News headlines for “Human Population”, page 461
Bedouin Seek Democracy in Israel
- Inter Press Service
BEERSHEBA, Israel, Dic 22 (IPS) - As campaign posters pop up around Israel ahead of the country's upcoming parliamentary elections, Bedouin citizens of the state are still reeling after being denied the chance to elect their own local council representatives.
Salvaging Waste Food for the Hungry in Spain
- Inter Press Service
MÁLAGA, Spain, Dic 21 (IPS) - A recurring question in crisis-stricken Spain is how to ensure that surplus agricultural products reach those most in need. One response is citizen initiatives to protest the waste of food and to advocate efficient management along the full length of the food chain.
New Patient Profile and Treatment for Chagas Disease
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Dic 21 (IPS) - Chagas disease, the third most serious infectious disease in Latin America, is developing a "new face" and moving into urban areas, while a new treatment may offer hope for millions of sufferers.
The Politics of Polio in Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR/KARACHI, Dic 21 (IPS) - The murder of nine health workers vaccinating children against polio in Pakistan's northwest cities of Peshawar and Charsadda in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, and its southern port city Karachi, have elicited shock and outrage.
Anti-Prostitution Campaign Picks Up Speed
- Inter Press Service
KOLKATA, Dic 21 (IPS) - In a small dingy room on the edge of a brothel in west Kolkata, capital of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, a 42-year-old former sex worker is trying to eke out a living selling cooked food in her neighbourhood, while tending to her sick husband and a paralysed son.
Colombian Landowners, Peasants Listen to Each Other
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, Dic 20 (IPS) - Colombia's large-scale agricultural producers and peasant farmers managed to listen to each other for the first time about the core cause of the decades-long armed conflict: the concentration of rural land ownership and the social and economic development of the countryside.
Community Water Management Stuck in Legal Limbo*
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Dic 19 (IPS) - Community-based water supply systems, which serve thousands of rural communities in Mexico, are seeking official recognition under the new federal legal framework currently under development.
Ahead of Mali Resolution, Worries Grow over Military Intervention
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 18 (IPS) - Even as U.S. and French officials suggest that a United Nations resolution on military intervention in Mali could come by the end of the week, concerns are rising that such action could do far more harm than good.
Bolivia’s Ayoreo Indians, Devoured by the City
- Inter Press Service
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia, Dic 18 (IPS) - No one knows exactly when they will show up, but when they do, it's impossible not to notice them. In one of the busiest street markets in this bustling city in eastern Bolivia, a handful of members of the Ayoreo indigenous community periodically take over a portion of the sidewalk.
Women and Activists Lament Japan’s Election Outcome
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Dic 18 (IPS) - The return to power of Japan's conservative and hard-line Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Sunday indicates that voters traded urgently needed social and environmental reforms for traditional male-led leadership, according to analysts here.
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