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MEXICO: Scientists Reinvent the Corn Tortilla
- Inter Press Service
The process of making corn tortillas - the filling, age-old traditional food throughout much of Mexico and Central America - pollutes huge volumes of water and consumes a great deal of energy.
MALAWI: Climate Change Is Changing Farming Methods
- Inter Press Service
As they slept soundly on the night of Feb. 28, a family of four was killed when their house collapsed over their heads in Malawi’s southern district of Chikhwawa.
RIGHTS: U.S. Criticised over Soaring Housing Costs
- Inter Press Service
On Friday, the richest and most powerful country on earth was the subject of a damning report submitted to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva.
HEALTH: Prescription Drug Abuse on the Increase
- Inter Press Service
Twenty-two-year-old Sara Allen* uses prescription medication to get high.
RIGHTS-SWAZILAND: Property Rights At Last for Women
- Inter Press Service
A recent court ruling has finally given Swazi women the right to own and administer property in their own names.
HAITI: Experts Urge Sea Change in 'Culture of Aid'
- Inter Press Service
A delegation of human rights experts is preparing to visit Haiti to assess the human rights and aid situation in the earthquake-crippled nation and to urge the international community to follow a series of guidelines they have prepared to help donors' to 'overcome the mistakes of the past.'
CUBA: A Good Old Age in Old Havana
- Inter Press Service
In the centre of Old Havana, historic buildings are being restored without neglecting the occupants who are their heart and soul. The priority is to care for elderly residents with programmes that could become a model for the rest of Cuba, whose population is ageing fast.
VIETNAM: War Movie with Peace Theme Seeks to Heal Wounds
- Inter Press Service
A Vietnamese film that is vying for an Oscar this month offers a glimpse into how Vietnam and the United States are healing decades-old war wounds, as well as how that war still generates emotional debate today.
POLITICS: Sri Lanka, Britain Spar Again Over Tigers
- Inter Press Service
Tensions between Sri Lanka and Britain may have calmed down somewhat after the civil conflict ended in this South Asian country last year, but are rising again after the government accused London of aiding the defeated Tamil Tigers to regroup internationally.
RIGHTS-CHINA: For Dissident’s Wife, A Time of Waiting
- Inter Press Service
Long before Liu Xiaobo, China’s most prominent political dissident and co- author of the Charter 08 call for political reform, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for 'incitement to subvert state power,' his wife, Liu Xia, had accepted his fate.
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