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DEVELOPMENT: Climate Change Likely to Increase African Hunger Woes
- Inter Press Service
Africa, the continent already most affected by hunger and food scarcity, is likely to see its woes increased due to climate change and the changing rain patterns it provokes, experts and scientists say.
DEVELOPMENT: UNFPA Puts Human Face on Climate Blowback
- Inter Press Service
A new U.N. report on the hazards of climate change brings a fresh human perspective to an ongoing wide-ranging debate that has focused primarily on energy efficiency and industrial carbon emissions.
DEVELOPMENT: To Grab, Or To Invest
- Inter Press Service
The World Food Security Summit in Rome this week opened up a dispute between what may be investment in farmland to some, but is seen as land grab by others.
INDIA: A Famed Region’s Tripple Whammy of Environmental Bane
- Inter Press Service
The combined impact of tourism, climate change and changing lifestyle in this internationally renowned adventure haven has raised serious concerns among environmental groups.
TRADE: Kenya Faces Job Losses, Collapsing Sectors in Wake of Doha
- Inter Press Service
The consequences of the Doha Round of trade talks for larger developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa could include job losses and deindustrialisation if a new study forecasting how Kenya is set to be affected is anything to go by.
FINANCE: Icelanders Question IMF Loan
- Inter Press Service
After eight months of waiting, Iceland is finally back on the agenda of the IMF. The second instalment of the IMF loan was agreed at the end of last month and has now been transferred to Iceland.
Q&A: 'What is Important is to Give Equal Opportunity' - Part 2
- Inter Press Service
Although women have long made major contributions to science, their efforts have often been overlooked. For the past 12 years, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has teamed up with cosmetics giant L'Oréal to highlight the achievements of female scientists.
GENDER: Women in Science Face Discrimination in India - Part 1
- Inter Press Service
Just 10 of the 443 Indian scientists who received the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) award in the last 50 years were women.
SOUTH ASIA: The Ties that Bind: Artists, Writers Forge Peace
- Inter Press Service
Imagine writers, scholars and folk performers from eight South Asian countries coming together to share their common heritage and culture while promoting peace and harmony at the same time.
HEALTH-EGYPT: Over the Top With Anti-Swine Flu Steps
- Inter Press Service
As authorities consider suspending a whole academic year to check the spread of swine flu among school children there is a feeling that measures to contain the H1N1 virus - known to be less dangerous than the one responsible for seasonal flu - are going over the top.
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