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HAITI: Artists Join UN to Rebuild Cultural Life
- Inter Press Service
As international donors prepare to meet at the United Nations headquarters in New York to discuss ways to rebuild Haiti, after the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake, the country’s artistic community has been mobilising to make culture a key aspect of reconstruction.
HEALTH-ZAMBIA: Government’s SMS System for HIV Test Results
- Inter Press Service
HIV-positive Bupe Mwamba, 22, lies next to her newborn baby girl at the rural clinic she just gave birth in and wonders if her baby is HIV-positive too.
SOUTH AFRICA: Ready To Tackle Human Trafficking?
- Inter Press Service
The expected arrival of 350,000 football fans in South Africa for the World Cup in June has provoked fears of increased levels of human trafficking. A new study suggests that one major obstacle to preventing this is the lack of accurate information about the extent of the problem.
BRAZIL: Bringing the Multicoloured Soul of the Favela to Life
- Inter Press Service
The 'favelas' or shanty towns of Brazil are a uniform red ochre, the colour of unplastered brick walls. But two visual artists from the Netherlands want to paint them every colour under the sun, a facelift intended to showcase the colourful soul of these poverty-stricken neighbourhoods.
SRI LANKA: Attack Over ‘Offensive’ Music Video Revives Old Fears
- Inter Press Service
Anger against the popular rap and hip-hop singer Akon, whose music video has footage of bikini-clad women dancing near a Buddha statue, may have been just a ruse used in this week’s attack on a private media house in Sri Lanka, media advocates fear.
LAOS: Residents Fret Over Parched Mekong River
- Inter Press Service
Like many residents of this slow-paced Lao capital, graduate student Packno usually enjoys meeting up with her family and friends for dinner at any of the restaurants along the Mekong River.
AFRICA: Illegal Fishing in Guinea’s Waters 'Worst in the World'
- Inter Press Service
Rampant illegal fishing is hitting some of the poorest West African countries the hardest as this practice is globally most rife in the east central Atlantic Ocean area, which covers the territorial waters of some 15 African countries from Morocco and Mauritania in the north to Angola in the south.
BAHRAIN: Debate on Proposed Alcohol Ban Far From Over
- Inter Press Service
Legislators say it would encourage more Islamic behaviour and cure social ills, but critics say a complete ban by Bahrain on selling alcohol would mean big losses in tax revenues and lead to a black market in liquor.
POLITICS: G20 Big Powers Under Scrutiny by Smaller Nations
- Inter Press Service
When the G20, representing some of world's politically and economically powerful developing and industrial nations, suddenly gained a higher profile with the onset of the global financial crisis two years ago, there was apprehension the group would sooner or later try to upstage the United Nations and its key decision-making role.
LATIN AMERICA: IDB Agrees to Reforms, But NGOs Will Keep Up Pressure
- Inter Press Service
Although social organisations in the region got the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to agree to a process of internal reforms, there are still doubts about how the changes will be reflected in the multilateral lender's new strategy.
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