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JAPAN: New Law May Protect Children from Abusive Parents
- Inter Press Service
For years, Toshikazu Takahashi, director of the sixty-year-old St. Francis Children’s Home child care facility, has grappled with the difficult of issue of protecting battered children from their abusive parents.
SRI LANKA: East Reels Under Triple Whammy
- Inter Press Service
The name Mawilaru will be indelibly linked to the history of over 25 years of civil strife in Sri Lanka, especially its bloody end. It was here that the final phase of the war was triggered in June 2006.
Public Unrest Boils Over in Albania
- Inter Press Service
The Albanian opposition is set to hold another mass rally on Friday, even though three people were killed during an anti-government demonstration last week, allegedly by armed forces of the Ministry of Interior.
U.N. to Step Up Battle Against Somali Piracy in Indian Ocean
- Inter Press Service
A former Indian ambassador once jokingly remarked that one of the biggest misconceptions in the United States is that the Indian Ocean belongs to India.
UN Women Head Unveils Empowerment Agenda
- Inter Press Service
Despite birthing 100 percent of the world's children, growing 70 percent of the world's food and performing 60 percent of the world's labour, women only receive a fraction - a mere 10 percent - of the world's income.
EGYPT: Public Noose Tightens Around Mubarak
- Inter Press Service
Demonstrations calling for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt continued for the second day in several Egyptian cities with police cracking down violently, a development that many analysts here say reflects the nervousness of the regime.
COLOMBIA: Food Prices Rise after Record Rains
- Inter Press Service
Food prices are set to rise in Colombia, due to the combined effects of soaring international prices and local crop losses after nine months of devastating rains. The government expects food prices to rise three percent in February, while independent analysts forecast an increase twice as high.
Q&A: 'It's Essential to Change the Energy Model'
- Inter Press Service
Latin America could see more Spanish investment in renewable energy if this otherwise strong sector in Spain is hurt in the war being waged by fossil fuel interests, according to expert Sergio de Otto.
Q&A: 'It's Essential to Change the Energy Model'
- Inter Press Service
Latin America could see more Spanish investment in renewable energy if this otherwise strong sector in Spain is hurt in the war being waged by fossil fuel interests, according to expert Sergio de Otto.
Press Freedom Under Threat in Age of Wikileaks
- Inter Press Service
Freedom of the press could be seriously impacted across the world in the wake of the ongoing political revelations brought about by whistle-blowing websites such as Wikileaks, one of foremost constitutional law experts in the U.S. said Tuesday.
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