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PARAGUAY: Indigenous Women Leaders Buck Discrimination
- Inter Press Service
More and more indigenous women in Paraguay are overcoming sexist resistance in their communities and emerging as leaders within and outside of their villages, fighting for the rights of their people and against discrimination.
UGANDA: U.S. Christians Linked to Homophobic Law
- Inter Press Service
The Anti-Homosexuality Bill under consideration in Uganda was sparked by a conference in Kampala earlier this year at which fundamentalist Christians from the U.S. identified homosexuality as a threat to 'family values'.
VIETNAM: Human Rights, Health: Twin Issues for Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
Vietnam will be one of five nations most affected by climate change. Worst-case scenarios see large parts of the low-lying and flood-prone Mekong Delta area, which produces much of the nation’s rice crop, flooded.
RIGHTS-US: Rendition Redux?
- Inter Press Service
On the heels of a federal appeals court ruling that only the U.S. Congress and the executive branch of government - not the courts - can interfere with government-sponsored 'extraordinary rendition', a U.S. citizen from New Jersey is asking another court to tell the government it wasn't okay to secretly imprison and abuse him in three different African countries over a period of four months.
U.S.: Obama to Meet Asian Leaders as China's Shadow Lengthens
- Inter Press Service
U.S. President Barack Obama's attendance at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum leaders' meeting in Singapore next week will chart a new direction for U.S. participation in Asian multilateral diplomacy and call attention to the new administration's policy of engagement with the reclusive military-led government in Burma.
INDIA/CHINA: Dalai Lama’s Border State Visit: Purely Spiritual?
- Inter Press Service
It is hard to say whether the Dalai Lama’s sojourn this week in India’s Arunachal Pradesh state—which China claims as southern Tibet—is a purely spiritual exercise or a trip with a deep political mission.
AFRICA: Taking the Lead on Water
- Inter Press Service
Water is a resource that binds people together, for better or worse. The care taken to prevent pesticides or sewage from washing into water supplies in one place, or decisions made in another about managing its flow to generate electricity or irrigate crops: it's clear that water issues spill over boundaries.
POLITICS-MOZAMBIQUE: Victory for Frelimo Amid Claims of Election Fraud
- Inter Press Service
Mozambique’s incumbent President Armando Guebuza has won the Mozambican 2009 elections in a landslide obtaining three quarters of the votes, according to official results.
SIERRA LEONE: Claims Presidency Interferes with Judiciary
- Inter Press Service
It may be seven years after the country’s civil war, but Sierra Leone is still battling to obtain an independent judiciary.
BRAZIL: Green Beans to Go, Roast Coffee Grounded
- Inter Press Service
For over a century and a half, Brazil has led the world in green coffee bean production and exports, without ever achieving similar success with processed beans. Some of the internal and external hurdles reflect the dilemma of reliance on agricultural commodities for export revenue.
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