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Latin America’s LGBTI Movement Celebrates Triumphs, Sets New Goals
- Inter Press Service
VARADERO, Cuba, May 10 (IPS) - Although it might not seem to be, Latin America is the most active region in the world when it comes to the defence of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people.
El Salvador’s New Government to Inherit Hot Potato of Gang Truce
- Inter Press Service
SAN SALVADOR, May 10 (IPS) - When left-wing president-elect Salvador Sánchez Cerén takes office in El Salvador on Jun. 1, he will find big cracks in the truce between street gangs brokered by the outgoing administration, which has brought crime rates down in the past two years.
Migration as a Network for Development
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 10 (IPS) - On the eve of a major international conference on migration in Stockholm, a major think tank here is calling on the delegates from more than 150 countries to recognise the importance of migration in forging development policies.
Ivorians Learn to Save Chimpanzees and Last Intact Tropical Rainforest in West Africa by Exploiting it — for Tourism
- Inter Press Service
TAI NATIONAL PARK, Côte d’Ivoire, May 09 (IPS) - Jonas Sanhin Touan has big dreams. As he sits under a canopy, he greets the rare tourist to Gouleako, one of the many villages near the entrance of Côte d'Ivoire's Taï National Park, with a meal.
Nigeria Abductions Grab the Spotlight
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 09 (IPS) - The fate of more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by the violent Islamist Boko Haram group from the northern Nigeria town of Chibok in mid-April has become something of a public sensation in the United States since the beginning of the month.
Industrial Agriculture: Too Big to Succeed
- Inter Press Service
TORONTO, May 08 (IPS) - An estimated one billion small farmers scratching out a living growing diverse crops and raising animals in developing countries represent the key to maintaining food production in the face of hotter temperatures and drought, especially in the tropical regions, says Sarah Elton, author of the book, "Consumed: Food for a Finite Planet."
Springtime Conflict Spells Winter Crisis for Ukraine
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 08 (IPS) - It's springtime in Ukraine, but conflict and economic threats are bringing an early chill. During these months when the country normally stores up energy reserves for winter, access to natural gas may be Russia's best weapon to influence Ukraine's new government.
The 4th Century Art that Died Out Across the World and the Ethiopian Scribes Trying to Preserve it
- Inter Press Service
DEBRE LIBANOS, Ethiopia, May 08 (IPS) - Misganew Andeurgay changes his bamboo-made pen for another, dips it in a tiny pot of viscous liquid and, on a parchment page filled with black script, begins to trace in scarlet-red ink the Amharic word for god.
Major Report Urges Reform of U.S. Capital Punishment System
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 07 (IPS) - Innocent people will be executed in the United States if the country's capital punishment system is not reformed, warns a new report.
Gaps Remain in U.N. WMD Resolution
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 07 (IPS) - The United Nations claims that a key Security Council resolution adopted unanimously back in 2004 has been instrumental in keeping weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) from the hands of terrorists and insurgent groups worldwide.
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