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CLIMATE CHANGE-BRAZIL: Towards Carbon-Free Chimneys
- Inter Press Service
Scientists in Brazil are developing a technique for absorbing industry-produced carbon dioxide before it ever reaches the atmosphere. The secret lies in half-centimetre ceramic spheres.
HAITI: Clinton Revives Modest Optimism for Island's Economy
- Inter Press Service
Since his appointment last spring as United Nations special envoy to Haiti, former U.S. President Bill Clinton has been called, half-seriously, 'president of Haiti' and 'viceroy'.
SRI LANKA: IMF’s 2.6-B Dollar Loan Deal in Peril if Opposition Wins
- Inter Press Service
With parliamentary and presidential elections just a few months away, conditions set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in an ongoing 2.6-billion U.S. dollar loan facility could be swept aside if Sri Lanka’s opposition captured power.
PHILIPPINES: Guarded Optimism for New Climate Change Law
- Inter Press Service
While pessimism continues to dog the lead-up to next month’s climate change talks in the Danish capital of Copenhagen, a new Philippine law aimed at streamlining the country’s efforts to mitigate and adapt to the effects of global warming has received a guarded welcome by environmental groups here.
ENERGY-SPAIN: Windfall for the Grid
- Inter Press Service
Wind energy notched up a new record in Spain on Sunday, when it generated 53 percent of total electricity demand nationwide for part of the day, according to official figures announced Monday.
Q&A: 'CEDAW is UNIFEM'S Entry Point'
- Inter Press Service
On Sep. 14, the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly adopted a resolution that opened the door for the creation of a new U.N. agency specifically for women.
BRAZIL: Leading Ladies Give Gender Slant to Campaign
- Inter Press Service
With the possible participation of three high-profile women candidates in Brazil's 2010 presidential elections, the irruption of gender issues in the campaign in Latin America's largest democracy seems inevitable.
FRANCE: Top Designers Make Dolls to Fund Darfur Vaccinations
- Inter Press Service
Designer rag dolls, the concept couldn’t sound more frivolous. But dolls made by top fashion designers such as Armani and Prada are helping to fund a vaccination programme in war-torn Darfur.
CHINA: Latest Africa Foray: Altruism or Hegemony?
- Inter Press Service
Brushing off accusations that its investment is denuding Africa of precious natural resources, China has pledged 'going all-out' to help African countries overcome poverty and fight new threats like climate change.
Q&A: 'One Can't Work 18 Hours a Day and Still be Poor'
- Inter Press Service
Given the billions of dollars and euros that the U.S. and EU spend on trade-distorting support measures and the intractable lobby groups demanding these subsidies, these rich states’ promises to reduce such amounts will come to nought. It makes no sense for poor African states to allow these goods to flood their markets.
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