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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.
EGYPT: Mubarak Faces Historic Challenge
- Inter Press Service
Egyptians have demonstrated in protests rare in size and ferocity against the three-decade rule of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
HEALTH: Battle Against Dengue Finds a New Front
- Inter Press Service
When an outbreak of dengue fever occurred in the hot and humid north of Australia’s Queensland state in late 2008, Nicola Strange was among hundreds of locals that contracted the mosquito-borne disease.
ENVIRONMENT: Smugglers Axing Kashmir Forests
- Inter Press Service
During the summer of 2010 Kashmir saw one of the worst face-offs between pro-freedom Kashmiri youth and law enforcement agencies. Smugglers used the unrest surrounding these outbreaks to conceal their steady ramping up of the black market timber trade, at times with complicity of authorities.
U.S.: Republican 'Budget Hawks' Zero in on Foreign Aid
- Inter Press Service
With the U.S. national debt standing at 14 trillion dollars, the Barack Obama administration pledging to tackle the monstrous deficit and a Republican-led House of Representatives pushing for a 'Cut-and-Grow' Congress, budget hawks are zeroing in on international affairs spending - from diplomacy to development.
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