News headlines for “Human Population”, page 553
ISRAEL: Expenses Force New Settlements of Sorts
- Inter Press Service
About 10,000 people marched through the streets of downtown Jerusalem last week chanting 'The people demand social justice' and calling for access to affordable housing. The demonstration was one of about a dozen taking place simultaneously throughout Israel — which drew nearly 150,000 total protesters — as part of a growing movement against the high cost of housing and living expenses.
PAKISTAN: Tourism Takes On Taliban, Peacefully
- Inter Press Service
Standing in the busy main market place of Mingora, it is hard to think that just two years ago this city in Swat district was under the tyranny of the Taliban.
Between Libya and the Deep Sea
- Inter Press Service
NATO’s five-month bombing campaign in Libya, run under the guise of protecting civilians, is also killing victims fleeing the conflict, directly and indirectly.
TURKEY: Resignations Herald the Demilitarisation of Politics
- Inter Press Service
The simultaneous resignations of Turkey’s top military brass last week indicates that the civilian government may finally have more sway over politics than the top generals, according to analysts and activists.
Tunisian Women Fear the Algerian Way
- Inter Press Service
A women’s group begins campaigning near La Marsa beach in Tunis to convince more women to come up and register in the electoral lists, in time for the deadline now pushed back to Aug. 14. Most of the women watching the proceedings are veiled.
RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Recovery of Disappeared's Body Raises Hopes
- Inter Press Service
The details would have done credit to the plot of a spy thriller, except they are chillingly real.
ARGENTINA: One Poor Woman Who Feeds Thousands
- Inter Press Service
The endeavour gave a deeper meaning to her life and turned her into an internationally recognised community organiser. Nevertheless, the real wish of Margarita Barrientos is that there would be more need for soup kitchens for the hungry, like the one she founded in the capital of Argentina.
ZIMBABWE: Women Seeking Justice Face Archaic Rules and Discrimination
- Inter Press Service
The four armed robbers who gang raped her may be serving time for their crimes, but six years later justice has turned out to be a myth for Mildred Mapingure.
U.S.: Assault on Reproductive Health Services Shifts to States
- Inter Press Service
With Republican-led efforts to divert funding from the reproductive health provider Planned Parenthood stumbling in Washington, the battle has moved to the states, with mixed results.
ENVIRONMENT: Indonesians Await Forest Tenure Reform
- Inter Press Service
Barbecue fires along the winding trail through the Sesaot forest reserve act as guides for delegates walking to an international forestry conference at a nearby beach resort.
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