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EGYPT: Burning Questions for Mubarak’s Secret Police
- Inter Press Service
The much-feared secret police and intelligence service that protected the regime of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak by arresting, torturing, and even killing opponents has started a wave of burning documents and evidence that could incriminate them, as calls escalate for abolishing the force altogether and bringing its officers to justice.
KENYA: Profiting From Better Sanitation
- Inter Press Service
She contributed towards building toilets for her community; in return Teresia Wasuka is getting a home to call her own.
SOMALIA: Rising Human Cost of AU Mission
- Inter Press Service
On Feb. 19, the morning after Uganda's presidential elections, Michael Muhamuza called home and spoke to his cousin and his brother; a regular check-in with the family.
SOMALIA: New Partners for Peace Needed
- Inter Press Service
The four-year old African Union Mission in Somalia is fighting a desperate defensive action in support of a transitional government that is 'corrupt and inept', according to the International Crisis Group
Ivorian Women Fatally Shot at Rally
- Inter Press Service
Security forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo, Cote d'Ivoire's disputed president, have shot dead at least six women at a demonstration in support of his rival, Alassane Ouattara, witnesses said.
LIBYA: Heading Unarmed to Take On Gaddafi
- Inter Press Service
The rebel forces fighting to oust dictator Muammar Gaddafi from power are slowly moving towards the Libyan leader’s bastions in the cities of Sert and Tripoli. Ordinary citizens are responding to the call to arms, even though they have no weapons.
Brazil Opposed to Military Options in Libya Crisis
- Inter Press Service
Brazil, firmly opposed to a militarisation of the crisis in Libya and in favour of negotiated solutions without foreign intervention, is heading to a Mar. 7-8 meeting with India and South Africa on the unrest in the Arab world, and Libya in particular.
WOMEN'S DAY: A Historic Opportunity Unveiled
- Inter Press Service
In 1945, more than half a century ago, the signing of the United Nations Charter in San Francisco wrote women's equality into its canon, creating an indisputable commitment to gender equity in the post-World War global order.
Libyan Leader Arab World's Perennial Gadfly
- Inter Press Service
The irrepressible Hollywood comedian and celebrated movie director Woody Allen once jokingly remarked that the 1917 Russian Revolution erupted when the serfs discovered that 'czar' and 'tsar' were one and the same autocratic monarch they hated.
BRAZIL: Women Scientists Abound - But Not at Senior Levels
- Inter Press Service
There are nearly as many female as male scientists in Brazil. But in academia or in private laboratories, women face subtle barriers to career advancement and equal salaries.
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