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ITALY-LIBYA: Migrants Returned To Face Abuse
- Inter Press Service
'They beat us. They beat everyone, men and women. They usually beat us in the same room where we were kept. But they took some people out of the room. Not me, but they took other women out of the room.'
RIGHTS-MALAYSIA: Win Some, Lose Some for Beleaguered Penan Tribe
- Inter Press Service
In wealthy Malaysia that employs over four million Asians to service its high- rolling lifestyle, a tiny indigenous tribe is fighting for its survival against state inaction and bureaucratic apathy, as well as marauding giant multinationals and timber loggers.
LATIN AMERICA: Food Crisis Must Be Regional Priority
- Inter Press Service
There are 52 million hungry people in Latin America and the Caribbean, six million more than in 2008 - an aspect of the global economic crisis that must be a top priority focus of national policies and development aid, according to a meeting of experts from 27 countries held in the Venezuelan capital.
Q & A: Plants Know No Frontiers, They Grow Everywhere
- Inter Press Service
Mauritian woman scientist Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was awarded the African Union Women Scientist Regional Award 2009 this month for her scientific achievement and contribution through science to the socio-economic development of Africa.
Q&A: Plants Know No Frontiers, They Grow Everywhere
- Inter Press Service
Mauritian woman scientist Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was awarded the African Union Women Scientist Regional Award 2009 this month for her scientific achievement and contribution through science to the socio-economic development of Africa.
POLITICS: Obama to Prioritise Africa During U.N. Visit
- Inter Press Service
When Barack Obama visits the United Nations on three consecutive days this week - a rare gesture by a U.S. president - he will be addressing delegates on subjects ranging from climate change and peacekeeping to nuclear non-proliferation and the global financial crisis.
ETHIOPIA: Ethnic Federalism Could Lead to Election Violence
- Inter Press Service
Criticised as system of dividing and ruling people according to their ethnic groups, Ethiopia’s federalism has just become a bone of contention.
ETHIOPIA-: Ethnic Federalism Could Lead to Election Violence
- Inter Press Service
Criticised as system of dividing and ruling people according to their ethnic groups, Ethiopia’s federalism has just become a bone of contention.
ENVIRONMENT: Electric Fence as Lifesaver for Endangered Elephants
- Inter Press Service
Dennawa is a typical rural Sri Lankan agriculture village, located deep in the dry zone. Behind the houses made of dry brick stretch the fields where villagers tend vegetables and fruit plantations.
POLITICS-US: Activists, Big Business Converge on G20 Meet
- Inter Press Service
As media and government delegates prepare for the G20 Summit to be held Sep. 24-25 in Pittsburgh, local business and activist groups are promoting clashing visions of days to come.
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