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Q&A: "The Elites Are Like a Huge Elephant Sitting on Haiti"
Michael Deibert interviews Haitian Prime Minister MICHÈLE PIERRE-LOUIS
PORT-AU-PRINCE - Haitian Prime Minister Michèle Pierre-Louis assumed office in September 2008. Born in the southern city of Jérémie in 1947, she left Haiti with her family in 1964 following a pogrom by dictator François Duvalier against his perceived enemies in her town.
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ENVIRONMENT: Japan to Take Leadership Role Toward Copenhagen
Catherine Makino interviews TETSUO SAITO, Japanese Minister of Environment
TOKYO - Environment Minister Tetsuo Saito talked to IPS about Japan giving technical and financial support to developing countries and its goal of cutting its greenhouse emissions by 15 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. Japan is the world’s fifth- largest greenhouse gas emitter.
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Q&A: "Participatory Socialist Democracy Is Essential"
Dalia Acosta interviews MARIELA CASTRO, Cuban activist for sexual diversity rights
HAVANA - Renowned for her work for the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transvestite and transgender people, Mariela Castro advocates a fairer, more inclusive, and above all more participatory socialism in Cuba.
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Q&A: Water Scarcity Threatens Half the Planet
Julio Godoy Interviews JONATHAN BAILLIE, Zoological Society of London*
ROME - If the world's governments fail to reach an immediate agreement on how to manage water resources by 2030, half the planet's population will not have enough water to survive, scientist Jonathan Baillie told Tierramérica.
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ECONOMY-AFRICA: Deny Neoliberal Consensus
Christi van der Westhuizen interviews PATRICK BOND, professor and activist
CAPE TOWN - Africa should ‘‘deny consensus’’ at multilateral level to ensure that the region’s interests are taken seriously, says Professor Patrick Bond speaking on how Africa should approach this week’s high-level United Nations’ meeting on the global economic crisis.
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WOMEN-MEDIA: Who Is the Editor?
Miren Gutierrez interviews ELISA MUÑOZ, project coordinator of The Global Report on Women in the News Media
ROME - For the first time in 15 years, an organisation, the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF), is attempting to measure the progress, or lack of progress, of women in media organisations globally.
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Q&A: U.N.'s Enormous Potential Being Marginalised
Thalif Deen interviews MIGUEL D'ESCOTO BROCKMANN, President of the General Assembly
UNITED NATIONS - An international conference on the global financial crisis - hosted by the United Nations - is being marginalised by Western countries which have refused to send any of their political leaders to the meeting.
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Q&A: Military Losing GI Hearts and Minds
William Fisher interviews MARJORIE COHN and KATHLEEN GILBERD of the National Lawyers Guild
NEW YORK - The continuing occupation or Iraq and the growing war in Afghanistan are leaving permanent physical and emotional scars on a whole generation of U.S. soldiers. Not since Vietnam have so many GIs objected to a war, and never have military families spoken out so strongly for withdrawal.
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Q&A: Financial Crisis Unprecedented Since 1930s*
Thalif Deen interviews SUPACHAI PANITCHPAKDI, secretary-general, U.N. Conference on Trade and Development
UNITED NATIONS - Since the Great Depression of the 1930s, there have been more than 100 crises worldwide, says the secretary-general of the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi.
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HEALTH-SOUTHERN AFRICA: AIDS Relief: 'We Might Have to Be More Selective'
Servaas van den Bosch interviews THOMAS WALSH, PEPFAR coordinator
WINDHOEK - What started as a multi-billion dollar tsunami against HIV/AIDS during the presidency of George W. Bush has trickled down to a carefully channelled stream of funding under president Barack Obama. Instead of the additional billion dollars a year promised for AIDS funding, Congress approved a meagre $165 million increase for 2010.
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WOMEN'S HEALTH - A SMART INVESTMENT IN TROUBLED TIMES
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