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RIGHTS-UGANDA: 'You Cannot Tell Me You Will Kill Me Because I’m Gay'
- Inter Press Service
The Ugandan government will put to death gay citizens repeatedly caught having sex and throw into jail those who touch each other in a 'gay' way, if a new proposed Bill becomes law.
ENVIRONMENT: 'Temperature Rise Guaranteed, Thanks to Brown Clouds'
- Inter Press Service
Regardless of success at the upcoming climate talks at Copenhagen this December, there will still be a 2.5 degree rise in temperatures.
PHILIPPINES: Younger Prey in the World’s Oldest Trade
- Inter Press Service
At 14, Ann is too young to be worrying about getting pregnant or acquiring AIDS. That is why she uses a condom whenever she has a customer.
URUGUAY: White Concrete Block Replaces Mud, Wattle and Thatch
- Inter Press Service
'If it weren't for the Mevir housing project, this would be a ghost town,' says the local shopkeeper who supplies the basic needs of the families living in this remote hamlet in the middle of nowhere in the South American country of Uruguay.
SRI LANKA: Gov’t, EU in Back-channel Talks Over Fate of Trade Pact
- Inter Press Service
Sri Lanka has reacted strongly to a European Commission (EC) probe on its human rights record, saying it is politically motivated.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Dark Clouds Gathering Over Copenhagen
- Inter Press Service
It has been a bad week for the climate change summit in Copenhagen next month. During the week the last meeting in the formal round of pre- Copenhagen talks collapsed in Barcelona. Then, meeting here on the weekend, the G20 finance ministers put the seal on that failure by failing to agree to a financial package.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Dark Clouds Gathering Over Copenhagen
- Inter Press Service
It has been a bad week for the climate change summit in Copenhagen next month. During the week the last meeting in the formal round of pre- Copenhagen talks collapsed in Barcelona. Then, meeting here on the weekend, the G20 finance ministers put the seal on that failure by failing to agree to a financial package.
MEXICO: Women Package the Sweet Taste of Nostalgia
- Inter Press Service
Years ago, when Catalina Sánchez saw an opportunity to earn an income and improve her family’s living conditions by growing and selling nopales - an edible cactus native to Mexico - she probably never imagined that her idea would spawn three businesses.
POLITICS: Thai-Cambodia Diplomatic Row Bares Decades-Long Rift
- Inter Press Service
Thailand’s swift and strong response to Cambodia’s decision to appoint ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as an economic adviser exposed an emotional faultline rooted in decades of mutual suspicion and hatred.
SRI LANKA: Colombo’s Diplomatic Sparring Games with EU, U.S.
- Inter Press Service
One thing that has set apart the current administration of President Mahinda Rajapaksa from those of his predecessors is its diplomatic duals with international heavyweights.
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