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Q&A: DRC Journalists Have to be Very Careful
- Inter Press Service
Six journalists have been murdered in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the past six years, four of them in the Eastern region. Official investigations have failed to clarify the circumstances of any of these killings.
CHINA: Women Activists on the Forefront of Human Rights Movement
- Inter Press Service
Thirteen years ago a local official in north-east China’s Heilongjiang province tried to extort money from a woman named Liu Jie, who operated a successful cow farm.
ICELAND: Int'l Arrest Warrant Against Top Bank Official
- Inter Press Service
Vigorously pursuing those allegedly responsible for Iceland’s 2008 financial crisis, investigators have got issued an international arrest warrant against Sigurdur Einarsson, chairman of the board of governors of the failed Kaupthing Bank.
WORLD: Markets Can’t Self-Regulate; State Should Step In - UNCTAD
- Inter Press Service
The Washington Consensus is dead and the state must play a new role in development. The triple crises — economy, food and climate — show the need for a new developmental model as export-led growth and financial speculation in agricultural markets have proven to be disastrous.
Decent Work Still a Dream for South Africa's Domestic Workers
- Inter Press Service
The abuse of domestic workers, the majority of whom are women, is still widespread in South Africa despite calls for the government to intensify the implementation of the domestic workers law.
Death Penalty Back on the Agenda in Nigeria
- Inter Press Service
It has been nearly twenty years since an official execution has taken place in Nigeria. State governors have been unwilling to sign the execution warrants of persons on death row.
BRAZIL: Eviction from Rio's Slums Echoes Dark Past
- Inter Press Service
The longstanding debate between eviction or upgrading of Rio's 'favelas' or slums has gathered new force as this one-time capital of Brazil still shows the hillside scars left by rain-induced landslides in early April.
MEXICO: 'They're Killing Us Anyway'
- Inter Press Service
'Fuera Ecoltec!' (Get out Ecoltec!) protesters chanted in a demonstration Sunday in the Mexican town of Apaxco, one year after the start of a community blockade of a toxic waste processing plant run by a Swiss company.
Success of 'The Pill' Overshadowed by Family Planning Gaps
- Inter Press Service
The birth control pill, currently used by an estimated 100 million women worldwide, commemorated its 50th anniversary last week - but remains controversial in some quarters.
Mediterranean Bailout - German Virtue or Necessity?
- Inter Press Service
Under pressure from its European Union (EU) peers and confronted with the undeniable realities of the Greek financial collapse, the German government has finally given up its resistance to a multinational bailout programme for the Mediterranean EU member states.
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