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IPS Inter Press Service - Politics - Feb 29, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 29 (IPS) - Another high-ranking George W. Bush administration official has resigned. The Department of Veterans Affairs Undersecretary for Benefits Daniel Cooper quit Thursday amid mounting criticism …
IPS Inter Press Service - Politics - Feb 29, 2008
MIRANDA and ANTONIO JOAO, Brazil, Feb 29 (IPS) - Thousands of indigenous people in the west-central Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul are living in precarious camps or small overcrowded reservations, lacking the …
IPS Inter Press Service - Asia Pacific - Feb 29, 2008
KARACHI, Feb 29 (IPS) - "I am convinced I became a minister just for him," Ansar Burney, Pakistan’s recently-appointed minister of human rights, said in a telephone interview from Islamabad with IPS.
IPS Inter Press Service - Asia Pacific - Feb 29, 2008
SYDNEY, Feb 29 (IPS) - International health experts and activists are calling for immediate global action to avert the looming epidemic of preventable chronic diseases which will kill 388 million people in the next …
IPS Inter Press Service - Feb 29, 2008
WASHINGTON, Feb 29 (IPS) - Illinois Senator Barack Obama has made a political career of trying to straddle delicate lines. But come November, he hopes to instead break historic barriers by becoming the first black man …
IPS Inter Press Service - Feb 29, 2008
CARACAS, Feb 29 (IPS) - The solution to Colombia’s armed conflict must be a political one, and the government should "demilitarise" an area in order to negotiate a humanitarian swap of hostages held by the FARC …
IPS Inter Press Service - Feb 29, 2008
CAPE TOWN, Feb 29 (IPS) - Millions of dollars worth of agricultural produce have been lost due to the electricity crisis in South Africa, which has seen rolling power cuts -- referred to locally as "load shedding" -- …
IPS Inter Press Service - Feb 29, 2008
TORONTO, Feb 29 (Tierramérica) - Ecuador has taken the first step towards ending the oil dependence of its Galápagos Islands, in the eastern Pacific Ocean, with the official opening of a 10.8 million dollar wind energy …
IPS Inter Press Service - Feb 29, 2008
DILI, Feb 29 (IPS) - A joint police and military operation mounted against renegade soldiers, following the Feb. 11 shooting of President Jose Ramos-Horta, has been condemned as a ‘mistake’ and one that could compound …
IPS Inter Press Service - Caribbean - Feb 29, 2008
HAVANA, Feb 29 (IPS) - The United States’ hostile policy towards Cuba will remain a hurdle to recognition and respect for certain rights enshrined in the first two international treaties signed by the government of …