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ENVIRONMENT: European Activists Against Economic Growth
- Inter Press Service
The global environmental crisis requires replacing the existing capitalist model of production with one that promotes 'selective degrowth' of the economy and the restricted and responsible exploitation of natural resources, according to European experts and activists.
THAILAND: Anti-Gov’t Protesters Use Cultural Taboo as Weapon
- Inter Press Service
'I know the word; I understand it; I love it,' street artist Chuwit Kunasawat said, using his pencil-thin brush, dipped in deep red ink, to paint on the right cheek of an anti-government protester.
POLITICS-HUNGARY: Rightward Swing Has Fascist Overtones
- Inter Press Service
In the autumn of 2006 Hungary was rocked by a series of anti-government protests triggered by the release of a tape in which then prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány confessed to his Social-Democratic Party (MSZP) having lied to win elections that year. Now it is payback time.
WATER-ZAMBIA: Lozi Make Annual Migration to Higher Ground
- Inter Press Service
Josias Akataama spent March watching the moon wane above, and flood waters rise from below. Only with the sighting of the new moon, would the men, women and children of Kandiani know when they could leave the water-logged village for higher ground.
SIERRA LEONE: Anti-Corruption Campaign Nabs Top Officials
- Inter Press Service
The crusade against corruption seems to be gathering momentum in this West African country, with the arrest and prosecution of senior government officials, including cabinet ministers.
AGRICULTURE: Affordable Solution to Costly Pests
- Inter Press Service
The International Centre for Plant Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), based at Mbita, on the Kenyan shores of the world’s second-largest freshwater body, is advocating 'push-pull cultivation' as the answer to feeding future generations in Africa.
NAMIBIA: Banking Water for the Future
- Inter Press Service
In the driest capital city south of the Sahara, water engineers are 'banking' ground water to meet future demand, but the enormous costs might sink the project before water can be harvested.
BRAZIL-CHINA: An Asymmetric Trading Partnership
- Inter Press Service
'Brazil must increase the added value of its sales' to balance its trade with China, said Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the only note of criticism in his references to the partnership between the two countries after they signed a Joint Action Plan.
PARAGUAY: Native Group Defends Land Claim Before Inter-American Court
- Inter Press Service
One of the three public hearings held this week in Lima by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights discussed the responsibility of the Paraguayan state for violations of the right of indigenous communities to collective ownership of their land.
Emerging Powers Cooking Up New International Order
- Inter Press Service
Since the emergence of the Non-Aligned Movement, there has been no louder and more compelling call for a rethinking of the international economic system as the one issued this week in Brazil by the leaders of the main emerging powers.
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