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MIDEAST: Harvesting in Death Zone, With a Song
- Inter Press Service
On a quiet October morning, Fida Zaneen, 19, sings a traditional love song as she pulls olives from trees in Beit Hanoun's border region during the annual olive harvest.
Q&A: EU to Sri Lanka on GSP Plus Probe: ‘No Tit for Tat’
- Inter Press Service
Despite acrimonious exchanges between Sri Lanka and the European Union (EU) over human rights violations on which rests the fate of continued tax-free exports to Europe, development assistance continues unhindered to the Indian Ocean island, according to Europe’s top diplomat here.
MEXICO: Int'l Tribunal 'Scandalised' by Denials of Workers' Rights
- Inter Press Service
On the day his trade union section held elections for officials, 'our offices were occupied, damaged and ransacked' by thugs from the executive committee of the National Teachers Union (SNTE), said Mexican teacher Gerardo Cruz, a leader in the CNTE, a dissident caucus seeking reform within the union.
SIERRA LEONE: New Agriculture Plan Sprouts
- Inter Press Service
When in power, the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) promised that thanks to its pursuit of a pro-agriculture agenda, no Sierra Leonean would go to bed hungry by 2007. But the appointed date came and the people were still hungry. Unfortunately for the SLPP, it was an election year.
HEALTH: U.S. Urged to Double Aid to Global Projects
- Inter Press Service
As the effort to achieve universal health coverage within the U.S. crawls forward in Washington, a new report by a coalition of global health organisations details how the U.S. can 'help lead the world to universal access to comprehensive health care in developing countries'.
EASTERN EUROPE: Loans Make the Middle Class Poor
- Inter Press Service
Low-income Eastern Europeans contracting easy consumer loans in the mid- 2000s are now falling below poverty lines.
MIDEAST: Egypt Makes Cultural Clout Count
- Inter Press Service
Egypt has long been recognised as the cultural trendsetter of the Arabic- speaking world. Despite recent challenges to this role with the advent of satellite television, experts say that contemporary Arab culture remains largely defined by Egyptian literature, music, film and television.
ENVIRONMENT: A Dozen Countries Take on Toxic Pollution
- Inter Press Service
Of the tens of thousands of toxic sites affecting the health of 500 million people in the middle- and low-income countries of world, only 12 are being cleaned up, according to a new report.
GERMANY: New Govt May Neglect Development Aid
- Inter Press Service
Concerns have risen with the inauguration of the new government that Germany will cut back on its commitments on international development.
CUBA: Food Security Focus of New UN Programmes
- Inter Press Service
Three new international cooperation agreements channeled through the United Nations system in Cuba are aimed at strengthening food security, especially in the poorest parts of the country.
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