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CHINA: Thirty Years On, Debate Emerges Over One-child Policy
- Inter Press Service
Adapt at navigating through politically sensitive anniversaries, the Chinese government has one more socially volatile date marked in its calendar: this year’s 30th anniversary of its one-child policy.
Q&A: Independence of Sudan's Electoral Commission Questioned
- Inter Press Service
Sudan's National Electoral Commission says problems are limited to a few constituencies. But election monitors have observed irregularities across the country.
/UPDATE/SUDAN: Problems Lead to Extended Vote
- Inter Press Service
Polling will be postponed in some constituencies in Sudan where technical irregularities marred the voting process, the country’s electoral commission says.
FINANCE: Zoellick Sees End of 'Third World'
- Inter Press Service
The 2009 global financial crisis marked the definitive end of longstanding paradigms of the global economy and development, such as the 'Third World' and 'North-South', according to World Bank President Robert Zoellick.
CUBA: Quake Damage Begins at Home
- Inter Press Service
With the wounds exposed by earthquakes in Haiti, Chile and other parts of the Americas, Cuba is beginning to focus on its own great challenge: adapting construction for housing that can withstand strong tremors.
ECONOMY: Voluntary Simplicity - Answer to Financial Meltdown
- Inter Press Service
The global financial crisis offered an opportunity to reform the economic system and participants in a conference on ‘degrowth’ in Barcelona, last week, appeared determined not to lose it.
ZIMBABWE: EU and U.S. Exhibitors Stay Far Away from Trade Fair
- Inter Press Service
Companies from the European Union and the U.S. will not feature at this year’s Zimbabwe International Trade Fair despite the formation of a government of national unity last year.
THAILAND: Uncertainty Hovers Over New Year Revelry
- Inter Press Service
Very few things — not even the political gridlock that erupted into violence a few days ago — can prevent Thais from celebrating the traditional New Year, marked by drenching one another with water. But this year’s festivities were more muted than usual amid the uncertainty around the anti-government protests, which have lasted for more than a month now.
DEVELOPMENT: Farmers on Fringe of Intl Agriculture Policy?
- Inter Press Service
How's this for short-sighted: A billion people go hungry every day, food prices have climbed 30 to 40 percent, climate change is reducing agricultural production - and for the past two decades, the world slashed has investments in public-funded agriculture until it is a pittance in most countries.
THAILAND: Gov’t Toughens Stance on Protests after Crackdown
- Inter Press Service
The prospect of peace returning to Bangkok’s streets following a bloody crackdown over the weekend remains elusive as the Thai government toughens its stance to go after a mass protest movement, including the arrest of its leaders.
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