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CHINA: Public Space Shrinks for Discussing Fate of Heritage Area
- Inter Press Service
The emails started arriving two weeks ago, first in a trickle but slowly in increasing numbers. They talked about a public forum to discuss plans for the controversial redevelopment of a historical area of the Chinese capital Beijing.
BURMA: In Opting for Poll Boycott, Suu Kyi’s Party Goes for Broke
- Inter Press Service
If Burma’s military regime goes ahead with its promised general election this year, some 27.2 million voters will be deprived of the chance to cast a ballot for the political party that has come to symbolise democratic hope in that oppressed nation.
HAITI: Looking More and More Like a War Zone
- Inter Press Service
On an empty road in Cite Militaire, an industrial zone across from the slums of Cite Soleil, a group of women are gathered around a single white sack of U.S. rice. The rice was handed out Monday morning at a food distribution by the Christian relief group World Vision.
RIGHTS-SIERRA LEONE: Journalists Under Attack
- Inter Press Service
Sierra Leone has become a place of torment for journalists practicing their profession.
CLIMATE CHANGE: From Copenhagen to Cochabamba
- Inter Press Service
A different way of fighting global warming will be tried out in the central Bolivian city of Cochabamba when government representatives and thousands of activists gather for the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth.
DEVELOPMENT: EU Playing Aid Politics With Aid Policy
- Inter Press Service
The world's poor appear to have become pawns in a political battle over the European Union's (EU) new diplomatic corps.
BIODIVERSITY-EUROPE: Sturgeons Return to the Danube
- Inter Press Service
A century ago, when the Danube was still blue, it teemed with beluga sturgeon, as did the Rhine with salmon. But industrialisation and the construction of canals and dams have destroyed the habitat of both species of fish.
VENEZUELA: New Frogs Appear; Their Discoverers Disappear
- Inter Press Service
Shortly after it informed the world of the discovery of three new species of frogs, the environmental organisation Fundación Andígena closed its doors in Venezuela this month due to lack of financial support.
DEVELOPMENT-INDIA: Banking on Women
- Inter Press Service
Rinki Kumari’s white laminate-topped desk at the Bank of India’s branch here in Sahdeokhap village in eastern Bihar state is easily the busiest, with men, women and even children crowding around her.
PAKISTAN: Militancy, Security Fears Defeat National Games
- Inter Press Service
By now, Pakistan’s National Games should have been underway, with spectators cheering on the men and women competing in them. Instead, athletes and officials are ruing how militancy and violence have caused the games’ postponement.
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