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Rohingyas Flee Burma by Boat
- Inter Press Service
On a beach dotted with swanky, star-class hotels, a boatload of bedraggled men appeared out of the dark sea one midnight, exhausted from nearly two weeks at sea fleeing Burma’s repressive military.
Arab Women Lead the Charge
- Inter Press Service
Asmaa Mahfouz, a 26-year-old Egyptian woman who two weeks ago had only one name, now boasts at least three. These include 'A woman worth 100 men', 'The girl who crushed Mubarak' and 'The leader of the Egyptian revolution'.
U.S.: Military Intervention Trumping Humanitarian Aid
- Inter Press Service
In the midst of a belt-tightening political climate in which pledges by prominent lawmakers to slash the United States' foreign affairs budget will likely soon be realised, some rights groups and experts are concerned about the increasingly blurry distinction between security and development in the face of shrinking resources.
PERU: Government under Fire for Waiving Environmental Certificates for Dams
- Inter Press Service
The Peruvian government has been forced to offer talks with governors, the ombudsperson's office and Catholic Church leaders, to stem the outcry over two emergency decrees that waive the requirement for environmental certificates for 33 investment projects, including hydroelectric dams in the Amazon rainforest.
Q&A: The People Need to Take Leadership
- Inter Press Service
While the international community is now talking of a triple global crisis — food, climate and economic - a weeklong session of the World Social Forum (WSF) is coming to a close in Dakar, Senegal.
ECONOMY-LATIN AMERICA: The Downside of Strong Currencies
- Inter Press Service
Latin America returned in 2010 to the strong economic growth it enjoyed over the past decade, after only a minimal slowdown during the global crisis that broke out in 2008. But the weakness of the dollar relative to local currencies is a cause for concern among governments and sectors that produce goods for export.
EGYPT: Labour Unrest Feeds Growing Protests
- Inter Press Service
With international press coverage focused almost entirely on Cairo’s Tahrir Square, few outsiders have grasped the scale of Egypt’s popular uprising, now in its third week. But massive demonstrations, and pitched battles between pro- democracy protesters and the regime’s security forces, are taking place in every corner of the country.
Tourism Is Poisoning the Mexican Caribbean
- Inter Press Service
The booming tourist industry along Mexico's Caribbean coast, particularly in the area of Cancún and the 'Riviera Maya,' is polluting the world's largest underwater cave system and harming the world's second largest coral reef, a new study has found.
SOUTH AFRICA: Rising Leader With Her Feet on the Ground
- Inter Press Service
Zanele Magwaza-Msibi is a woman with a mission: to serve the people of South Africa. She is poised to become leader of South Africa's newest political party, the National Freedom Party (NFP), after breaking away from the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), where she served as national chairperson.
Pakistan Sinking Into Water Crisis
- Inter Press Service
Pakistan is still reeling from flooding that caused one of the world’s costliest natural disasters in 2010, with millions of people lacking shelter, infrastructure in ruins and donations falling short of appeals. But worse may come.
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