News headlines for “Human Population”, page 555
U.S.: Key Committee Slashes Foreign Aid, Warns Palestinians
- Inter Press Service
Amidst growing fears of a new fiscal crisis sparked by a possible U.S. debt default next week, a key Republican-led Congressional committee Wednesday approved deep cuts in foreign aid and contributions to the United Nations and other multilateral institutions next year.
EAST AFRICA: ‘It’s Not a Heartless Mother Leaving a Child Behind, Just One Who Wants to Survive’
- Inter Press Service
On the road between the Kenyan and Somali border lie the dead bodies of children who have succumbed to the famine and the hardships of making the journey from their drought-stricken villages to Kenya.
CENTRAL AMERICA: Families Downsizing
- Inter Press Service
María José Aceituno, who works at a public relations firm in the Guatemalan capital, has two children and says she is not having any more, in order to safeguard the financial position and security of her family. 'I would rather have two happy children than 10 who are dissatisfied,' she said.
North Atlantic Alliance of Neo-Fascists
- Inter Press Service
The Norwegian right wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who killed at least 76 people in two terrorist attacks Jul. 22 Oslo and Utoya, is a member of a network of more than 10,000 neo-fascist groups spread across North America and Western and Northern Europe.
TUNISIA: Migrants Flee to New Traps
- Inter Press Service
As African Union and NATO leaders push for a political solution to the Libyan crisis, many of the thousands of refugees and migrants stranded on the Libyan- Tunisian border say their plight continues to fall on deaf ears.
SWAZILAND: Irrigation Waters the Hopes of a New Village
- Inter Press Service
A transboundary water project is reinforcing the fight against food insecurity and poverty along the Komati River which flows through South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique.
RWANDA: Women Parliamentarians Outnumber Men, But Gender Budgeting Still Needed
- Inter Press Service
Rwanda is the first country in the world where women outnumber men in parliament, with women occupying 45 out of 80 seats. However, despite this, experts say that the country still needs a gender equality perspective on how national resources and programmes are implemented.
/UPDATE*/MEXICO: Women Journalists Face Double Threats
- Inter Press Service
The murder of journalist Yolanda Ordaz, whose body was found Tuesday in the eastern Mexican city of Veracruz, once again threw into relief the dangers that reporters face in this country, which in the case of women are compounded by discriminatory and sexist treatment.
BANGLADESH: Tribal Women Take on Forest Ranger Roles
- Inter Press Service
Jasinta Nokrek loves nothing better than to range through the dense Modhupur forest, the way her Garo tribal ancestors have always done.
NICARAGUA: Court Downgrades Rape to 'Fit of Passion'
- Inter Press Service
The rape of a young woman that has become a symbolic case in Nicaragua was ruled a 'crime of passion' by the Supreme Court in a verdict that is suspected to have political overtones.
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