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Fighting Dirty Water Is World's New Ecological Battle
Thalif Deen
STOCKHOLM - A primary topic of discussion at a weeklong international water conference here can best be summed up in two words: "dirty water".
Time Running Out Faster Than Water, Experts Warn
Poor Thirst as Nile Taps Run Dry
U.N. Lagging on Water and Sanitation Development Goals
AGRICULTURE-AFRICA
Land Grabs in Poor Countries Set to Increase
Hilaire Avril
PARIS - After weeks of rumours sparked by the leaking of a draft World Bank position paper on so-called land grabs in poor countries, the international financial institution has officially released its report on the surge in farmland purchases and leasing which have elicited controversy for over two years.
LATIN AMERICA
Border Mining Projects Before Ethics Tribunal
Daniela Estrada*
SANTIAGO - Latin American activists who want to call attention to mining developments located in border areas will gather in Chile to "pass judgement" on projects they regard as detrimental to local communities, the environment and national security.
U.N. Climate Body Urged to Take Lead in Gender Focus
Two weeks before the 2010 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) review summit at the United Nations, concerns are being raised that gender equality is still largely divorced from efforts to address climate change, even though women have a critical role to play in solving - and are often most affected by – the problem.
Fighting Dirty Water Is World's New Ecological Battle
AGRICULTURE-AFRICA:
Land Grabs in Poor Countries Set to Increase
AFRICA:
Stronger Will Needed from Governments to Save Poorest Children
"Herding goats is tough with the thirst, sun, loneliness and hunger each day. And it can last forever. You herd as a girl, then as a wife, as a pregnant woman, as a mother and even as a grandmother," says Rukia Ibrahim whose 13-year-old younger sister was married off to a herdsman.
AGRICULTURE-AFRICA:
Land Grabs in Poor Countries Set to Increase
U.N. Weighs Sanctions Against Perpetrators of DRC Mass Rapes
INDIA:
Gov't Hems and Haws Over ‘Honour Killings'
Instances of ‘honour killings' in Indian communities still steeped in traditional beliefs continue unabated. Yet the government has not enacted tougher laws that will deal a decisive blow against this societal scourge.
INDIA:
Buoyed by Growing Market, More Farmers Go Organic
US-AFGHANISTAN:
Calls for Change of Strategy Grow Louder
ROMANIA:
Austerity Deals Mortal Blow to Health System
Five newborns died last week in a fire caused by an airconditioning fault at a Bucharest maternity. Insufficient, overworked staff and deficient maintenance -- results of inadequate funding of the health system - -were listed among the causes.
BALKANS:
Serbia Prepares a New Case Over Kosovo
BALKANS:
The Turks Return
RIGHTS-CHILE:
No Dialogue in Mapuche Conflict
The Chilean government is pushing through legal reforms in an attempt to bring to an end a nearly two month hunger strike by 34 Mapuche indigenous prisoners. But it is failing to address two critical aspects of the conflict: the lack of effective dialogue and a failure to recognise it as a political problem.
Biking Across the Americas, Spotlight on Children
LATIN AMERICA:
Border Mining Projects Before Ethics Tribunal
US:
Religious Leaders Condemn Growing Islamophobia
Leaders of some three dozen mainstream U.S. religious denominations Tuesday condemned what many commentators have called a rising tide of Islamophobia touched off by the recent controversy over the construction of a Muslim community centre in Lower Manhattan, two blocks from the site of the twin World Trade Centre towers destroyed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
BAHRAIN:
No Change Seen in Ban on Entry of People with HIV
Poor Thirst as Nile Taps Run Dry
US-AFGHANISTAN:
Calls for Change of Strategy Grow Louder
Amid continued high levels of violence and a steady stream of reports of high-level government corruption in Kabul, a growing number of foreign policy specialists are urging President Barack Obama to reconsider his counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy in Afghanistan.
US:
Religious Leaders Condemn Growing Islamophobia
RUSSIA:
New START May End With a Whimper
INDIA:
Buoyed by Growing Market, More Farmers Go Organic
He had decided to grow watermelons this summer on his one-acre (.405 hectare) plot, and so Veera Narayana went about preparing the arid red earth by first ploughing it and then lighting fires in the furrows.
U.N. Climate Body Urged to Take Lead in Gender Focus
Fighting Dirty Water Is World's New Ecological Battle
INDIA:
Gov't Hems and Haws Over ‘Honour Killings'
Instances of ‘honour killings' in Indian communities still steeped in traditional beliefs continue unabated. Yet the government has not enacted tougher laws that will deal a decisive blow against this societal scourge.
RIGHTS-CHILE:
No Dialogue in Mapuche Conflict
U.N. Climate Body Urged to Take Lead in Gender Focus
INDIA:
Buoyed by Growing Market, More Farmers Go Organic
He had decided to grow watermelons this summer on his one-acre (.405 hectare) plot, and so Veera Narayana went about preparing the arid red earth by first ploughing it and then lighting fires in the furrows.
