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SRI LANKA: Rights Groups Blame Gov’t Apathy for Migrant Woes
- Inter Press Service
Dozens of Sri Lankan migrant workers languishing under a flyover in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, claiming to be stranded, exemplify the crisis of migration that Sri Lankan authorities have faced over the years.
BRAZIL-IRAN: New Boost to South-South Diplomacy
- Inter Press Service
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's controversial visit to Brazil further underscored the independence of this country's diplomacy, and gave Tehran a chance to defend its points of view on the construction of a lasting peace in the Middle East.
POLITICS: Singh State Visit Cements US-India Ties
- Inter Press Service
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and U.S. President Barack Obama met in Washington Tuesday as both leaders sought to reinvigorate the U.S.-India bilateral relationship.
DEVELOPMENT: Lights Out - World's Poor Remain in the Dark
- Inter Press Service
With the flip of a switch, a light comes on or an electric toothbrush revs to power. If service is cut, either for repairs or because of a natural cause, there will most likely be much fuss about how quickly power is restored - to people who live in the developed world.
ENVIRONMENT: Gov't Silence Dooms Whales to Slaughter
- Inter Press Service
Latin American governments are considering a bloc response to the Japanese whaling fleet's departure for Antarctica, in a new season of what it claims is 'hunting for scientific purposes' and which threatens to kill 1,000 whales in the protected Southern Ocean sanctuary.
DEVELOPMENT: China, India Lead South-South Cooperation
- Inter Press Service
China and India have been singled out as two countries that have established vibrant economic and financial links with the developing world and played key roles in strengthening South-South cooperation over the last 10 years.
CORRUPTION-UGANDA: Leaders’ integrity questioned
- Inter Press Service
Seated at a u-shaped table is an assembly of middle-aged men and women clad in business suits, faces stern and expressionless. Refreshments — bottled water, sodas and giant flasks of tea — clutter the long table, competing for space with piles of documents.
PERU: Parties Thwart Public Demand for Women in Politics
- Inter Press Service
Women already make up 44 percent of the active members of the country's parties, but Peruvians want to see more women in political posts. Party structures and a lack of funding for women candidates, however, conspire to hinder and even obliterate women's participation in public decision-making bodies.
ECONOMY: Government Failures Feeding Next Financial Bubble
- Inter Press Service
Numerous failures by industrialised countries’ governments and central banks in managing the financial crisis are feeding the next bubble, which most likely will again provoke economic woes such as recession, unemployment, and poverty, according to economists and analysts.
US-COLOMBIA: Activists Target 'World of Coca-Cola'
- Inter Press Service
Activists from the U.S. and Colombia are targeting the World of Coca-Cola museum, located near its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, accusing the company of 'union busting', paying its workers 'poverty wages', and engaging in environmentally destructive practices.
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