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THAILAND: Licence to Arm Civilians against Muslim Insurgency
- Inter Press Service
With an insurgency threatening to worsen, Thailand’s military is turning to civilians like Nipa Waya to return fire in the three southern provinces close to the Malaysian border.
ENVIRONMENT: Making Wetlands Count
- Inter Press Service
Iceland wants wetland restoration to be assessed for emission reduction units at the summit to work out a new deal on climate change in December in Copenhagen.
POPULATION: Where’s Family Planning on Climate Change Radar?
- Inter Press Service
Are climate change and reproductive health two disparate subjects?
CUBA-US: 'Embargo as Usual' Flies in the Face of Int'l Opposition
- Inter Press Service
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez complained that the U.S. embargo against Cuba has remained intact under the government of Barack Obama, who he said has 'a historic opportunity' to eliminate the 'obsolete' and 'unacceptable' blockade in place for nearly half a century.
ENERGY-VENEZUELA: Great Business for Good Friends
- Inter Press Service
While Spanish energy giant Repsol and Italy's Eni reported finding huge deep sea reserves of natural gas in the Gulf of Venezuela, a consortium of Russian companies agreed to pay the Venezuelan government one billion dollars to secure access to the oil-rich Orinoco Belt.
POLITICS: Post-Conflict Security in Need of Women
- Inter Press Service
Women need to get involved more actively and more equally in the reform of the security sector in post-conflict states, says Ecoma Alaga, a Gender and Security Sector Reform (SSR) expert of the Women Peace and Security Network Africa.
POLITICS: Libya Brings Focused Agenda to U.N. Presidency
- Inter Press Service
Dr. Ali Abdussalam Treki of Libya, the newly-anointed president of the 192-member U.N. General Assembly, hails from a country with a mostly radical and far-reaching political agenda.
EASTERN EUROPE: Disabled Seek to Move In From the Margins
- Inter Press Service
At 37, Dimo Kokorkov, a carpenter from Stara Zagora in central Bulgaria is 'broken-hearted'. Dimo says this to describe his sense of deep injustice after being systematically abused in prison because of his disabilities.
INDIA/CHINA: Dalai’s Planned Visit to Border State Sparks Rows
- Inter Press Service
The Dalai Lama’s planned visit to Arunachal Pradesh appears to be a simple, pastoral response to Buddhist flocks in that north-eastern Indian state.
ANGOLA: Rich and Poor - One Country but Worlds Apart
- Inter Press Service
A chauffeur guides a shining 4x4 BMW out of a gated condominium, ferrying a smartly-dressed executive and her three uniformed children out into another morning in the Angolan capital, Luanda.
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