Global Issues
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FRANCE: Sarkozy - Unlikely Champion of Environmental Action
- Inter Press Service
For a centre-right politician, best known for his law-and-order stance and tough immigration policies, French President Nicolas Sarkozy would seem an unlikely champion of environmental issues
ENVIRONMENT: Darkness at Noon Clouds Cairo Skies
- Inter Press Service
For the last decade, the autumn skies over Egypt - especially over capital Cairo, have been overshadowed by a thick haze people call 'the black cloud'.
RIGHTS-UGANDA: Anti-homosexuality Bill Means 'Targeted Killings'
- Inter Press Service
Uganda will be going back to the days of the Idi Amin regime if it passes a Bill which will arrest or kill people for being gay or lesbian and for repeatedly engaging in homosexual sex, say rights activists.
CLIMATE CHANGE: From Dirty Fuels to Clean Technology
- Inter Press Service
Tomorrow’s polluters are today’s emerging economies. To develop without retracing the polluting steps of the West, requires green technology, an expensive option for Africa.
US: One Step Closer to Unilateral Sanctions Against Iran
- Inter Press Service
Congress has given new momentum to a bill imposing unilateral sanctions on Iran - a move seen by many as an ineffective form of sanctions and potentially antagonistic against valuable U.S. allies on the U.N. Security Council. This comes ahead of the end of the year deadline set by U.S. President Barack Obama for Tehran to respond to a proposed agreement to export most of its enriched uranium for processing in Russia and France.
US: Increased Focus and Growing Pressure on Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
While President Barack Obama’s announcement last week that he will 'surge' 30,000 more U.S. troops into Afghanistan has received all of the attention here over the past week, Pakistan appears to be looming larger than ever in Washington’s strategic calculations and concerns.
ASIA: Excitement, Fear Greet Changes in Media Landscape
- Inter Press Service
The changing ‘face’ of the media landscape in the Mekong region is eliciting both excitement and fear from observers and professionals alike.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Latin American Women Want Modified Trade Rules
- Inter Press Service
'We don't need to change the climate, we need to change trade,' said Brazilian activist Marta Lago at Klimaforum, the civil society meeting held in parallel with the climate change summit in the Danish capital.
MEXICO: Military Anti-Drug Offensive Is 'War Against the People'
- Inter Press Service
'They came to my house and spent an hour going around from neighbour to neighbour, drilling them for information, knowing full well there was nothing there. They just wanted to harass us,' Mercedes Murillo told IPS, describing a night raid by soldiers.
DEVELOPMENT-AFRICA: Corruption: A Crime Against Development
- Inter Press Service
Corruption is preventing the world from reducing extreme poverty, from averting child deaths and even from fighting epidemics like HIV/AIDS.
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