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IPS Inter Press Service - Africa - May 31, 2007
OUAGADOUGOU, May 31 (IPS) - Awareness raising alone hasn't managed to bring about sufficient change…Perhaps quotas are now required. That's the thinking behind a law that will be put before Burkina Faso's parliament …
IPS Inter Press Service - Asia Pacific - May 31, 2007
BEIJING, Jun 1 (IPS) - Chinese leaders have promised to make the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing non-smoking -- ambitious for this country of 360 million smokers. Never have the Games that celebrate physical fitness been …
IPS Inter Press Service - Human Rights - May 31, 2007
WASHINGTON, May 31 (IPS) - Despite President George W. Bush's victory last week in his protracted battle with Congressional Democrats for unconditional funding for the Iraq war at least through September, his …
IPS Inter Press Service - Human Rights - May 31, 2007
SANTO DOMINGO, May 31 (IPS) - Forty-six years after the death of Dominican dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, human rights groups and victims' families are seeking justice for the murders, torture, kidnappings and …
IPS Inter Press Service - Human Rights - May 31, 2007
WASHINGTON, May 31 (IPS) - Human rights groups are calling on the Iranian government to halt its harassment of dual nationals, release two U.S.-Iranian citizens charged with espionage on Tuesday, return the passports …
IPS Inter Press Service - Development - May 31, 2007
MOSCOW, May 31 (IPS) - "While UNICEF is happy that children's rights are commemorated on Jun. 1, we would like to see every day of the year be 'International Children's Day', particularly in Russia, where children …
IPS Inter Press Service - Economy, Finance, Trade - May 31, 2007
BROOKLIN, Canada, May 31 (IPS) - Humanity is facing historic and truly unprecedented challenges from climate change and the rapid decline of ecosystems that sustain life.
IPS Inter Press Service - Economy, Finance, Trade - May 31, 2007
BLANTYRE, May 31 (IPS) - Malawi's utilisation of energy resources is heavily dominated by firewood, which provides 93 percent of all energy needs. Current annual household consumption of firewood and charcoal are at …
IPS Inter Press Service - Economy, Finance, Trade - May 31, 2007
JOHANNESBURG, May 31 (IPS) - ‘‘We have lost a young woman in South Africa. We have raised R3,500 (500 US dollars) but we need R5,000 (714 dollars). We want to transport the body home to her relatives in Zimbabwe. But …
IPS Inter Press Service - East Africa - May 31, 2007
NAIROBI, May 31 (IPS/IFEJ) - To fence, or not to fence: this debate has been underway for a decade as concerns Kenya's oldest national park, located just 20 minutes from the centre of the capital -- Nairobi. With urban …