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PAKISTAN: Tourists Flee Osama Shadow
- Inter Press Service
This is the time of year when picturesque Chitral Valley in the northwestern corner of Pakistan sees a huge influx of tourists. But local residents fear a backlash from the events in Abbottabad, some 300 miles southeast, as authorities put up an extraordinary security cordon throughout this tourist haven.
Arab Spring Comes in Western Arms
- Inter Press Service
Global spending on arms in 2010 were an estimated 1.6 trillion dollars, with governments in the Middle East dishing out more than 111 billion for weapons - raising questions as to whether Western arms suppliers circumvented international treaties by exporting to repressive regimes.
North Korea Hungry for Aid
- Inter Press Service
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) lived through a famine that killed, at conservative estimates, nearly a million people in the 1990s, and is now nearing the brink of a second food disaster, according to an extensive study conducted this year by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP).
Nuclear Threat Draws WHO and Civil Society Closer
- Inter Press Service
The global health agency and a network of non-governmental organisations opposed to nuclear proliferation have resumed their dialogue, prompted by concern over the effects of the nuclear catastrophe at Fukushima in Japan and the enduring consequences of the explosion at Chernobyl, in Ukraine.
ENVIRONMENT-CHILE: Fishing Villages Turn to Int'l Justice in Fight Against Waste Duct
- Inter Press Service
Fisherfolk and indigenous people in southern Chile have petitioned the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in their 15-year conflict with Celulosa Arauco y Constitución (CELCO), a paper pulp company which plans to dump toxic waste in the ocean, and with the Chilean state for alleged human rights violations.
OP-ED-HAITI: Just When You Think It Can't Get Any Worse
- Inter Press Service
We may soon look back on this period in Haiti with greater appreciation.
ECUADOR: Correa Set for Victory in Referendum
- Inter Press Service
Pollsters predict that a majority of voters in Ecuador will approve a package of reforms backed by leftwing President Rafael Correa, in a May 7 referendum that has further polarised the population.
DEVELOPMENT-ZAMBIA: 'Real Changes Needed in Policy and Implementation'
- Inter Press Service
Zambia has enjoyed economic growth of around six percent per year over the past decade, says Patrick Mucheleka, but the government is failing to translate this into social and economic development for the majority of citizens. The upcoming conference on least developed countries in Turkey offers an opportunity to recalibrate the country's approach to development.
ICC Poised to Issue Warrants on Libya
- Inter Press Service
The International Criminal Court (ICC) appears poised to issue arrest warrants for three yet unnamed high-level members of the Libyan government for committing alleged crimes against humanity during the past two months of political turmoil that has taken thousands of lives.
Q&A: Translating Southern Successes Into LDC Solutions
- Inter Press Service
'In South-South cooperation we are all partners,' Josephine Ojiambo, ambassador of Kenya to the U.N. and president of the U.N. General Assembly High-Level Committee on South-South Cooperation, told IPS. 'SSC specifically shies away from the donor-client relationship.'
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