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VIETNAM: VIETNAM: Anti-Smoking Drive Fails to Curb Male Tobacco Abuse
- Inter Press Service
At a ‘tra da’ (iced tea) stand in Hanoi’s Truc Bach area, men in baggy white singlets sit on low plastic stools drinking strong green tea poured from a chipped porcelain tea pot.
ENVIRONMENT: Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilisation?
- Inter Press Service
In early 2008, Saudi Arabia announced that, after being self-sufficient in wheat for over 20 years, the non-replenishable aquifer it had been pumping for irrigation was largely depleted.
AFRICA-RIGHTS: Suppressing ‘Enemies' of the State
- Inter Press Service
In the wee hours of one Saturday morning, Mary Serumaga was woken up by a disturbing phone call. Her younger brother Robert Kalundi Serumaga had just been abducted by four unknown gun-wielding men the previous night.
DEVELOPMENT:: Gender Advocates Keep a Close Eye on Climate Talks
- Inter Press Service
After nine months of a rollercoaster ride pushing for a gender perspective on climate change, advocates are finally beginning to reap the fruits of their labour.
POLITICS: U.N. Chief Weighs in on Iran, Libya and Afghanistan
- Inter Press Service
Addressing his monthly press conference Tuesday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon refused to back a Western endorsement of a premature election victory for Afghan President Hamid Karzai, implicitly criticised Libyan Leader Muammar el-Qaddafi for denigrating the U.N. charter, and faulted Iran for lack of transparency in its nuclear programme.
UGANDA: Business Wants to Put Brakes on New Common Market
- Inter Press Service
The plans for a common market in the East African Community (EAC) are proceeding apace and should fall in place on Jan 1, 2010, the target date of implementation. But Uganda’s traders are concerned that they will be unable to compete with traders from their country’s larger neighbour Kenya when the new common market starts.
U.S.: Homeless Shelters Fighting Push from Downtowns
- Inter Press Service
The largest homeless shelter in the southeast U.S., the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless, has filed a lawsuit against the city of Atlanta claiming officials have undertaken a complex campaign to sabotage the shelter with the ultimate goal of driving homeless, mostly African American men off the streets of downtown.
AFRICA: Surplus Crop, But We Are Starving — Farmers Say
- Inter Press Service
In Malawi where maize crop surplus fills the national storehouses to capacity, farmers Ida and Montfort Salijeni and their four children have turned to wild tubers for food.
EASTERN EUROPE: Fair Trade Takes Off
- Inter Press Service
Fair trade is becoming popular in Central and Eastern Europe, as activist groups raise awareness of the region's responsibility towards the rest of the world, and open an increasing number of fair trade shops and cafes.
Q&A: 'Closer Now to a Nuke-Free World'
- Inter Press Service
A world free of nuclear weapons is no longer utopia - it is a concrete possibility, says Daisaku Ikeda, president of the Buddhist association Soka Gokkai International (SGI).
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