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ENVIRONMENT: Developing Nations Refuse to Ditch Kyoto Protocol
- Inter Press Service
As the countdown continues towards a United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen in December, a seemingly intractable tussle between negotiators from the developing and developed world has begun to take shape over international commitments to slash greenhouse gas (GhG) emissions.
POLITICS: U.N. Infighting Threatens to Upstage Afghan War
- Inter Press Service
The increasingly deadly battle between Western military forces and Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan is on the verge of being upstaged by a growing political brawl between two senior U.N. officials overseeing the battle-ravaged South Asian nation.
POLITICS: NGOs Hold Arms Exporters to Account for Abuses
- Inter Press Service
With 2,000 people dying daily in armed violence fuelled by irresponsible arms transfers, talks to create an international treaty regulating these weapons can no longer be delayed, says a coalition of NGOs in a new report 'Dying for Action' published Wednesday.
Q&A: Turin Embraces Moniker of 'Multicultural Hotspot'
- Inter Press Service
As the Italian government cracks down ever harder on new waves of migrants, the city of Turin has taken a different approach, reaching out to immigrant communities and embracing a philosophy of economic, social and cultural integration.
NIGERIA-AGRICULTURE: Bagging Beans Against Beetles
- Inter Press Service
Cowpeas are of vital importance to the diets and livelihood of millions of people in West and Central Africa. But the crop is notoriously difficult to store - beetles and other pests can destroy an entire granary full of cowpeas within 12 months.
POLITICS-GUINEA: Uncertainty Prevails Under Increasingly Isolated Junta
- Inter Press Service
Under growing pressure ten days after a violent crackdown, killed 157 civilians, Guinean junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara has announced an independent committee of inquiry into the deaths.
THAILAND: Scientists Hail New Species, Fossil
- Inter Press Service
Who knows how many more fossils and species are lurking in the vast, unexplored riches of South-east Asia?
ECONOMY: Recovery Will Be Jobless
- Inter Press Service
The annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ended Wednesday in Istanbul in a climate of cautious hope for the economy and with a mixed bag of opportunities and challenges for the two institutions.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Experts Call for U.S. Leadership on Deforestation
- Inter Press Service
A bipartisan commission is calling for the United States to make halting global deforestation a major priority in both domestic and international climate change policies.
DEVELOPMENT: Rural India Set to Ring in 3G Mobile Technology
- Inter Press Service
As India prepares to roll out third-generation (3G) mobile services in the world's fastest growing telecom market, there are high expectations that it will benefit people in the vast, impoverished rural hinterland most.
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