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ENERGY: Brazilian Dams in Peru's Jungle, to Supply Brazil
- Inter Press Service
An energy deal that Peru and Brazil signed this week in the Amazon city of Manaus in Brazil is opposed by environmentalists and local indigenous communities in Peru where the planned hydroelectric dams will be built. What is at stake?
UNDP Unveils Agenda to Spur Anti-Poverty Goals
- Inter Press Service
After an economic assessment of some 50 countries, the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) has come up with a 'concrete action agenda' to accelerate progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
PARAGUAY: 'Pause' Farming Expansion in Gran Chaco, Say Activists
- Inter Press Service
Extensive cattle farming in northwestern Paraguay is the leading cause of deforestation in the Gran Chaco, one of the world's leading regions in biodiversity and South America's second largest forested area, after the Amazon.
JAPAN: Women’s Increased Buying Power a Boost to Economy
- Inter Press Service
Asako Nakano, 52, a company employee, invested in a condominium two summers ago, settling the deal with a down payment of around 155,000 U.S. dollars from her savings.
DR CONGO: Pursuing Rebels at What Price
- Inter Press Service
Operation Amani Leo, launched jointly by MONUC (the United Nations Mission in Congo) and FARDC (the Congolese army) in January to regain control of mining territories in the eastern provinces of North and South Kivu from rebels, while ensuring security for the local population has been extended to September. But Congolese women are arguing for changes in the conduct of military operations.
EAST EUROPE: Healthcare Ails as Doctors, Nurses Emigrate
- Inter Press Service
Senior medical figures in Eastern Europe have issued stark warnings that the region's healthcare sector is both unstable and unsustainable as health workers continue to leave in droves for jobs abroad.
INDIA: Muslim Women Explore Opportunity in Non-Traditional Fields
- Inter Press Service
In a small, dingy and humid room inside a house in Metiabruz, a poor Muslim- dominated locality in Kolkata in eastern India, at least 20 Muslim women, aged 16 to 28, can hardly contain their enthusiasm as they talk about their aspirations and why they decided to study information technology (IT), a short-term course offered for a minimal fee by a non-government organisation operating in their area.
CUBA: How to Hurricane-Proof a Caribbean Island
- Inter Press Service
The residents of Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth), the second largest of the Cuban archipelago, know a lot about hurricanes, but it wasn't enough to avoid the destructive power of Hurricane Gustav two years ago.
MEDIA: Mobile Journalism on the Rise in Asia
- Inter Press Service
What do the protests in Burma, bombings in Jakarta, the recent earthquake in Haiti and the massive devastation left by typhoon Ketsana in the Philippines have in common?
SOMALIA: Questions Abound about EU’s 'Combating' of Piracy
- Inter Press Service
Modern German justice had never handled a case of piracy until Jun 11, when 10 Somali seafarers, including children, were presented at a tribunal in the city port of Hamburg, some 300 km west from Berlin, on charges of robbing cargo in the Indian Ocean.
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