AFRICA:
Stronger Will Needed from Governments to Save Poorest Children
Fighting Dirty Water Is World's New Ecological Battle
RIGHTS-CHILE:
No Dialogue in Mapuche Conflict
The Chilean government is pushing through legal reforms in an attempt to bring to an end a nearly two month hunger strike by 34 Mapuche indigenous prisoners. But it is failing to address two critical aspects of the conflict: the lack of effective dialogue and a failure to recognise it as a political problem.
LATIN AMERICA:
Border Mining Projects Before Ethics Tribunal
MIGRATION-MEXICO:
A Cemetery without Tombstones or Epitaphs
INDIA: Gov't Hems and Haws Over ‘Honour Killings'
INDIA: Buoyed by Growing Market, More Farmers Go Organic
RIGHTS-CHILE: No Dialogue in Mapuche Conflict
US-AFGHANISTAN: Calls for Change of Strategy Grow Louder
U.N. Climate Body Urged to Take Lead in Gender Focus
AFRICA: Stronger Will Needed from Governments to Save Poorest Children
Biking Across the Americas, Spotlight on Children
U.N. Weighs Sanctions Against Perpetrators of DRC Mass Rapes
Slammed For Its Roma Expulsions, France Shifts Rhetoric
Sri Lanka Shuns West, Finds Solace in Emerging Powers' Arms
ENVIRONMENT-PHILIPPINES: Mining Project Digs Up Locals' Ire
HEALTH: H1N1 Pandemic Is Over, But Vigilance Needed - WHO
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Israel-Palestine
Holy Land/Unholy War
MIDEAST: Media New Battleground for Palestinians and Israelis
MIDEAST: The Lights Are Going Out on Gaza
MIDEAST: Ramadan Goes Down Under Rubble
EGYPT: Brotherhood Struggles Against Shut Doors
MIDEAST: Pessimistic About Peace, Yet…
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500,000 Pregnant Women at Risk in Pakistan Floods
FILM-CUBA: "I Fought for This, But Not Just to Be a Housewife"
Brazilian Dam Would Put Peruvian Jungle Under Water
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill’s 30-Year Legacy
Mexico Massacre Galvanises Migrant Rights Activists
PERU: Quechua Congresswoman Fights Discrimination in Education
Revolution in African Agriculture Gathering Momentum
CHINA: Bigger Bite Needed into Appetite for Shark Fin Soup
Poor Thirst as Nile Taps Run Dry
SOUTH AFRICA: "Xenophobia Simmering Just Below Boiling Point"
Q&A: Cuban Vaccines Cross Borders, But Barriers Remain
Patricia Grogg interviews scientist CONCEPCIÓN CAMPA, director of Cuba's Finlay Institute
Fisheries Can Play Key Role in Africa
Davison Makanga interviews MARI-LISE DU PREEZ, forests, fisheries and governance expert
Q&A: Capital Punishment in Canada, Revisited
Aprille Muscara
Q&A: Mousavi's Revelations Would Destroy the Govt's Legitimacy
Omid Memarian interviews ABOLHASSAN BANISADR, Iran's first post-Revolution president
Q&A: "Democracy Deficit Is the Biggest Obstacle to Development"
Beatrice Paez interviews INGRID SRINATH, Secretary-General of CIVICUS
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Billion Dollar Audit Missed by Pentagon Watchdog
US-MIDEAST: Light At End of Tunnel Elusive, Despite Obama's Efforts
US: Standing Up for Homeless Vets at Stand Downs
IRAQ: 'We're Not Living, Just Not Dying'
New Hardships Intensify Debate Over Iran-Iraq War
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U.N. Climate Body Urged to Take Lead in Gender Focus
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Adapt or Perish
Brazilian Dam Would Put Peruvian Jungle Under Water
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill's 30-Year Legacy
Flood-Ridden Pakistan Ineligible For Emergency Debt Relief
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RUSSIA:
New START May End With a Whimper
Analysis by Kester Kenn Klomegah
Efforts by the U.S. and Russian governments to move speedily towards the abolition of strategic nuclear weapons have hit stumbling blocks and continue to generate debates among experts about the practicality of achieving a nuclear- free world in the near future.
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THE US MOVES TOWARDS THE FUTURE UNPREPARED AND UNSEEING
By Roberto Savio
SHIPS, SULPHUR AND CLIMATE
By Risto Isomaki
MISAPPROPRIATION OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
By Fredrik S. Heffermehl
AMERICAS: THE BATTLE OVER VENEZUELA
By Ignacio Ramonet
CUBA: STABILITY AND SECURITY
By Joaquin Roy
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Sri Lanka resiste presiones de Occidente
Sociedad civil debate sobre nuevos fondos europeos contra pobreza
CHILE: El diálogo ausente del conflicto mapuche
Compra de tierras en el Sur aumentará, según Banco Mundial
Francia cambia retórica ante críticas por expulsión de gitanos
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AFRIQUE: La pêche peut jouer un rôle important
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