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  1. Protecting Tanzania’s Farmers from Weather Extremes

    - Inter Press Service

    MOROGORO, Tanzania, Nov 14 (IPS) - When Habiba Msoga from Kiroka village, in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, first began applying a method of rice cultivation that was different from what her fellow farmers traditionally used, they laughed at her.

  2. Scuppered Iran Deal Faces Scrutiny in U.S. Congress

    - Inter Press Service

    WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (IPS) - The anticipated agreement over Iran's controversial nuclear programme that seemed to slip away in the last stage of talks in Geneva last week is now being hotly debated on Capitol Hill.

  3. U.N. Climate Meet: "It's About Survival"

    - Inter Press Service

    WARSAW, Nov 13 (IPS) - For the small island developing states of the Caribbean, there is nothing more important than the United Nations Climate Change Conference taking place here at the national stadium of Poland from Nov. 11-22.

  4. Oil Palm Expands on Deforested Land in Brazil’s Rainforest

    - Inter Press Service

    MOJÚ/TOMÉ-AÇU, Pará, Brazil, Nov 13 (IPS) - The green of the oil palm plantations is unbroken along kilometre after kilometre of red soil, devastated in the past by loggers and ranchers. The oil palm, a sign of alarm for some and of hope for others, is here to stay in the Amazon rainforest state of Pará in the extreme north of this country.

  5. Idyllic Island Confronts Bloody Past

    - Inter Press Service

    AUKI, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands, Nov 13 (IPS) - Anguish over the whereabouts of loved ones who went missing during a five-year civil conflict that ended a decade ago continues for countless families in the Solomon Islands. Searching for the remains of those who disappeared is vital to enduring peace in this culturally diverse south-west Pacific island nation of 550,000.

  6. Middle East Women Mean Business

    - Inter Press Service

    CAIRO, Nov 13 (IPS) - Evidence is mounting to suggest women entrepreneurs are more common in the Middle East than in startup capital Silicon Valley, and some even say it's a more supportive place for them to start a business.

  7. St. Vincent’s Volcano Holds More Promise Than Peril

    - Inter Press Service

    KINGSTOWN, Nov 12 (IPS) - Weary of sky-high electricity prices, St. Vincent is following in the footsteps of another, decidedly un-tropical island nearly 4,000 miles away in its quest to harness clean geothermal power.

  8. OP-ED: Saudi Anger Masks Concern About Loss of Influence

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (IPS) - Saudi Arabia's public anger against the United States masks the kingdom's growing concern about its diminishing influence in the Persian Gulf and the wider Arab world.

  9. For Poland the Right Way Is Coal

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    WARSAW, Nov 12 (IPS) - These are busy days in the Polish capital Warsaw, even if it doesn't show. The United Nations Climate Change Conference COP 19 has opened at the National Stadium, while on the other side of the river Wisla the Polish far right gathered for their annual march on Independence Day on Monday.

  10. Rwandans Poised to Take on African Fashion

    - Inter Press Service

    KIGALI, Nov 12 (IPS) - When Rwandan designer Colombe Ituze Ndutiye began drawing at the age of six, she thought she would grow up to be a cartoonist.

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