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  1. Q&A: "Species Are Moving Southwards"

    IPS Inter Press Service - Africa - Jun 30, 2007

    JOHANNESBURG, Jun 30 (IPS) - For South African author Leonie Joubert, global warming is a grass roots issue -- literally.

  2. DEVELOPMENT-MOZAMBIQUE: An MDG Temperature Check Gives Mixed Results

    IPS Inter Press Service - Global Affairs - Jun 30, 2007

    GENEVA, Jun 30 (IPS) - Only about 30 percent of Mozambicans think that their quality of life has improved since 2000, the year when the international community agreed on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), while …

  3. ENVIRONMENT: Cellulosic Ethanol - Clean but Worth Unproven

    IPS Inter Press Service - Global Affairs - Jun 30, 2007

    BROOKLIN, Canada, Jun 30 (IPS) - With biofuels being blamed for rising food prices and offering limited environmental benefits, diverse luminaries like former U.S. vice-president Al Gore and Microsoft’s Bill Gates are …

  4. ECONOMY-TANZANIA: Tourists vs Traders -- Who Will Make a Killing?

    IPS Inter Press Service - Politics - Jun 30, 2007

    DAR ES SALAAM, Jun 30 (IPS) - On display among the bold African patterns and chunky jewellery, a carved giraffe flashes a price tag of 20,000 Tanzanian shillings (15 US dollars).

  5. DEVELOPMENT: Can Growth Ever be Pro-Poor?

    IPS Inter Press Service - Development - Jun 30, 2007

    GENEVA, Jun 30 (IPS) - ‘Pro-poor Growth’ sounded impressive as the title for a plenary at a major civil society meet here, but after the idea was explored, toyed with, taken apart and viewed from every possible angle …

  6. Q&A: Water Is a Right, Not Business

    IPS Inter Press Service - Africa - Jun 30, 2007

    ROME, Jun 29 (IPS) - Water is not the stuff of business, it is a basic human right. Hama Arba Diallo, outgoing executive secretary of the Convention of the United Nations to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), is convinced …

  7. BURMA: Generals Deviate on Roadmap to Democracy

    IPS Inter Press Service - Politics - Jun 29, 2007

    BANGKOK, Jun 30 (IPS) - Burma’s top generals have just finished their quarterly meeting in the country’s new capital of Naypidaw. As usual there was no official announcement following the meeting, but there are signs …

  8. DEATH PENALTY-MALAYSIA: Hundreds of Migrants Face Execution for Drug Crimes

    IPS Inter Press Service - Human Rights - Jun 29, 2007

    KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 29 (IPS) - Unskilled worker Henok Sibuea, 30, from Sumatra, Indonesia, gathered together his savings and, like thousands of his compatriots, paid for a boat trip across the Straits of Malacca and …

  9. CANADA: Day of Action Highlights Native Frustration

    IPS Inter Press Service - Human Rights - Jun 29, 2007

    VANCOUVER, Jun 29 (IPS) - A day of action by Canada's aboriginal community has led to nationwide protests across the country and some transportation closures in Ontario.

  10. US-IRAQ: Blackwater Blues for Dead Contractors' Families

    IPS Inter Press Service - Middle East - Jun 29, 2007

    OAKLAND, Jun 29 (IPS) - Ten years ago, Erik Prince, the son of a conservative multi-millionaire, founded the security consulting firm Blackwater USA.

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