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RIGHTS-US: NGOs Praise End to HIV Travel Ban
- Inter Press Service
Global health and U.S. AIDS activists are hailing President Barack Obama's announcement Friday that the government will end a 22-year-old ban on the entry into the United States of HIV-positive visitors.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Investment in Ecosystems Key to Adaptation
- Inter Press Service
Investing in the sustainable management of ecosystems and curbing environmental degradation greatly improves the capacity of nations to adapt to climate change, according to a study carried out in 16 countries by two environmental organisations.
DISARMAMENT: U.N. to Pursue Conventional Arms Trade Treaty
- Inter Press Service
The United Nations, which is pursuing a proposal for 'a world without nuclear weapons', will soon turn its attention to another new goal in the field of disarmament: creating a legally-binding treaty on conventional arms.
BRAZIL: Drugs, Guns, Gangs and Police — a Violent Mix in the 'Favelas'
- Inter Press Service
Janaína*, who lives in Jacarezinho, one of the most violent 'favelas' or shantytowns in this Brazilian city, describes the control that the 'movement' — the local drug mafia — exercises over the neighbourhood and local residents.
U.S.: Secret Bailouts for Giant Failing Banks of the Future?
- Inter Press Service
Big banks will not be forced to downsize and the public will be the last to know when they fail, a controversial bill unveiled by U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Congressman Barney Frank proposes.
GUATEMALA: Despite Flaws, Judge Selection Process Improved, Say NGOs
- Inter Press Service
A new process aimed at making the selection of judges more transparent in Guatemala failed to block the appointment of several candidates who were questioned by civil society and a U.N.-sponsored commission set up to strengthen and purge the country's justice system.
CHINA: Tide of Opposition Swells as Largest Dam Nears Completion
- Inter Press Service
Fifteen years after dynamite blasts first shattered the peace of China’s breathtaking Three Gorges, the Three Gorges Dam—the pride of China’s engineering progress—is nearing completion. But the cannonade of criticism bombarding the world’s largest and costliest dam in history is far from over.
AGRICULTURE-KENYA: Finally, a Windfall for Tea Farmers
- Inter Press Service
Despite the sweltering sun and with a heavy load on her back Mary Muthoni strides to the tea buying centre with joy and pride painted on her face. 'This is a different year,' she smiles, hurriedly greeting other women farmers at the centre. For them, the story is the same: blessings in times of calamity.
PHILIPPINES: Children Worst Hit by Economic Crisis
- Inter Press Service
'Fifty pesos ‘kada adlaw; ang beinte niana pamasahe’ (I get an allowance of 50 pesos (about one U.S. dollar) a day, of which 20 pesos (40 U.S. cents) is for fare),' says 17-year-old Dana Jane Estrada.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Set That Limit of 110
- Inter Press Service
Every single person should set a cap of a total of 110 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions over the next four decades to avoid irreversible and uncontrollable consequences of climate change, under a new proposal.
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