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MIDEAST: Most Palestinians in Lebanon Stay Unemployed
- Inter Press Service
Lebanon’s record of segregating Palestinians is not much better than that of Israel. Since their exodus here, after the establishment of Israel in 1948, Palestinians have been systemically denied equal employment and social rights.
SRI LANKA: U.N. Wants Economic Recovery for Former Conflict Zone
- Inter Press Service
With thousands of war affected civilians still without livelihood and an economy still reeling from the aftermath of a decades-long conflict in Sri Lanka’s northern region, plans should be in place to revive local economies and jobs, says a top United Nations official.
BALKANS: Laying to Rest the Ghosts of the Past - With Truth
- Inter Press Service
This year marks 15 years since the bloody war in Bosnia - Herzegovina (BH) ended. Apart from the 44-month siege of the capital of Sarajevo by Bosnian Serb forces there was the massacre of some 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys after the United Nations-protected enclave of Srebrenica fell into their hands.
SOUTH-EAST ASIA: China Goes for Friendly Giant Role in Mekong
- Inter Press Service
The Mekong River is steadily emerging as a testing ground for public diplomacy, Chinese style. Beijing, it appears, wants to reach out to its southern neighbours who share the river more as a friendly giant than an imposing bully.
INDIA: Experts Rue Untold Damage to Marine, Coastal Ecosystems
- Inter Press Service
In mid-April this year, MV Malavika, a cargo ship of the Essar Shipping Corporation, a major sea logistics firm in India, leaked an estimated eight tonnes of furnace oil after being struck by a barge near the Gopalpur port on the eastern Indian coast of Orissa.
HEALTH-ASIA: New Infectious Diseases a Challenge to MDG Success
- Inter Press Service
While successful immunisation programmes worldwide have saved millions of lives, the threat of new infectious diseases and drug-resistant strains of existing diseases is posing a major challenge to governments, especially in developing regions like Asia, in meeting their commitment to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
EU: 'Aid Must Also Aid the Giver'
- Inter Press Service
Aid to poor countries should be tailored more towards benefiting European firms, a top-level Brussels official has recommended.
Q&A: ‘True African Leaders Have Nothing to Fear From ICC’
- Inter Press Service
As the first Review Conference of the Rome Statute that established the International Criminal Court takes stock of the ICC's achievements and considers amendments to strengthen the pursuit of justice around the world, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize is one of its strongest defenders.
Kenyan Women Look to the Hague for Justice
- Inter Press Service
Hanging from a rafter in Jane Wanjiku’s home is a calendar bearing the image of the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo. It's an illustration of how the ICC has seized the imagination of ill-treated people around the world.
THAILAND: Scientists Race to Find Microspecies Useful for Medicine
- Inter Press Service
She spends so much time immersed in water as if she were a mermaid. But Jariya Sakayaroj looks like she does not mind even if she ends up developing scales.
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