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Military Offensive Deepens Housing Crisis in Northern Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jun 23 (IPS) - Shaukat Ali, a shopkeeper originally hailing from Miramshah in the Northern Waziristan Agency of Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), looks exhausted as he sits outside a makeshift shelter with his family of 10.
With its Own Satellite, Bolivia Hopes to Put Rural Areas on the Grid
- Inter Press Service
EL PALOMAR, Bolivia, Jun 23 (IPS) - Maria Eugenia Calle, a local official in this Andean agricultural community, recently saw the Internet for the first time.
From Genocide to African Catwalks - How Rwandan Women are Building their Lives and the Fashion Industry
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, Jun 23 (IPS) - Before Rwanda's 1994 genocide, Salaam Uwamariya's husband, a professor, was the family breadwinner, providing for her and their eight children. Uwamariya sold vegetables at a nearby market to supplement their income.
India’s ‘Temple Slaves’ Struggle to Break Free
- Inter Press Service
NIZAMABAD, India, Jun 22 (IPS) - At 32, Nalluri Poshani looks like an old woman. Squatting on the floor amidst piles of tobacco and tree leaves that she expertly transforms into ‘beedis', a local cigarette, she tells IPS, "I feel dizzy. The tobacco gives me headaches and nausea."
Senegal Walks a Fine Line Between Development and Environmental Protection
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, Jun 22 (IPS) - While the cement factories in Senegal are at war, ostensibly over the environmental impact one company will have on this West African nation, experts have cautioned that as the government plans to radically develop and industrialise the country, striking a balance between environmental protection and development will be key.
Gay Fiestas Highlight Divisions in Cuba’s LGBTI Community
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Jun 21 (IPS) - Two men kiss each other while two women dance together without making other clients feel uncomfortable at the prívate club Humboldt 67, one of the venues seeking to cash in on an untapped market by fulfilling the unmet demand for bas, restaurants and other recreational spaces for the LGBTI community in the Cuban capital.
Q&A: “Fukushima Accident Still Ongoing After Three Years”
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 20 (IPS) - It has been three years since the nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan. But the consequences are still ongoing due to continuous leaks of radioactivity into the environment, says independent nuclear energy consultant Mycle Schneider.
Afghans Look Beyond Elections
- Inter Press Service
LAKSHKARGAH, Afghanistan, Jun 20 (IPS) - With protests erupting Thursday over alleged voter fraud during Afghanistan's first-ever democratic transfer of power, and presidential hopeful Abdullah Abdullah announcing his intention to boycott the electoral process, ordinary Afghans are beginning to despair that they will ever start to feel a sense of normalcy in their country, ravaged by years of civil war.
Improved Access to Water May Hold the Solution to Ending FGM in Africa
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Jun 20 (IPS) - Could it be possible that if women in Africa had access to water, it could save them from undergoing the harmful practice of female genital mutilation (FGM)? It seems that according to yet-to-be released research by Ugandan Gwada Okot Tao, FGM and other forms of circumcision in Africa could be linked to water.
Deploying Morals Against Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 20 (IPS) - With legislation, legality and policy at the forefront of governmental decisions on nuclear weapons, what seemingly gets neglected are our morals.
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