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/UPDATE*/POLITICS-MOZAMBIQUE: Another Term for Incumbent President?
- Inter Press Service
Mozambique’s incumbent president looks set to serve a second term of office as partial results of the country’s presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections are announced.
PHILIPPINES: Amid Disasters’ Rubble, Accusations Hound President
- Inter Press Service
Even in the wake of the tropical storms that lashed the northern parts of the Philippines recently, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo took time out to visit her home province.
WORLD: IMF has long way to go — even after 'Istanbul decisions'
- Inter Press Service
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) may be performing better during the current economic crisis than during the Asian crisis of the late 1990s, but it still has 'a long way to go'.
RIGHTS: Before the Olympics in Brazil…
- Inter Press Service
Athletes competing for Olympic gold speak to the imagination of most of us. Homeless people playing an international football tournament may be a less familiar sight. Brazilians in Rio de Janeiro will get a chance to see both.
DEVELOPMENT: More Food May Not Mean Less Hunger
- Inter Press Service
Achieving ambitious Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) production targets to meet growing world demands will not suffice to feed the world, and focusing too much on churning out crops may even be damaging, experts warn.
JAPAN: Death from Overwork Persists Amid Economic Crunch
- Inter Press Service
One morning nine months ago, Kenji Hamada’s colleagues were surprised to find him in their Tokyo office slumped over his desk. They thought he was sleeping, but when he did not wake up after two hours, they realised he was dead.
POLITICS: U.S. Blasted for Sustaining Embargo on Cuba
- Inter Press Service
The administration of President Barack Obama, which has vowed to improve relations with sanctions-hit Cuba, refused to break away from the traditional stand taken by successive U.S. governments and voted against a U.N. resolution calling for an end to the 47-year-old U.S. economic, commercial and financial embargo against the Caribbean island nation.
Q&A: Peruvian Cardinal Does Not Want Rebel Priest as President
- Inter Press Service
Catholic priest Marco Arana, who is also a social and environmental activist, has not yet officially decided to run in Peru's next presidential elections, but he is already facing opposition from the highest-level Catholic Church officials in the country.
POLITICS: Huge Youth Turnout in Elections
- Inter Press Service
Mozambicans voted today in elections reported to have had a massive youth turnout. The polls opened at 7 am with some people lining up in long queues even hours before the voting process started.
CLIMATE CHANGE-BOLIVIA: Climbing a 'Dead' Glacier
- Inter Press Service
The rapid disappearance of glaciers and the subsequent exhaustion of water sources are pushing indigenous communities in the Bolivian highlands even further into poverty, Bolivian experts told IPS, adding that an increase in awareness about climate change is desperately needed.
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