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EDUCATION: Meet TESSA, Ugandan Teachers' Best Friend
- Inter Press Service
BEATRICE Namuzibira’s class of 90 pupils is not even considered a large one, compared to classes in other schools. Universal primary education has filled classrooms beyond capacity across Uganda, putting a strain on teachers.
U.S., Last Holdout on Native Rights Declaration, Reverses Stand
- Inter Press Service
U.S. President Barack Obama announced Thursday he was reversing the U.S.'s position and endorsing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
U.N. Deplores Escalating Violence in Cote d'Ivoire
- Inter Press Service
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon reiterated his concern Thursday at the escalating violence in Cote d'Ivoire, where as many as 20 people were reportedly killed in clashes between security forces and opposition activists.
HEALTH: Scientists Focus on Male Mosquitoes in Bid to Control Malaria
- Inter Press Service
After successfully suppressing scourges of fruit, tsetse and screwworm flies in the Americas, researchers are exploring whether the same sterilised insect technique can be used to control malaria, which kills some one million people every year, many of them in Africa.
MIDEAST: Where to Park a Hospital
- Inter Press Service
At the Rambam medical centre here in Israel’s third largest city just 30 odd kilometres from Lebanon, they are working around the clock, racing against time.
COSTA RICA: Infertile Controversy over Right to Form a Family
- Inter Press Service
Costa Rica is one of the few countries in the world where in vitro fertilisation (IVF) is illegal. And the Vatican wants it to stay that way: Pope Benedict XVI himself recently urged the government not to pass a law that would make it legal.
SOUTH AMERICA: Unity for Strength in Wake of Crisis
- Inter Press Service
As industrialised countries face a recession that may last longer than expected, South America’s largest trade bloc, strengthened by having successfully weathered the global financial and economic crisis, is making strides towards better internal coordination.
PERU: Wikileaks Cables Reveal Two-Faced Politics by US
- Inter Press Service
'It’s not surprising for the United States to cooperate with military or government officials in Peru about which it has information linking them to serious crimes,' said activist Ricardo Soberón, referring to contradictions revealed in cables released by the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks.
PORTUGAL: Economic Crisis Looms, But Clean Energy Shines On
- Inter Press Service
While the shadow of a speculative assault looms over Portugal, similar to the economic crises that hit Greece and Ireland, this Iberian nation manages to hold up the beacon of renewable energy.
Gender: Women representation in politics key to development
- Inter Press Service
RESEARCH has shown that women account for more than half of the population of any country. This is reflected in the 2010 Census results, where there are slightly more women than men in Kenya.
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