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AUSTRALIA: Marine Biodiversity Threatened by Oil, Gas Exploration
- Inter Press Service
In early July, whales from the world’s largest population of humpbacks began arriving in the warm, subtropical waters off Australia’s north-west coast to breed and nurse their young.
MADAGASCAR: Women Form Own Political Parties for Fair Representation
- Inter Press Service
Brigitte Rasamoelina and Yvette Sylla are women with two different approaches to politics in Madagascar. One formed a political party, while the other decided to legalise her organisation as an association. But both women are considering running in Madagascar's November elections.
HEALTH: Uganda Authority Finding Less Counterfeit Drugs
- Inter Press Service
Uganda’s National Drug Authority (NDA) says the failure rate among samples of medicines tested at their laboratories has fallen by 15 percent from the early 2000s. This serves as a possible indication of a drop in the availability of counterfeit medicines in the East African country.
SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Thailand Faces Flak for Backing Mekong Dams
- Inter Press Service
Northern Thai villagers living on Mekong River’s banks are poised to join a growing tide of opposition against a planned cascade of 11 dams to be built on the mainstream of South-east Asia’s largest body of water.
TRADE-NAMIBIA: EU Backs Off on EPA
- Inter Press Service
European Union (EU) Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht has appeased leading European nongovernmental organisations on the negotiations for a Southern African economic partnership agreement (EPA), promising 'not to put undue pressure' on countries.
Familiar Pledges on Child and Maternal Health in Africa
- Inter Press Service
During the three-day summit of African Union heads of state, roughly 37,000 children and 2,000 women died across Africa, mostly from preventable causes, says a civil society coalition for child and maternal health. The coalition welcomed African leaders' pledge to make more resources available.
JAPAN: Rising Wages Won’t Scare Investors Away from China
- Inter Press Service
Common business wisdom would have it that rising wages are bad news for foreign investors, but analysts here say that workers’ clamour for higher pay in Japanese factories in China will not send them packing from that country anytime soon.
U.N. Declares Water and Sanitation a Basic Human Right
- Inter Press Service
When the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) back in December 1948, 58 member states voted for a historic document covering political, economic, social and cultural rights.
TRADE: Malawi Stands Firm on Conditions for Signing EPA
- Inter Press Service
The Malawian government has again stood firm in the face of calls by the European Union (EU) to sign an economic partnership agreement (EPA) -- even after top-level EU officials visited the southern Africa to convince it to put pen to paper.
SIERRA LEONE: Defining New Role for Traditional Birth Attendants
- Inter Press Service
Posseh Sesay will never be able to bear children again following a tragic birthing experience at the hands of her village traditional birth attendant (TBA).
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