BANGKOK, Jun 25 (IPS) - A consortium of faith-based organisations (FBOs) made a declaration at a side event Wednesday at the 6th Asian Ministerial Conference On Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR), to let the United Nations know that they stand ready to commit themselves to building resilient communities across Asia in the aftermath of natural disasters.

  2. Liberia's Poor and the Rising Sea

    - Inter Press Service

    MONROVIA, Jun 25 (IPS) - Mary B owned a shop in West Point, Monrovia's densely-populated slum community, where she sold liquor just few yards away from the sea. But last month, the ocean left her homeless and without a business because the devastating erosion of the coastline has resulted in most of the land eroding into the Atlantic Ocean with thousands of homes being washed away by the encroaching sea.

  3. Higher Food Prices Can Help to End Hunger, Malnutrition and Food Waste

    - Inter Press Service

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    ROME, Jun 25 (IPS) - The choice of foods displayed on supermarket shelves can be quite bewildering. This abundance encourages us to take it for granted that we will always be able to buy the food we want at affordable prices.

  4. Chile Vows to Dispel Lingering Shadow of Dictatorship

    - Inter Press Service

  5. EU Aims to Scuttle Treaty on Human Rights Abuses

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Jun 24 (IPS) - When the United Nations began negotiating a Code of Conduct for Transnational Corporations (TNCs) back in the 1970s, the proposal never got off the ground because of vigourous opposition both from the powerful business community and its Western allies.

  6. Tensions between CAR Refugees and Cameroonians Escalate over Depleting Resources 

    - Inter Press Service

    GUIWA, Cameroon, Jun 24 (IPS) - Central African Republic refugees living in Cameroon's East Region are increasingly becoming frustrated about their deteriorating living conditions and their inability to support themselves as conflict between them and and local villagers has escalated over depleting resources.

  7. And Then There Was Sight

    - Inter Press Service

    MYMENSINGH, Bangladesh, Jun 24 (IPS) - There was a time when four-year-old Taiba, a resident of Makril village in Bangladesh's central Netrokona district, had little to smile about.

  8. Atheists, the “Ultimate Other” in Turkey

    - Inter Press Service

    ISTANBUL, Jun 24 (IPS) - "Being an atheist isn't something you can easily express in Turkey," says Sinem Köroğlu, a member of the Atheism Association, the first official organisation for atheists in the country. "It's becoming more difficult with the current government as well," she adds.

  9. Red Card for Exploitation of Children at Brazil’s World Cup

    - Inter Press Service

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 24 (IPS) - The FIFA World Cup being played in Brazil has sounded a warning for organisations fighting exploitation of children and adolescents, during an event that has attracted 3.7 million tourists to the 12 host cities.

  10. Companies Urged to Disclose "Plastic Footprint"

    - Inter Press Service

    WASHINGTON, Jun 23 (IPS) - The environmental cost of the plastics used by corporations producing consumer goods likely mounts to more than 75 billion dollars a year, according to a first-time valuation released Monday by the United Nations and others.

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