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POLITICS-CUBA: Left Speechless
- Inter Press Service
The anniversary of the attack on the Moncada barracks, commemorating Revolution Day, one of the most important dates on Cuba's calendar, found the country caught up in speculation that Fidel Castro might appear on the platform, and raised fresh expectations about changes promised four years ago.
Q&A: 'NGOs Are Here to Stay'
- Inter Press Service
InterAction is the largest alliance of U.S.-based NGOs, with over 190 members. Its head, Sam Worthington, spoke recently with IPS about the role of NGOs in Haiti, the U.S. and throughout the world.
POLITICS: U.S.-China Tensions Loom in South China Sea Disputes
- Inter Press Service
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s recent passage through South-east Asia saw Washington close ranks with its former adversary Vietnam, sending a warning to Asian heavyweight China that its assertive foreign policy in the region will be challenged.
CAMBODIA: 30 Years in Jail Too Short for Khmer Rouge Leader - Victims
- Inter Press Service
The Khmer Rouge tribunal delivered its first verdict Monday and sentenced a top leader of genocidal regime, Comrade Duch, to 30 years behind bars, but many victims were left complaining over this sentence outside the emotional courtroom.
KENYA: Jury Still Out on Traditional Birth Attendants
- Inter Press Service
A group of women huddled together sitting on stones in front of traditional birth attendant Elizabeth Sibuor's home in Nairobi's Mathare slum. One of them, 21-year-old Eunice Okoth, is heavily pregnant, her face anxious. She rises as quickly as she can and follows Sibuor into her one-roomed house.
ZIMBABWE: 'Free' Maternal Health Care Too Costly For Most
- Inter Press Service
As African Union heads of state consider child and maternal health at the 2010 summit in Kampala, Uganda, the perennial question of user fees has reared its head in Zimbabwe. Fees for services are opening a growing gap between policy and implementation in maternal health care in the Southern African country.
MALAWI: Government Money-Saving Measure Costs Traders Dearly
- Inter Press Service
The Malawian government’s new cost-cutting prohibition on the hosting of conferences, training sessions and workshops on the shores of Lake Malawi has hit small-scale merchants who ply their trade on the roadsides and beaches of the fresh-water lake.
MALAYSIA: Gender Paradox Means Too Few Women Decision-makers
- Inter Press Service
It is a paradox, all right.
SRI LANKA: War Over, But Women Wage Battle For Survival
- Inter Press Service
It was a typically hot, humid day in this eastern coastal village. The sun burned down from a cloudless sky, roasting the skin as an angry sea breeze swatted the faces of the few foolish enough to venture out onto the deserted main road that runs through town.
ECONOMY: Latin America Grows Despite Global Uncertainties
- Inter Press Service
More fixed capital investment to improve competition, greater added value to exported goods and services, and tax reforms to finance social policies are some of the challenges Latin America and the Caribbean face in the uncertain global economic panorama.
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