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News headlines for “Immigration”, page 189
U.S. Urged to Put Development Aid over Border Security
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (IPS) - When U.S lawmakers departed Washington for a month-long recess, they left behind a simmering debate over what to do about the tens of thousands of Central American children and adults that continue to cross the U.S. southern border.
No Victors or Vanquished in Brutal Gaza Conflict
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 13 (IPS) - As the dust - and the gunpowder - settles after the month-long devastating conflict in Gaza, there were apparently no victors or vanquished.
OPINION: Islamic State in Iraq: Confronting the Threat
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (IPS) - The Islamic State's territorial expansion and barbaric executions in Iraq and Syria are a gathering threat and must be confronted. American air bombardment, however, is the wrong course of action, and will not necessarily weaken ISIS or DA'ISH, as it's known in Arabic.
Swamped by Rising Seas, Small Islands Seek a Lifeline
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 11 (IPS) - The world's 52 small island developing states (SIDS), some in danger of being wiped off the face of the earth because of sea-level rise triggered by climate change, will be the focus of an international conference in the South Pacific island nation of Samoa next month.
Qualified Backing for Obama’s Iraq Intervention
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 09 (IPS) - U.S. President Barack Obama's authorisation of limited military action in northern Iraq, announced in a national television address late Thursday night, has so far received support – albeit highly qualified in some cases -- from across the mainstream political spectrum.
Cuba’s Balsero Crisis Still an Open Wound, 20 Years On
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Aug 06 (IPS) - Tears, silence and evasive responses are the reactions from Cubans when they are asked about the "balseros" or rafters crisis; two decades after an exodus without parallel in Latin America, it remains a taboo subject in this Caribbean island nation.
Will Climate Change Lead to Conflict or Cooperation?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 04 (IPS) - The headline of every article about the relationship between climate change and conflict should be "It's complicated," according to Clionadh Raleigh.
In Pakistan, Militants Wear Aid Workers’ Clothing
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Aug 01 (IPS) - Muhammad Tufail, a 22-year-old resident of Mardan, one of 26 districts that comprise Pakistan's northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, has recently become a volunteer aid worker.
Politics Complicates Education in Lebanon’s Refugee Camps
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Aug 01 (IPS) - The Shatila Palestinian camp has no library, nor does adjacent Sabra or Ain El-Hilweh in the south. And, after recent statements by Lebanon's foreign minister, some fear that the thousands of Syrian refugee children within them will soon have even slimmer chances of learning to read and write.
Time Running Out for Refugees Seeking Asylum in Italy
- Inter Press Service
LUCCA, Italy, Aug 01 (IPS) - His journey started four years ago in Conakry, Guinea. Now that Mamoudou* has finally reached Italy, he hopes this will be his final stop.
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