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TRADE: Chic Carpets Link Mozambique, Denmark and, Soon, Brazil
- Inter Press Service
In two rooms in a small Mozambican coastal town, 70 women are cutting, weaving and packaging fabric carpets destined for eclectic design and homeware stores in Denmark and, soon, Brazil and South Africa.
INDIA: Japan Quake Focuses Anti-Nuclear Message
- Inter Press Service
Anti-nuclear campaigners in India see the earthquake that hit Japan last week, which threatens the meltdown of the Fukushima atomic power facility there, as a wakeup call for this country’s ambitious nuclear power programme.
Caribbean Tourism Officials Seek Concessions from Europe
- Inter Press Service
Caribbean officials gathered in Brussels for the region's annual tourism summit, the first to be held in Europe, are urging their biggest development partner to draft policies supporting the lifeblood sector and ease restrictions such as Britain's Air Passenger Duty (APD), which they say are holding back its growth.
AFRICA: Pneumonia Vaccine Rollout Will Protect Millions
- Inter Press Service
The Kenyatta International Conference Centre resembled one big nursery with parents and their crying babies. One wondered whether it was tears of pain or joy. Hundreds of parents with their infants thronged the Centre where they received their first shot against pneumonia, and not even their tears as the shot broke through their skin could dampen the smiling faces of their mothers.
LIBYA: Benghazi Stands Firm Against Gaddafi's Gains
- Inter Press Service
The red, green and black flag-waving Libyans calling for the downfall of Muammar Gaddafi are staging a show of force in Benghazi. The support for the three-week-old revolution comes at the rebels' lowest military moment.
LIBYA: Religious Leaders Hold Out Against Gaddafi
- Inter Press Service
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi claims Al-Qaeda and other Muslim extremists are behind the recent rebellion to oust him from power. Salem Geber, the most well-known cleric in Benghazi, Libya's second-largest city, says this explanation is not only wrong, but a vintage Gaddafi tactic to inspire fear.
HEALTH: Market Interests Fight Iodised Salt
- Inter Press Service
Russia and the Ukraine have been warned they are lagging behind the rest of the former Soviet bloc in introducing a simple and inexpensive health measure that has stopped child mental retardation across the region.
Q&A: Needing Surgery Shouldn't Be a Death Sentence
- Inter Press Service
Surgery saves the lives of millions of people around the world, but only a tiny percent of them live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where a shortage of skills, supplies and infrastructure can turn easily treatable accidents and illnesses into lifelong disabilities and even death.
JAPAN: Fear a Fallout of Blast at Nuclear Station
- Inter Press Service
Heightened tension on Saturday after a blast at a nuclear facility in Fukushima, 150 kilometres north of Tokyo, eased off after the government reported that the danger had been overstated.
Tough Task Ahead for Japan
- Inter Press Service
Japan’s reputation as a world leader in disaster management is facing a crucial test as the country scrambles to deal with the massive destruction caused by a strong earthquake on Friday that has left mounting deaths in the densely populated northeast.
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