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News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 565
In Pakistan’s Tribal Areas, a Nobel Prize Is a ‘Ray of Hope’
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 12 (IPS) - For girls living in northern Pakistan's sprawling tribal regions, the struggle for education began long before that fateful day when members of the Taliban shot a 15-year-old schoolgirl in the head, and will undoubtedly continue for many years to come.
2015 a Make-or-Break Year for Nuclear Disarmament
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 09 (IPS) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last month singled out what he described as "one of the greatest ironies of modern science": while humans are searching for life on other planets, the world's nuclear powers are retaining and modernising their weapons to destroy life on planet earth.
Displacement Spells Danger for Pregnant Women in Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 08 (IPS) - Imagine traveling for almost an entire day in the blistering sun, carrying all your possessions with you. Imagine fleeing in the middle of the night as airstrikes reduce your village to rubble. Imagine arriving in a makeshift refugee camp where there is no running water, no bathrooms and hardly any food. Now imagine making that journey as a pregnant woman.
Schools Open In Iraqi Kurdistan ... But for Refugees Not Students
- Inter Press Service
ERBIL, Iraq, Oct 07 (IPS) - "We had ten minutes to leave our hometown," says 33-year-old Kamal Faris who, together with his entire family, was forced to flee the threat of Islamic State (IS) fighters approaching his village.
U.S. Anti-ISIL Strategy Drawing Growing Scepticism
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 07 (IPS) - Hopes that the strategy announced by President Barack Obama a month ago against the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant (ISIL) might yield a relatively quick victory have disappeared amidst growing fears that the U.S.-led air campaign has at most only slowed the radical group's advance.
Q&A: “The Battle Continues”
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 04 (IPS) - The Programme of Action adopted at the landmark 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) included chapters that defined concrete actions covering some 44 dimensions of population and development, including the need to provide for women and girls during times of conflict, the urgency of investments in young people's capabilities, and the importance of women's political participation and representation.
Lack of Accountability Fuels Gender-Based Violence in India
- Inter Press Service
CHIRANG, India, Sep 30 (IPS) - On a bright March morning, a 17-year old tribal girl woke as usual, and went to catch fish in the village river in the Chirang district of India's northeastern Assam state.
Militarising the Ebola Crisis
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 28 (IPS) - Six months into West Africa's Ebola crisis, the international community is finally heeding calls for substantial intervention in the region.
Arms Trade Treaty Gains Momentum with 50th Ratification
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 28 (IPS) - With state support moving at an unprecedented pace, the Arms Trade Treaty will enter into force on Dec. 24, 2014, only 18 months after it was opened for signature.
Iraq Looking for an ‘Independent’ Sunni Defense Minister
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 27 (IPS) - Iraqi President Fouad Massoum said this past week that the government was looking for an independent Sunni Muslim to fill the post of defense minister in an effort to improve chances of reunifying the country and defeating the group that calls itself the Islamic State (IS).
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