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PHILIPPINES: Media Take a Hit in Hostage Crisis
- Inter Press Service
In the wake of the bungled hostage-rescue operation that left eight Hong Kong tourists and the gunman dead, the Philippine media are finding themselves a target of anger by many who say that sensationalism and no-holds-barred coverage added to the bloody end to a crisis they call an international embarrassment.
CHILE: Coal Plants Under Fire
- Inter Press Service
Controversial plans to build the Barrancones thermoelectric plant near a protected area in the northern Chilean region of Coquimbo were cancelled Friday, but not before reopening debate on other projects for polluting coal-fired power stations.
Sudan's President and Criminal Court in Cat-and-Mouse Game
- Inter Press Service
Sudan's elusive President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir and the unrelenting Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno-Ocampo are playing a political cat- and-mouse game.
AFRICA: Outrage Over Claim that Anti-GM Campaign 'Causes Hunger'
- Inter Press Service
Civil society organisations have reacted with outrage to claims that the international campaign against genetically modified (GM) crops is partly responsible for food shortages and food insecurity in Africa.
SOUTH-EAST ASIA: China Flexes Hydropower Muscle
- Inter Press Service
After all the turbines in the Xiaowan hydropower station sputtered to life this week in China’s south-west Yunnan province, the Asian giant was able to lay claim to having the world’s largest hydropower capacity.
Mali Nomads Flee Drought
- Inter Press Service
Nomadic communities in northern Mali's desert regions are facing one of the most serious droughts of the last twenty years.
INDIA: Activists Use Legal Weapons to Stop Thermal Power Plants
- Inter Press Service
Green activists have various ways of pushing their causes, from enlisting movie stars to launching protests, but India’s campaigners have also been quietly using legal weapons to try to get the projects they oppose, such as thermal plants, stopped or reversed.
SOUTH AFRICA: Public Health Strained by Nurses' Strike
- Inter Press Service
Striking health workers have continued their work stoppage despite accusations that it endangers patients' lives. They are part of a nationwide strike by public sector workers that has some observers concerned that rising wage demands could harm South Africa's economy.
CULTURE-CHINA: Now Showing — Independent Films
- Inter Press Service
While Hollywood blockbusters and state-funded historical epics continue to dominate China’s box office, a vibrant independent film scene is quietly growing.
UGANDA: Unfriendly Nurses and Culture Hinder Male Involvement in HIV Prevention
- Inter Press Service
Irene Wangolo was advised to take an HIV test during her antenatal visit and to return to the clinic with her husband so they could be counselled on preventing HIV transmission to their unborn baby.
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