At Kyrgyzstan’s Kumtor Mine, “No Light at the End of the Tunnel”
By David TrillingBISHKEK, Nov 18 2013 (EurasiaNet) The Kumtor gold mine is Kyrgyzstan’s lone economic gem. Yet, despite the mine’s vital importance to the Kyrgyz economy, officials appear to be mulling...
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Typhoon Haiyan Exposes Flaws in U.S. Food Aid
Emergency relief supplies flown into the airport are trucked to a nearby warehouse at Tacloban Task Force Headquarters and sorted on Nov. 17, 2013. Credit: Carol Han, OFDABy Carey L. BironWASHINGTON,...
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Déjà Vu All Over Again for Indebted Caribbean
After Hurricane Sandy struck Jamaica a year ago, critics say the country's recovery was hampered by the IMF budget. Credit: European Commission/cc by 2.0By Samuel OakfordUNITED NATIONS, Nov 18 2013...
View ArticleScowcroft, Brzezinski Urge Iran Accord
By Jim LobeWASHINGTON, Nov 19 2013 (IPS) Two pillars of the U.S. foreign policy establishment urged Congress Monday to forgo any new sanctions legislation directed against Iran, warning that it will...
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More Chileans Want the Benefits of Living in Latin America’s ‘Tiger’
Hugo and Daniel Hurtado are bucking the trend in Chile: it is not common for a waiter’s son to attend the university. Credit: Marianela Jarroud/IPSBy Marianela JarroudSANTIAGO, Nov 19 2013 (IPS) Hugo...
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Poor Paths Lead to Madrassas
Children at a madrassa near Peshawar. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS.By Ashfaq YusufzaiPESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov 19 2013 (IPS) Mustafa Khan, who sells cigarettes by the roadside in a Pakistani village, has...
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Demarcation of Native Territories Essential for Venezuela’s Amazon Region
Uwottyja children in the Amazon community of Samaria in Venezuela. Credit: Humberto Márquez/IPSBy Humberto MárquezCAÑO DE UÑA, Amazonas, Venezuela , Nov 19 2013 (IPS) “All of the countries of the...
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Grappling to Give Uganda’s Fistula Patients Dignity
In Uganda, two percent of women of a reproductive age have experienced fistula, according to the Uganda Demographic Health Survey 2011. Credit: Amy Fallon/IPSBy Amy FallonKAMPALA , Nov 19 2013 (IPS)...
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Carbon Emissions on Tragic Trajectory
Brandon power plant, March 2006, Manitoba, Canada. Coal is the biggest source of climate-heating emissions in 2013. Credit: BigstockBy Stephen LeahyWARSAW, Nov 19 2013 (IPS) Burning of fossil fuels...
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Widening Inequality Shatters Mirage of Social Mobility
Twelve-year-old Maruf lives in a shanty in Nayanagar, close to a Dhaka suburb. He works at a nearby car workshop, fixing luxury car engines for about six dollars a month. He shares this meagre income...
View ArticleSyrian Refugees Illegally Pushed Back
By Apostolis FotiadisATHENS, Nov 20 2013 (IPS) Human rights groups have circulated evidence in the last few days indicating that Greece, Italy and Egypt illegally detain and push back Syrian refugees....
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Middle East Entrepreneurs Eye Education
A schoolgirl returning home at the end of the day, Geziret el-Dahab island, Cairo. Credit: Rachel Williamson/IPSBy Rachel WilliamsonCAIRO, Nov 20 2013 (IPS) The Middle East has some of the best and...
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Malawi’s Failed Subsidy Programme Left Millions to Starve
This is one of the many farming families from Rumphi, Malawi that complained about the late arrival of subsidy fertilisers. Courtesy: Mabvuto BandaBy Mabvuto BandaLILONGWE, Nov 20 2013 (IPS) Gogo...
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Oil Palm Changes Rural Culture in Brazilian Amazon
Antônio de Oliveira on the patio at his farm where he dries achiote, one of the traditional Amazonian crops that now grow side by side with oil palm. Credit: Fabiana Frayssinet /IPS By Fabiana...
View ArticleG77 Walk-out at COP19 as Rich Countries Use Delaying Tactics
By Claudia CiobanuWARSAW, Nov 20 2013 (IPS) The G77+China group of 133 developing countries negotiating a new international deal at COP19 in Warsaw to combat climate change walked out of the talks in...
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U.N. Climate Meet Becomes About “Not Losing Ground”
Beach erosion in Antigua. Chief Environment Officer Diann Black-Layne said even beaches without construction are eroding. Credit: Desmond Brown/IPSBy Desmond BrownWARSAW, Nov 20 2013 (IPS) Diann...
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Keeping the Philippines from Becoming Another Haiti
A local woman returns to her home with a new shelter kit. While the destruction is widespread, local rebuilding efforts are already underway. Credit: Simon Davis/DFID/cc by 2.0By Ramy SrourWASHINGTON,...
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Guarded Tone in Geneva as Negotiators Seek Iran Accord
Mohammed Javad Zarif, Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs (centre), gets out of a car at the Geneva talks. Credit: Courtesy of the European CommissionBy Jasmin RamseyGENEVA, Nov 21 2013 (IPS) Amidst...
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Fear of HIV Testing Among Zimbabwe’s Teens
In Zimbabwe, four out of 10 sexually active girls aged 15-19 reported taking an HIV test in the last 12 months. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS By Jeffrey MoyoHARARE, Nov 21 2013 (IPS) Seventeen-year-old...
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Fears Rise of ‘Taliban-Style’ Justice in Syria
Sheikh Khattab heads an Islamic court in Syria. Credit: Shelly Kittleson/IPS.By Shelly KittlesonIDLIB PROVINCE, Syria, Nov 21 2013 (IPS) Concerns are rising that courts run by Islamic clerics in many...
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