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POLITICS: U.S. Berated for Shielding Israel on Gaza Killings
- Inter Press Service
A U.S. decision to stall Security Council action against Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas for war crimes during the 22-day conflict in Gaza last December has come under heavy fire both from inside and outside the United Nations.
DR-CONGO: Rights Groups Urge U.N. to Rein in Army
- Inter Press Service
U.N.-supported military operations in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have had an 'unacceptable' cost for the civilian population, said a coalition of rights groups Tuesday.
RIGHTS-PERU: Gov't Seeks Legal Shield for Security Forces
- Inter Press Service
The Peruvian government has moved to protect the armed forces and police against investigations for crimes committed in the line of duty, especially in areas convulsed by social protests or where remnants of the Maoist Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) guerrillas are still active.
Q&A: Small Sugar Farmers Not so Sweet on End of Sugar Protocol
- Inter Press Service
The Sugar Protocol enabling developing world sugar farmers to produce for the European market over the past 34 years ended on Sep 30. Among these, the small island state of Mauritius built two major industries -- tourism and textile and clothing — on the back of its sugar sales.
EUROPEAN UNION: 'Giving With One Hand, Taking With the Other'
- Inter Press Service
'EU policies continue to undermine the economic, social and human development of developing countries' despite repeated commitments in treaties and declarations, a group of European NGOs said in a report published Wednesday.
AFRICA: Government on Collision Course with Civil Society
- Inter Press Service
The acquittal of former President Frederick Chiluba on charges of theft after a seven-year long landmark case, and the refusal by the Zambian government to appeal, has put government and civil society on a collision course.
GERMANY: Rebuilding Controversially Over a Disputed Past
- Inter Press Service
Reconstruction of some of Berlin's historic buildings that were damaged during World War II or by the Communist regime that earlier ruled East Germany, is raising troubling questions about Germany's past, and its future.
INDIA: Return of Traditional Birth Attendants Urged to Meet MDG 5
- Inter Press Service
As India struggles to lower one of the world's highest maternal mortality rates, activists and experts are calling for a revision of polices aimed at 'institutionalising' deliveries in resource-poor rural settings and phasing out the 'dai' or traditional birth attendant (TBA).
MIDEAST: Security Council Urged to Take Up Gaza War
- Inter Press Service
Pressure has been building on the U.N. Security Council to address the impact of the Gaza war on civilians in advance of its meeting Wednesday to discuss the Middle East.
HEALTH: Study Faults Unregulated Trade in Human Organs
- Inter Press Service
A growing new market for human organs has prompted the United Nations and the Council of Europe to call for an international convention to regulate the sale of body parts, mostly kidneys and livers, in transplant surgery worldwide.
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