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COLOMBIA: U.S. Aid Must Leverage Reforms, Rights Groups Urge
- Inter Press Service
Defending human rights in Colombia — never an especially safe endeavour — has become even more dangerous lately, several NGO leaders and Colombian human rights defenders testified on Capitol Hill Tuesday.
HEALTH: EU Blocking Medicines for the Poor
- Inter Press Service
The European Union is intercepting big shipments of medicines on their way to poorer countries, according to a new report published Tuesday.
PHILIPPINES: Storm-weary Farmers Suffer Huge Losses
- Inter Press Service
Café by the Ruins, a popular rustic restaurant situated in Baguio City, the Philippines' famed mountain city resort, usually caters to tourists and residents who enjoy sipping their cups of brewed coffee while appreciating the artworks displayed on the café’s stone walls.
CHINA: Too Many Graduates, Very Few Jobs
- Inter Press Service
Feng Danya studied foreign languages. She had hoped to be part of a growing local company and grow with them, she says. But her timing was wrong. She graduated in the summer of uncertainty for the global economy and many Chinese start-ups.
ANGOLA: Tit-for-Tat Deportations Leave Thousands At Risk
- Inter Press Service
More than 30,000 Angolans are stranded in transit camps after being abruptly deported from the Democratic Republic of Congo and there are growing fears of a cholera outbreak as the rainy season begins.
ZAMBIA: Holding Government Responsible for Spending
- Inter Press Service
The government’s change of the Budget cycle to improve its spending of money to develop the country is not good enough unless those in charge of the money are made accountable, say civil society.
GUATEMALA: Town that Suffered Military Terror Fights Reopening of Base
- Inter Press Service
People in the town of Ixcan in northwestern Guatemala could relive the pain of the country's 36-year civil war if the army reopens a military base in the area, where more than 100 massacres of indigenous villagers were committed during the armed conflict.
HEALTH: New Vaccine for AIDS Raises Conditional Hope
- Inter Press Service
The possibility that a vaccine could soon be developed to fight the deadly HIV virus has the scientific community brimming with hope and excitement, but there is also disagreement about how effective it could be in the global war against AIDS.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Carbon Capture Effort Collects Critics
- Inter Press Service
The capture and underground storage of greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide, is a dubious method of effectively reducing the pollution that causes global warming, experts warn.
EAST TIMOR: Seasonal Changes Cause for Alarm
- Inter Press Service
If you order a beer, sit back and relax at one of the expat bars dotted along the coastal Pantai Kelapa road in this capital, you cannot help but notice the view: the stony beach, the swimming children and the grounded fishing boats. But that view is morphing — a visible sign of how climate change could be affecting East Timor.
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