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Tourism Deserts Egypt
The crisis is robbing Egypt of tourists, and a lifeline. Credit: Hisham Allam/IPS.It is Anna Betanova’s second visit to Egypt and very different from the last time. The 26-year-old accountant from St...
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‘Biggest Guns’ to Control Somalia’s South
Senior militia commander Ahmed Mohamed Islam, better known as Sheikh Madobe, declared himself president of a self-declared autonomous state known as Jubbaland. Credit: Abdurrahman Warsameh /IPSSomali...
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Cuba’s Stray Dogs Have Their Champions
Capitán lives in a museum, sponsored by the University of Havana Canine Association. Credit: Jorge Luis Baños/IPSThe stray cat’s fur was burned and its eyes were hanging from its sockets when pensioner...
View ArticleBOOKS: ‘Delusion’ Challenges U.S. Claims About Nuclear Iran
A Dangerous Delusion is the work of one of Britain’s most brilliant political commentators, Peter Oborne, and an Irish physicist, David Morrison, who has written powerfully about the misleading of...
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Water Scarcity Could Drive Conflict or Cooperation
Refugees dig for water in a dried-up watering hole in Jamam camp, in South Sudan's Upper Nile state. Credit: Jared Ferrie/IPSWhen the General Assembly declared 2013 the International Year of Water...
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Migrant Rights Defenders in Mexico Face Growing Pressure
“No one can stop me from working for migrants’ rights, because no one is above my own conscience,” said Mexican Catholic priest Alejandro Solalinde. Solalinde, one of the most dauntless activists for...
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Survivors of Peru’s Armed Conflict Still Waiting
One of the mothers from Ayacucho at the “El Ojo que Llora” Memorial, demanding compensation for her lost loved one. Credit: Milagros Salazar/IPSVenisia Ávalos, a 65-year-old indigenous woman from...
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Splintered Damascus Holds Its Breath
President Bashar al-Assad greets people from almost every street in the areas of Damascus that are under his control. Credit: Karlos Zurutuza/IPS.“Life is almost normal in the centre of Damascus,”...
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Sri Lanka Cornered Over Human Rights
A woman shouts slogans against United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay outside the U.N. office in Colombo. Credit: Amantha Perera/IPS.That it would be a visit fraught with diplomatic tension was...
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Brazilian Hydroelectricity Giant Promotes Biogas
Test tubes in the biogas laboratory that Itaipú has established in its technology park in search of greater efficiency in the production and use of this energy source. Credit: Mario Osava/IPSThe...
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Q&A: “We Need a Decisive Win Against Polio”
Africa and Pakistan are now battling outbreaks of polio, threatening the extraordinary progress the world has made in fighting the almost-extinct disease. In the Horn of Africa, there are now 121...
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Spanish Baby Theft Case Crosses the Atlantic
The prevailing impunity has made it impossible to gauge the true dimension of the phenomenon of baby theft in Spain, but even the most conservative estimates put the numbers in the tens of thousands....
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U.N. Chief Dodges Question on “Illegal” Attack on Syria
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses a Sep. 3, 2013 press conference on the latest developments related to the crisis in Syria. Credit: UN Photo/Evan SchneiderWhen Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was...
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Top Republicans, Israel Lobby Weigh for Obama’s Syria Strike
President Barack Obama meets with his National Security Staff to discuss the situation in Syria, in the Situation Room of the White House, Aug. 30, 2013. From left at the table: National Security...
View ArticleBroad Coalition Pledges to Cut “Super Greenhouse Gases”
An international coalition has agreed to begin working towards domestic regulation aimed at reducing the use of HFCs, compounds commonly used as refrigerants but referred to as “super greenhouse gases”...
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Sharks, Victims or Perpetrators?
Dr. Bradnee Chambers says accidents happen when people enter the territory of dangerous animals. Courtesy: Francisco Rilla / CMSRecent fatal attacks off Réunion have re-ignited demands for sharks to be...
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Poor Picked for ‘Paradise’
Captured Taliban members say poverty drove them into the arms of terrorism. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS“I consider myself lucky after finding my son,” says Muhammad Jabeen, a juice vendor in Bannu, one...
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Mobile Phones Big Hit in Rural Zimbabwe
Because of a lack of electricity in Zimbabwe’s rural areas, most people have to charge their mobile phones on solar-powered chargers. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS Prosper Muripo rents a small space in a...
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Squatting on Kenya’s Mineral Wealth
It remains unclear how much Kenya is worth in mineral deposits. However, 68 percent of Kenyan’s 41.6 million people are squatters and many live on mineral-rich land. Credit: Miriam Gathigah/IPSZeinab...
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Cash Transfers a Strong Tool Against Inequality
This shantytown in Guatemala City reflects the poverty and inequality that persists in Latin America. Credit: Danilo Valladares/IPS Latin America’s cash transfer programmes are a more effective weapon...
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