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ECUADOR: Still a Ways to Go, After Historic Ruling Against Chevron
- Inter Press Service
The plaintiffs in the case against Chevron tried in Ecuador, who won a historic 9.5 billion dollar verdict after a nearly 18-year struggle over environmental and health damages caused in a quarter-century of oil operations in the Amazon jungle, are not disheartened by the road still ahead.
Link Confirmed Between Warming and Heavy Storms
- Inter Press Service
Human-induced heating of the planet has already made rainfall more intense, leading to more severe floods, researchers announced Wednesday.
NAMIBIA: Basic Income Grant: 'Let Others Taste What We Have Tasted'
- Inter Press Service
A universal Basic Income Grant (BIG) would create laziness and dependence among Namibia’s poor, say politicians. A daring pilot project set out to prove that this untrue. IPS spoke to one of the beneficiaries of the BIG.
NAMIBIA: 'You Know I'm Hungry, Feed Me Today'
- Inter Press Service
A universal income grant in Namibia would alleviate poverty in one of the most unequal societies on earth, say campaigners. Free handouts only lead to laziness, responds an unwilling government.
Axe Descends on U.S. Overseas Aid
- Inter Press Service
With U.S. President Barack Obama's release of his Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 foreign affairs budget Monday and a proposal currently in the U.S. House of Representatives for massive cuts in FY 2011 international spending, the fight to sustain U.S. aid abroad is intensifying.
Obama AIDS Plan Stumbles over Funding
- Inter Press Service
When U.S. President Barack Obama raised the curtain on a six- year, six-billion-dollar Global Health Initiative (GHI) in May 2009, he appeared to be embarking on the path of promises that paved the way to his election victory earlier that year.
Jailed Reporters at 14-Year High, CPJ Says
- Inter Press Service
The number of reporters in detention around the world has reached the highest level in 14 years, with China and Iran claiming top spots as jailhouses for journalists, according to the annual 'Attacks on the Press' report released by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Tuesday.
US-SUDAN: Priorities Shift to Mounting Violence in Darfur
- Inter Press Service
As peace negotiations over Sudan's Darfur region come to a close in Doha, Qatar and a number of issues related to last month's referendum remain unresolved, several Washington-based advocacy groups have warned against the pitfalls of losing focus on a comprehensive peace agreement for Darfur.
US: Prisoners Have No Choice But to Drink Arsenic-Laced Water
- Inter Press Service
When Kern Valley State Prison opened in 2005, the 379 million dollar facility in Central California was hailed as 'state of the art'. But within weeks of opening, a major problem was discovered: its water was poisoned - containing roughly twice the federally permitted level of arsenic, a known carcinogen.
TRADE: Civil Society Ensuring Development Stays on EPA Agenda
- Inter Press Service
In an unusual move, West and Central African civil society organisations have participated in the negotiations between their countries and the European Union on the economic partnership agreements (EPAs). The organisations stress developmental concerns while assisting under-resourced African governments with trade expertise.
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