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IRAN: Non-Western Big Powers Enjoy Growing Influence
- Inter Press Service
Thursday's seven-party talks in Geneva on Iran's nuclear programme resulted in a breakthrough agreement on Russian enrichment of materials Tehran needs for nuclear-medical work.
ECONOMY: 'Too Early To Declare Success'
- Inter Press Service
The official opening of the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is scheduled for Oct. 6, but political activities and tension have already taken control of the daily life of Istanbul.
TRADE-SOUTHERN AFRICA: Effort Afoot to Save Rickety Customs Union
- Inter Press Service
Southern African countries have buried the hatchet in an effort to preserve the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), one of the few building blocks of regional integration. Its chiefs vehemently denied reports that Pretoria wants to pull out of the customs union.
POLITICS: China Swaggers On, Yet Future Looks Uncertain
- Inter Press Service
Showing off China’s new wealth and national might on the anniversary of the birth of the People’s Republic, the country’s leaders attributed its rise as a rejuvenated world power to the 60 years of communist rule. But behind the shock-and-awe military parade displaying their vaunted confidence hovered uncertainty and anxiety about the future.
HEALTH-INDIA: Positive Approach to Life
- Inter Press Service
At an age when most 20-year-olds dream of living a perfect life, Kousalya Periasamy found hers shaken by personal tragedies.
ENVIRONMENT-CHILE: Authorities May Sue Geothermal Energy Firm
- Inter Press Service
The Council for the Defense of the State (CDE), the Chilean government's legal watchdog, is considering bringing a suit for environmental damages against an Italian-Chilean consortium carrying out geothermal studies a few kilometres away from the El Tatio geyser field, a tourist attraction in the northern region of Antofagasta.
ASIA: Mounting Costs of Climate Change Raise Fears of Conflict
- Inter Press Service
The rising challenge of climate change has raised fears of growing conflicts as the impact of more extreme weather triggers food water scarcities across the Asia region.
SOMALIA: President Calls for More Aid in U.S. Visit
- Inter Press Service
Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, the leader of Somalia's beleaguered Transitional Federal Government (TFG), appealed here this week for increased U.S. and international security and humanitarian assistance for his efforts to defeat hard-line Islamist rebels and reconstruct his war-torn nation.
PAKISTAN: Local Residents Tacitly Approve of Swat Killings
- Inter Press Service
Widespread reports of extrajudicial killings of suspected Taliban by the military do not seem to have raised alarm bells among a people that have been deeply traumatized by the militant group's atrocities.
ENVIRONMENT: Cuba Encourages Ecotourism in Its Largest Wetland
- Inter Press Service
The Zapata wren (Ferminia cerverai) is known in Cuba as the 'soprano of the forest' for its lovely song. But this tiny bird is very timid and, at the slightest sound, will hide in the vegetation in the Cienaga de Zapata - Zapata Swamp - 160 km south of Havana on the island’s south-central coast.
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