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BRAZIL: Green Challenges Posed by Black Gold
- Inter Press Service
Brazil's discovery of vast offshore oil and natural gas reserves raises the question of how to tap the newfound wealth without causing severe environmental impacts and without leaving aside the development of clean energy alternatives.
BURMA: Rights Group Tallies Growing Ranks of Political Prisoners
- Inter Press Service
The number of political prisoners held by the ruling military junta in Burma has reached 2,200, according to a report released here by Human Rights Watch Wednesday.
ARGENTINA: Corruption Cases Pick Up Speed
- Inter Press Service
While the popularity of the Argentine government of President Cristina Fernández is waning, allegations of corruption against public officials have mushroomed.
Q&A: 'Climate Change and Political Problems Reinforce Each Other'
- Inter Press Service
The negative fallout from climate change, including drought, floods, melting glaciers, mass migration, and sea level rise, is being increasingly viewed as a potential security threat to nation states worldwide.
MALAWI: Questions Over Water Stats
- Inter Press Service
A set of new research data contests the Malawian government’s claims that nearly all of the country’s urban citizens have access to clean water and sanitation.
POPULATION: 'Time to Shelve the ICPD Plan of Action’
- Inter Press Service
At least 1.5 billion people aged 10 to 25 -- the largest generation of young people in history -- will need sexual and reproductive health services, says the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Q&A: 'Political Elites Ensure Continuing Flight of Dirty Money'
- Inter Press Service
Illegal capital flight in the form of corrupt, criminal and illicit commercial proceeds out of developing economies could be as high as one trillion dollars a year. Not only does it dwarf the 50 billion dollars in development assistance that rich countries disburse annually but it is largely facilitated by the western financial system of tax havens and secrecy jurisdictions.
ASIA: Region Lags Behind in Reducing Maternal Mortality Rates
- Inter Press Service
In landlocked Laos, pregnancy brings with it the spectre of death. South-east Asia’s poorest country has recorded over 700 women dying every year due to complications during childbirth.
ENERGY: To Fly Around the World - Without Fuel
- Inter Press Service
A solar-powered aircraft will take flight next month from Switzerland with hopes ultimately to circle the Earth in 2012, without fuel, and stopping every five days only to change pilots.
POLITICS: Firebrand Priest Leaves Mark at U.N.
- Inter Press Service
Few critics of the United Nations' often skewed balance of power have matched the outspoken fury of the revolutionary priest who led the world body's principal organ until Monday.
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