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News headlines for “Human Population”, page 366
Cuba’s Balsero Crisis Still an Open Wound, 20 Years On
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Aug 06 (IPS) - Tears, silence and evasive responses are the reactions from Cubans when they are asked about the "balseros" or rafters crisis; two decades after an exodus without parallel in Latin America, it remains a taboo subject in this Caribbean island nation.
Bringing “Smart” Building Technology to Jamaica’s Shantytowns
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Aug 05 (IPS) - Buildings are among the largest consumers of earth's natural resources. According to the Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative, they use about 40 percent of global energy and 25 percent of global water, while emitting about a third of greenhouse gas emissions.
Ethics of ‘Mercy Killing’ Up for Debate in India
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Aug 04 (IPS) - If a terminally ill patient, with scant hope of recovery, pleads for his death to be facilitated, should the doctors comply? Or, if the family of a patient who has been declared brain-dead requests that her life-support system be withdrawn, should their will be respected?
Zimbabwe’s Food Entrepreneurs Cash in on a Failing Economy
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Aug 04 (IPS) - Millicent Gananda, 34, and her two children enjoy their food at a roadside restaurant in downtown Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, before they dash into the supermarket next door.
Former War Zone Drinking its Troubles Away
- Inter Press Service
DHARMAPURAM, Aug 03 (IPS) - Back in the day when the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ran a de-facto state in Sri Lanka's Northern Province, alcohol consumption was closely monitored, and sternly frowned upon.
Children, the Biggest Losers in Senegal’s Fight Against AIDS
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, Aug 02 (IPS) - Children living with HIV in Senegal suffer because of the taboo associated with this disease in a country which is, however, praised for its fight against the pandemic.
How Farming is Making Côte d’Ivoire’s Prisoners ‘Feel Like Being Human Again’
- Inter Press Service
SALIAKRO/ABDIJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, Aug 01 (IPS) - François Kouamé, prisoner Number 67, proudly shows off a sow and her four piglets. Dressed in his rubber boots, he passes by two new tractors as he happily makes his way to a field where pretty soon cassava and corn plants will start growing. "Look at those sprouts. It is a lot of work!"
Human Rights Low on U.S-Africa Policy Summit
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 31 (IPS) - As the White House prepares to host more than 40 African heads of state for the upcoming U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, civil society actors from the U.S., Africa and the international community are urging the Barack Obama administration to use the summit as an opportunity to more thoroughly address some of Africa's most pressing human rights violations.
Cash Transfers Drive Human Development in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 31 (IPS) - Every day, Celina Maria de Souza rises before dawn, and after taking four of her children to the nearby school she climbs down the 180 steps that separate her home on a steep hill from the flat part of this Brazilian city, to go to her job as a domestic. In the evening she makes the long trek back up.
Cameroon’s Muslim Clerics Turn to Education to Shun Boko Haram
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDE, Jul 31 (IPS) - Motari Hamissou used to get along well with his pupils at the government primary school in Sabga, an area in Bamenda, the capital of Cameroon's North West Region.
In the past, Hamissou also lived in peace with his neighbours. No one was bothered by his long, thick beard or the veil his wife, Aisha Hamissou, wore, or the religion they followed.
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