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ENVIRONMENT: Australia Backflips on Climate Action
- Inter Press Service
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s Labor Party has made much of its plans to tackle climate change even before it came to power with victory in the country’s 2007 election.
ASTRONOMY: Big Southern Eye in Search of Extraterrestrial Life
- Inter Press Service
The construction of the world's largest telescope in the northern region of Antofagasta could make Chile an international leader in astronomy research and provide a launch pad for developing other scientific disciplines.
PHILIPPINES: On Eve of Poll, Voters Long for a Clean President
- Inter Press Service
The cheers from the final campaign rallies of nine presidential candidates have faded away, and it is just hours before Filipinos go to the polls on Monday. But voters like Roberto Mendoza doubt that the next president can tackle problems like corruption that have long hounded this South-east Asian country.
MALI: Farmers Restore Forests
- Inter Press Service
Villagers in the interior delta of the Niger River, already experiencing the harsh impacts of climate change, have a good understanding of the need to restore forests decimated by drought. Where forest cover has been rehabilitated, it is already reshaping the surrounding environment - and economy.
Brazil Exports Technology While Farmers at Home Do Without
- Inter Press Service
Brazil has become an agricultural power in recent decades as a result of know-how that is now an important export item and part of its international cooperation programme. But the technology developed does not reach the vast majority of farmers within the country itself.
Q&A: Anti-Counterfeit Policy Will Provide 'Proper' Generics
- Inter Press Service
The anti-counterfeit draft policy and law that the East African Community (EAC) is currently considering will ensure access to 'proper' generic medicines and not fakes, EAC secretary general Juma Mwapachu says in defence of a policy which is criticised as blocking affordable and legitimate generic medicines.
JAPAN: Promised U.S. Base Relocation: Made to Be Broken?
- Inter Press Service
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama’s disastrous visit this week to Okinawa island, host to the largest U.S. military bases in Japan, has highlighted a rocky road ahead for the country’s much awaited change pledged by the postwar democratic and socialist government that came to power in August 2009.
ENVIRONMENT: Small Islands Urge Action at UN Oceans Meet
- Inter Press Service
Faced with rising sea levels, dying coral reefs and decreasing fish stocks, small island developing states (SIDS) are feeling the effects of ocean decline, and they want wealthier countries to do more to ensure the survival of the world’s seas and other waterways.
PHILIPPINES: After Nine Years, a President’s Lost Political Capital
- Inter Press Service
The longest-serving Philippine president in decades, Gloria Macapagal Arrroyo has seen consistent economic growth during her tenure, and boasts of statistics showing nearly three million jobs created and the country getting 15 percent of the world’s business process outsourcing industry.
Chad Redoubles Efforts Against Polio
- Inter Press Service
The polio vaccination campaign under way in Chad has added significance in 2010. The country recorded zero polio cases in 2004, but 66 cases of wild polio were reported in 2009, according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.
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