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CHINA: Binge-drinking Culture Turning from Fun to Lethal
- Inter Press Service
After Chen Lusheng, a police sergeant from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, died in December after an off-duty night of heavy drinking with local officials, his superiors tried to have him designated a 'martyr' who 'died in the line of duty,' so that his family would receive greater compensation.
CHILE: Aftershocks Rock Inaugural Ceremony
- Inter Press Service
While Chile's new rightwing President Sebastián Piñera, who announced that he would lead 'a government of reconstruction,' was being sworn in Thursday, the earthquake-ravaged country was shaken by major aftershocks.
KENYA: Proposed Constitutional Amendment Sets Back Women’s Rights
- Inter Press Service
Lillian Mutuku, a 34-year-old mother of three, describes her home in Katine area, in Kenya’s Eastern province Tala, as a harsh place to live. The soil is poor, she says, the sun beats down mercilessly and vegetation is sparse.
SOUTH AFRICA: Gender Loses Out in Basic Education Crisis
- Inter Press Service
With the 15th-year review of the 1995 Beijing World Conference on Women taking place at the ongoing Commission on the Status of Women in New York, South African teachers and education experts say they fear that a special focus on the advancement of girls is getting lost amidst the growing levels of poverty in the country.
SOMALIA: U.S. Should Accept Islamist Authority, Report Says
- Inter Press Service
The United States should accept an 'Islamist authority' in Somalia as part of a 'constructive disengagement' strategy for the war-torn country, according to a new report released here by the influential Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) on Wednesday.
BURMA: Despite Loss at Oscars, Film A Testament to Courage
- Inter Press Service
It may have not won an Oscar, but its having been a final contender for the prestigious statue at the U.S. Academy Awards on Mar. 7 has taken ‘Burma VJ’ to heights never achieved by previous films depicting the oppression and courage in military-ruled Burma.
THAILAND: Media Caught in Red-or-Yellow Divide Too
- Inter Press Service
Anyone who is still trying to look for neutrality or balance in the Thai media in these days of political ferment, ahead of large anti-government protests expected in the capital, has a pretty tough job.
INDONESIA: Waste Composting Project Blazes Cleaner Path
- Inter Press Service
Battling the pain from a boil on his left thigh, 45-year-old Inggit Tukino pulled his two-wheeled cart through the overcrowded alleys of a slum in Rawabebek, Penjaringan hamlet in here North Jakarta.
VIETNAM: Reports of Child Abuse A Wake-up Call for Parent, Gov't
- Inter Press Service
Vietnamese parents think of day care centres and kindergartens as safe, happy places to leave their children in, given the pressures of work and harder times. But they are no longer so sure now, after a series of incidents about mistreatment of young children that has shocked the public.
RIGHTS: Africa's Success Stories in Gender Empowerment
- Inter Press Service
Whenever gender empowerment is a vibrant topic of discussion internationally, some of the countries in Europe, Asia and Latin America are invariably singled out for their success stories in politics, education, health care or civil liberties even as Africa is mostly left out of political reckoning - and wrongly so.
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