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DEVELOPMENT: Global Challenges Require Innovative Partnerships
- Inter Press Service
The High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation kicked-off here Tuesday, with U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Asha Rose Migiro calling for practical solutions and reinforced South-South and North-South partnerships to address the demands of our 'deeply interconnected world.'
ECONOMY: Neo-liberalism Preys on Nordic Welfare Systems
- Inter Press Service
Nordic welfare state systems, often held up as model in the developed world, are crumbling under the assault of neo-liberal economic policies, say economic experts.
BOOKS-US: Hawkish 'Israel Lobby' More Bark Than Bite?
- Inter Press Service
The Nov. 25 announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of a 'moratorium' on settlement construction brought very different responses from the Jewish American 'pro-Israel' groups J-Street and the heavyweight American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), calling attention to the increasing divide within the American Jewish community.
WORLD AIDS DAY: Herdboys at Risk to Contract HIV
- Inter Press Service
In the scorching heat of the midday summer sun, a teenage boy’s sharp voice can be heard vividly as he continuously summons his cattle. Glad in his shabby-looking rag that used to be a blanket and black gumboots, the only thing that occupies his mind is his herd, his everyday companions, nothing else.
CUBA: World Class Pharma that Puts People First
- Inter Press Service
Cuban biotechnology and pharmaceutical products are already among the country's major exports, and the industry is on course to continue developing while maintaining a firm focus on making a real difference to the health of all Cubans and of people in the numerous countries where Cuba provides medical assistance.
ENVIRONMENT: Tree Plantations Are Not Forests, Women Activists Say
- Inter Press Service
Touted as 'harvested forests,' single-crop tree plantations are fast encroaching on the native forests and grasslands of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, affecting the environment and the lives of local communities, rural women say.
Q&A: Even Island States Can Make Plans to Improve Food Security
- Inter Press Service
Eric Mangar deplores the fact that Mauritius, despite being a net food importer, has failed to learn its lessons from the food crisis. The island state is pursuing 'business as usual' without taking steps to improve food production on the local front.
CLIMATE CHANGE: India Plays Guessing Game Ahead of Copenhagen
- Inter Press Service
With one week left before the start of the United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen, there is still no reliable word as to whether Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will attend, or whether or how much the South Asian state will commit itself to emission cuts.
INDIA: Towards an AIDS-Free Society, But at What Price?
- Inter Press Service
As the global community observes World AIDS Day today, India is caught in a rancorous debate about a government scheme which mandates that all pregnant women in the country be tested for HIV so that its 1.2 billion people can have 'an AIDS-free generation'.
WORLD AIDS DAY: Growing Up with HIV
- Inter Press Service
Sixteen-year-old Andela Milambo* wants a husband. She is not looking for love, but for someone to share the burden of living with HIV. She wants to be able to take her medicine without having to hide, to discuss the recurring herpes with someone who understands.
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