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BRAZIL: Fewer Slum Dwellers Thanks to Upgrading
- Inter Press Service
A United Nations report published ahead of the Fifth World Urban Forum in Brazil says the proportion of the population of this country living in 'favelas' or shantytowns was reduced 16 percent between 2000 and 2010.
U.S.: Water Crisis High on Policy Agenda, Clinton Says
- Inter Press Service
On a rainy morning here Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton emphasised the centrality to U.S. foreign policy of addressing the world's water challenges.
DEVELOPMENT: Haiti Must Destroy Before Rebuilding
- Inter Press Service
When the Jan. 12 earthquake struck this mountainous country, in less than a minute, it transformed it from one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere to the largest construction site this side of the Atlantic.
POLITICS-THAILAND: Bangkok Protesters Tap Rural Protest Strategy
- Inter Press Service
Once a stronghold of Thailand’s banned communist party, this north-east rural outpost has been drawing a different kind of people railing against the political order set in the capital Bangkok.
POLITICS-SRI LANKA: Scepticism Greets Human Rights Plan
- Inter Press Service
Pressured by the west and international groups over its human right record, the Sri Lankan government is close to finalising a roadmap on safeguarding civil and political liberties.
CHINA: State Media Pushing for a Global Voice
- Inter Press Service
Expanded overseas bureaus, more Chinese and foreign-language editorial products reaching global audiences and now, a reformatting of the country’s most widely read English-language newspaper. These are signs of the expansion of China’s state media, one that President Hu Jintao has described as an 'increasingly fierce struggle in the domain of news and opinion'.
EAST AFRICA: Impatient EU Pushes for Progress on EPA Trade Deal
- Inter Press Service
The European Commission (EC) is increasing the pressure on the East African Community (EAC) to sign the free trade deal known as an economic partnership agreement with the EU.
POLITICS-NEPAL: Statesman’s Death Leaves Worries About Peace Process
- Inter Press Service
The death of Girida Prasad Koirala, who played a role in some of the biggest political changes in Nepal in recent decades, has many wondering about what will happen to the fragile peace process that he is widely credited for having mad possible.
POLITICS-SUDAN: African Leaders Call for Peaceful Elections
- Inter Press Service
With less than a month to the historic multi-party poll in Africa’s largest country, Sudan, eminent African leaders are calling for a peaceful and calm election process.
ECONOMY: Greek Crisis Impacts the Balkans
- Inter Press Service
Serious concerns are being raised about the impact of the ongoing recession in Greece on the political and economic situation in the neighbouring Balkans.
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