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NGOs Call for IMF Head to Be Chosen by Double Majority
- Inter Press Service
More than 100 civil society groups called Monday for the next managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to be approved by a majority of its 187 member countries, as well as a majority of the voting shares that are heavily weighted in favour of the world's wealthiest countries.
UPDATE*/SOUTHERN AFRICA: Little 'Extraordinary' About Latest SADC Summit
- Inter Press Service
Inaction marked the Extraordinary Summit of Southern African Development Community heads of state in Windhoek this weekend, despite an agenda covering Zimbabwe elections, political deadlock in Madagascar, the suspension of the regional court and allegations of corruption within SADC itself.
Sudan's Abyei 'Ablaze' After Capture by North
- Inter Press Service
Sudan's disputed border town of Abyei is ablaze, with gunmen looting properties days after troops from the government in Khartoum entered the area, U.N. peacekeepers say.
LATIN AMERICA: Digging Deep for Transparency in Oil and Mining
- Inter Press Service
Oil and mineral resources are abundant in several Latin American countries but will not last forever, and should be used to fuel the transition to a more diversified economy.
Q&A: 'The Battle for Patagonia Has Just Begun' in Chile
- Inter Press Service
The HidroAysén hydroelectric project in Chile’s Patagonia region is causing 'a credibility crisis for institutionality and (President) Piñera,' environmentalist Sara Larraín told Tierramérica.
Global Refugee Problem Bigger Than Ever
- Inter Press Service
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the landmark 1951 U.N. Convention on the Status of Refugees defining their rights and states' legal obligations to protect them.
OP-ED: Iran's Greatest Spiritual Leader
- Inter Press Service
Iran's officially recognised 'spiritual leader' today may be Ayatollah Khamenei, but for hundreds of years before the current establishment of mullahs and ayatollahs, Iranians of all creeds have looked to another spiritual leader: Jalal ad- Din Rumi.
Hotel Maids Say Sexual Harassment Is Part of the Job
- Inter Press Service
With the arrest of the once powerful head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss-Kahn, following allegations that he raped a maid in his 3,000-dollar-a-night penthouse suite at the Sofitel Hotel, a spotlight has been turned on the treatment of female cleaning staff, many of whom are immigrants who keep silent for fear of losing their jobs or being deported.
HEALTH: Money Needed for ART Funding
- Inter Press Service
Fixed targets for universal access to AIDS treatment and funding to make it achievable are what HIV and AIDS organisations want from the upcoming United Nations General Assembly Special Session due to be held in New York next month.
Pakistan Fighting Off U.S. Aid
- Inter Press Service
The killing of Osama Bin Laden on May 2 in a covert operation by the United States has prompted strident calls by many in Pakistan to see it as a lesson for the country to stand on its feet, say no to foreign aid and shrug off the title 'hired gun of the U.S.'
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