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EGYPT: Mubarak Regime ‘Provoked’ Attacks on Christians
- Inter Press Service
Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak portrayed himself as a paradigm of stability in a country he once described as a 'powder keg' of sectarian unrest. Yet far from promoting stability, his regime may have actually been the source of much of the religious strife it claimed to suppress.
BAHRAIN: Migrants Stuck With Added Problems
- Inter Press Service
Thousands of foreign labourers here are squeezed into houses the government says are uninhabitable, but they are unlikely to get any relief soon, with the non- stop protests in the capital hurting many businesses.
Vietnam, Laos Split Over Mekong Dam
- Inter Press Service
The first in a new series of 11 dams planned across the Mekong, South-east Asia’s largest river, could break a special bond between two communist-ruled countries.
Meet the Other U.N. Women
- Inter Press Service
Tucked away from the high-level plenary sessions of the 55th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), a small chapel opposite the United Nations headquarters came to life Wednesday morning with the voices and stories of the real women behind U.N. Women.
CUBA: Varadero's Architectural Heritage Threatened by Tourism
- Inter Press Service
Important architectural works from the Modern movement in Cuba appear to be doomed as a result of the expansion of massive hotel complexes, which threaten to take over the landscape in Varadero, this country's most famous beach resort.
KENYA: One Woman's Turbulent Journey to Success
- Inter Press Service
Mount Elgon in Western Kenya is one of the most marginalised regions in the country. It is so marginalised that it is the only area where not even an inch of tarmac road has been constructed.
Pregnancies Don't Wait for Emergencies to End
- Inter Press Service
When disaster strikes, the initial humanitarian response tends to focus on basic commodities like food and shelter. But as the crisis or conflict drags on, other critical needs often go unmet — such as prenatal care for pregnant women, and emergency contraception for victims of sexual assault.
Native Women Seek Justice at U.N.
- Inter Press Service
The United States is facing international scrutiny for its apparent failure to prosecute criminals who enter indigenous territories to prey on Native women and girls.
Vicious Cycle of Maternal Mortality
- Inter Press Service
Addressing the National Convention of the Medical Committee for Human Rights in Chicago, Illinois in 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stated unequivocally that, 'Of all the forms of inequality in the world, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.'
Families Trapped in Cote d'Ivoire
- Inter Press Service
Armed men have blocked some 60 families without food or water from leaving a church in Cote d'Ivoire's commercial city, the U.N. says.
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