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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.
RIGHTS: Security Council Backs Advocate for Women in War Zones
- Inter Press Service
The U.N. Security Council Wednesday called on Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to appoint a special representative to intensify efforts to end sexual violence against women and children in conflict situations.
HEALTH-KENYA: Affordable New Weapon Against Cervical Cancer
- Inter Press Service
Faced with an increase in the number of cervical cancer cases, Kenya has adopted a simple, cheap yet effective visual inspection method of detection. Ideal for low resource settings, the test is offering reprieve to thousands of women who die annually from the disease.
POLITICS: China, Burma Bust Up Over Border Unrest
- Inter Press Service
The border dispute between two close allies, China and Burma, has now been compounded by concerns over the junta’s future relations with the United States.
ENVIRONMENT: Synergies in Fight Against Desertification , Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
Climate change aggravates soil degradation, but sustainable use of land resources can, in turn, mitigate global warming, according to participants at the United Nations conference on desertification in the Argentine capital.
Q&A: Heavy Vehicle Market Taking Off in Africa
- Inter Press Service
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev’s recent official visit to a handful of African countries has provided new impetus to Russian business’s interest in the region.
AFRICA: Youth wars cause turmoil in Jonglei
- Inter Press Service
There was no moon the night the armed men from the Murle tribe attacked the fishing village: it took place in complete darkness. Nyakong Both grabbed her two youngest boys and fled across the nearby river, as the men from the Murle tribe burnt down huts.
SRI LANKA: Mixed Hopes amid Unpredictable Weather Shifts
- Inter Press Service
As the world awaits with bated breath the much-anticipated outcome of the upcoming Copenhagen Climate Change Summit in December, the impact of which will reverberate across the globe, Sri Lanka, like many other countries, has been reeling under sharply contrasting weather conditions.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Neglected Land Washing Away
- Inter Press Service
Damage to wetlands high in Lesotho's Maluti mountains has impacts on the health of the whole of the Orange-Senqu river system.
AFRICA-CORRUPTION: Anti Graft Now in the Hands of Civil Society
- Inter Press Service
The fight against corruption in Sierra Leone has taken on a new face. Government and civil society are now working together to stamp out rampant fraud.
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