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NICARAGUA: Despite Efforts, Corruption Still a Problem
- Inter Press Service
Two national surveys and the latest report on perceptions of corruption by Transparency International support the view that a culture of graft continues to undermine the foundations of Nicaraguan society, in spite of efforts to fight the problem in the last few years.
ENVIRONMENT: Listen to the Earth, Say Indigenous Peoples
- Inter Press Service
The idea of wilderness is 'an interesting concept; it is a Western concept. Our people have always lived and interacted in the environment,' said Illion Merculieff, an environmental activist from the Aleut community in the north-western U.S. state of Alaska.
AFGHANISTAN: Black & Veatch's White Elephant in Kabul
- Inter Press Service
In a secluded valley a few miles from Kabul's international airport, Caterpillar turbines custom-built in Germany and giant transformers flown in from Mexico hum away at a brand-new power plant.
Q&A: Impact of Crisis in Latin America Less Severe than in the Past
- Inter Press Service
Thanks to effective social policies and measures that have strengthened the economy, most of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have managed to weather the impact of the global recession, although poverty has risen slightly for the first time since 2002.
LABOR-INDONESIA: Future Looks Bleak for Laid-Off Workers
- Inter Press Service
Ida Farida, 33, never imagined she would lose the job that she had held for 10 years.
CORRUPTION: Paying Off Afghanistan's Warlords
- Inter Press Service
Every morning, dozens of trucks laden with diesel from Turkmenistan lumber out of the northern Afghan border town of Hairaton on a two-day trek across the Hindu Kush down to Afghanistan's capital, Kabul.
HEALTH: Strategy to Cut Vaccine Price Paying Off
- Inter Press Service
The price of a major combination vaccine called the 'pentavalent' has fallen considerably over the past year, bringing the cost per dose below three dollars - a decrease of almost 50 cents, according to data released Wednesday by an alliance of public and private partners who have worked to bring down vaccine prices in the developing world.
CUBA: Dissidents' Plight Unchanged Under Raul, Charges HRW
- Inter Press Service
While Cuban President Raul Castro has implemented some economic and administrative reforms, his three-year-old government has continued to isolate and persecute political dissidents, according to a major new report released here Wednesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW).
CLIMATE CHANGE: Women Central to Adapatation, Mitigation
- Inter Press Service
Poor women will bear the greatest ‘climate burden’, says the United Nations Population Fund in its 2009 State of the World Population report, released today.
CORRUPTION-SIERRA LEONE: Song Sparks Governance Debate
- Inter Press Service
Nothing has ever sparked a debate on the state of governance in the country like the song released by one of Sierra Leone’s most popular artists, Emerson Bockarie.
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