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Slovenia Goes Slow on Privatisation, and Succeeds
- Inter Press Service
Twenty years ago when the Berlin wall fell, radical privatisation was promoted as a solution to the ills of Eastern European economies. The one country that ignored the West’s recipe— Slovenia — seems to be faring far better.
INDIA: Smaller States Demand Self-Rule
- Inter Press Service
In the Himalayan Mountains of eastern India’s Darjeeling locals are coping with the economic fallout of tourists cancelling their holiday plans in the area.
Women's Coalition Denounces Exclusion by Security Council
- Inter Press Service
In October 2001, the United Nations Security Council endorsed a resolution recognising that women's participation is essential to sustain efforts for peace in the world. But did the international body ever ask world's women leaders to take part in the decision-making process?
Defence Contractors Insulated from Budget Cuts
- Inter Press Service
In one of U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower's most remembered speeches, he warned against 'the acquisition of unwarranted influence' resulting from the close brotherhood between the country's defence agencies, Capitol Hill and private business interests.
ZIMBABWE: Protecting the Zambezi's Kapenta Fish
- Inter Press Service
'The fish are disappearing.' The words and the world-weary gaze could belong to a fisherman from almost anywhere, as stocks come under pressure due to over-exploitation all over the world.
GREECE: As Austerity Bites, Police Get More Brutal
- Inter Press Service
'The most terrifying thing is the memory loss. I can’t recall anything after I was knocked out - and for a long time afterwards,' says Nasos Iliopoulos. His features are tense as he narrates his violent altercation with riot police.
CLIMATE CHANGE: ‘Water Towers of Asia’ Show Cracks
- Inter Press Service
A concerted effort to formally document the magnitude and directions of climate trends in the Eastern Himalayas and thereby decide regional adaptation strategies is critical to ensure the region’s water security, according to water experts.
VIETNAM: Communists Gag the Web
- Inter Press Service
By clamping down on the Facebook.com social networking service, Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party is revealing its discomfort with the rapidly expanding avenue for free expression even as it pushes to transform the once poor agrarian nation into a modern industrial society by 2020.
US: EcoATMs Swap E-waste for Cash
- Inter Press Service
It's hardly news that the U.S. love affair with electronic gadgets has a dark side. The global toll on natural resources and the potential health and environmental hazards are staggering.
South Sudan Voters Die in Ambush
- Inter Press Service
At least 11 more people have been killed in violence over southern Sudan's historic referendum, officials have said.
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