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COSTA RICA: Holiday Homes, Hotels Endangering Ecotourism
- Inter Press Service
The boom in construction projects on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica is threatening biodiversity and compromising the future of the country's widely promoted ecological tourism, says a study by Costa Rican and U.S. scientists.
BURMA: Donors View Civil Society in New Light after Nargis
- Inter Press Service
Local civil society organisations and community groups who rushed to help victims after the powerful Cyclone Nargis tore through military-ruled Burma two years ago are reaping rewards for their risky and tireless labour.
SIERRA LEONE: Bold Plan for Maternal Health
- Inter Press Service
A woman alone: Josephine Bangali fetches water from the well to set to boil over a wood fire so she can sterilise her instruments.
Ramping up Malaria Prevention in Angola
- Inter Press Service
Crouched on an upturned plastic box, Eva Angelino bounces 11-month old Odelina on her knee, trying to stop her crying. Mother and daughter are waiting in line outside a public health centre not far from the city centre of Angola’s capital Luanda.
Indigenous Forum Closes on Note of Hope, and Caution
- Inter Press Service
Friday marked the last day of the two-week Ninth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, with attendees expressing optimism but also concern about the ongoing encroachment of industrial and development projects into native lands.
Security Council Faulted for Gender Hypocrisy
- Inter Press Service
Ten years after a United Nations Security Council resolution aimed at re-evaluating women's roles in U.N.-brokered peacekeeping efforts, women are still underrepresented in the peacekeeping process.
U.S. States Consider Starting Their Own Banks
- Inter Press Service
At least eight U.S. states are considering proposals to start state-run banks in the wake of an economic crisis where many private banks ceased or greatly decreased their lending, literally shrinking the money pool available in state economies.
RIGHTS: Zambia Pushes Anti-Counterfeit Bill Despite Health Danger
- Inter Press Service
Zambia is pushing forward with formulating an anti-counterfeit draft law which will include medicines, despite the controversy that has surrounded similar laws in East Africa and despite having existing legislation which has been used to successfully prosecute counterfeiters of medicines.
PAKISTAN: Lack of Access to Contraception, Abortion Persist
- Inter Press Service
Perween Riaz, 36, waited till after she gave birth to her sixth child before she finally got herself sterilised.
BURMA: Two Years after Nargis, Life Is Far from Normal
- Inter Press Service
Kyaw Moe is just in his 30s, but he is already on his second shot at life — just like the rest of the residents of Thakan Ngu, a tiny Burmese village in this township of Bogalay.
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