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VENEZUELA: Homophobia Stalks the Streets - in Uniform
- Inter Press Service
One Friday at around midnight, on Villaflor Street, a favourite spot for gays and lesbians in the Venezuelan capital, Yonatan Matheus and Omar Marques noticed two Caracas police patrol vans carrying about 20 detainees, most of them very young.
PERU: Cuzco Women Stand Up to Violence
- Inter Press Service
For tourists and other visitors, Cuzco has a special fascination as the ancient capital of the Inca empire. But social scientists know it as one of the areas in the world with the highest rates of violence against women.
SIERRA LEONE: New Dawn for Small Farmers?
- Inter Press Service
They call her 'Marie Nerica', after a new breed of rice.
RIGHTS: Jailed Fishermen Await Thaw in India-Pakistan Relations
- Inter Press Service
Almost 400 Indian fishermen continue to languish in Pakistani prisons despite having completed their prison terms. Their release has been hampered by tensions in the relations between their country and neighbouring Pakistan.
PAKISTAN: Vibrant City Loses Colour, Verve amid Escalating Attacks
- Inter Press Service
Lahore, known to the world as 'the city of the live-hearted' has been in the grip of extreme fear since Oct. 15, the day when three suicide attacks took place here simultaneously. Suicide bombers targeted two police training centres and the regional office of the Federal Investigation Agency, leaving 17 people dead and 22 others injured.
DEVELOPMENT: South-South Unity to Get Boost at U.N. Meet
- Inter Press Service
As the global financial crisis continues to ravage the fragile economies of the world's poorer countries, the United Nations is hosting a high-level international conference next month to boost South-South cooperation.
AGRICULTURE-SENEGAL: Groundnut Production in Freefall
- Inter Press Service
Farmers are complaining about a lack of technical assistance and the poor quality of seeds they've planted this year in the Kaolack region, Senegal's groundnut-producing area, 200 kilometres south of the capital Dakar.
GUATEMALA: Controversy Dogs New Highway
- Inter Press Service
Construction is expected to begin soon on a new highway across north-central Guatemala, the largest infrastructure project tackled so far by the government of Álvaro Colom.
RIGHTS-UGANDA: Baganda Fight for Their Heritage
- Inter Press Service
Specioza Nakabugo (63) sits on a mat under a mango tree on a well-mowed grass patch, her expression a blend of boredom and gloom.
HEALTH: Southern Researchers Fill Gap on Neglected Diseases
- Inter Press Service
With HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis occupying the global health spotlight, few resources are devoted to the 'neglected tropical diseases' like dengue fever, hookworm infection and schistosomiasis that afflict some one billion people.
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