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Q&A: 'The Trial Against Chevron Is Totally Corrupt'
- Inter Press Service
Chevron, the second largest U.S. oil company, believes that to overturn the verdict ordering it to pay 9.5 billion dollars in reparations for environmental and public health damages in Ecuador's Amazon jungle, the best defence is a good offence.
LIBYA: Rebels Set Demands for Gaddafi Exit
- Inter Press Service
Rebels will not pursue Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi over crimes they say he has committed if he steps down from his post by Friday, the head of the rebel National Libyan Council has said.
Soaring Commodity Prices a Mixed Bag for Mexico
- Inter Press Service
While Mexico is earning more revenue from oil exports, the cost of food imports has risen to the point where food security is threatened.
WOMEN'S DAY: Comic Strip Tells a Serious Story
- Inter Press Service
Violence against women is not a subject that one would normally associate with comic strip books, but a French publisher thought this would be a 'perfect' medium for raising awareness among both young and old.
WOMEN'S DAY: DRC Mobile Court Trial a Sign of Hope
- Inter Press Service
Eleven soldiers found culpable in the rape of more than 50 women in the Congolese town of Fizi Centre in January, have begun serving lengthy sentences in the provincial capital, Bukavu. Their speedy trial and sentencing by a mobile court is a welcome sign of a new commitment to ending impunity for sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
WOMEN'S DAY: Reflecting on Struggle for Equality in Kenya
- Inter Press Service
'It is yet another significant day in the life of women across the world in the struggle for gender equality and equity. It is for this reason that women look forward to marking yet another International Women Day,' says Janet Kanene, a gender studies university student.
WOMEN'S DAY: Reflecting on Struggle for Equality in Kenya
- Inter Press Service
'It is yet another significant day in the life of women across the world in the struggle for gender equality and equity. It is for this reason that women look forward to marking yet another International Women Day,' says Janet Kanene, a gender studies university student.
WOMEN'S DAY: Overcoming Barriers in Central America
- Inter Press Service
Amarilis Chilel, 15, left her hometown of Ixchiguán in northwest Guatemala to work as a domestic in the capital: a common story among rural girls and women in Central America. 'I went to school up to fourth grade,' she told IPS.
LIBYA: Aid Groups Struggle with Rising Tide of Refugees
- Inter Press Service
The international community is ramping up efforts to alleviate the growing humanitarian crisis in Libya, with has affected over 200,000 people since the Muammar Gaddafi regime first began a violent crackdown on opposition forces some three weeks ago.
Enthusiasm For 2012 Earth Summit Lagging
- Inter Press Service
Timed to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the 1992 Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit, the Rio 2012 Summit hopes to recapture the optimism of that earlier era.
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