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IPS Inter Press Service - Politics - Jul 3, 2008
BOGOTA, Jul 3 (IPS) - Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, three U.S. military contractors and 11 Colombian police officers and soldiers held hostage by the guerrillas were rescued Wednesday in a …
IPS Inter Press Service - Economy, Finance, Trade - Jul 3, 2008
ISLAMABAD, Jul 4 (IPS) - Since the first serious attempt at enacting consumer rights laws in Pakistan was made back in 1995, only one province -- Punjab -- has succeeded in setting up consumer courts.
IPS Inter Press Service - Jul 3, 2008
TOKYO, Jul 4 (IPS) - Japan wants countries to reconsider biofuels as an alternative technology to fight climate change by using fuel cell cars at the Group of Eight (G8) Summit on Jul. 4-7. The vehicles will transport …
IPS Inter Press Service - Media, Technology & Communications - Jul 3, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 3 (IPS) - U.S. journalist Zoriah Miller says he was censored by the U.S. military in the Iraqi city of Fallujah after photographing Marines who died in a suicide bombing.
IPS Inter Press Service - Human Rights - Jul 3, 2008
NEW YORK, Jul 3 (IPS) - Maher Arar, whose "rendition" to Syria is widely viewed as an egregious example of mistaken identity, has again been denied the right to appear in court, and Congressional efforts to rein in the …
IPS Inter Press Service - Jul 3, 2008
TAMPA, Florida, Jul 3 (IPS) - Environmentalists in Florida are excited over the state's planned 1.75-billion-dollar buyout of 187,000 acres of land owned by the United States Sugar Corporation as part of a restoration …
IPS Inter Press Service - Culture, Religion, Sport - Jul 3, 2008
LALIBELA, Jul 3 (IPS) - Carved into the rugged mountains of northern Ethiopia, the eleven churches of Lalibela have for centuries remained among the most stunning visions a traveler can encounter.
IPS Inter Press Service - Africa - Jul 3, 2008
VICTORIA, Jul 3 (IPS) - Annette* is a small, lively woman in her early sixties. Married to an abusive husband -- who once threw boiling water on her, landing her in hospital -- she was not repeating the story with her …
IPS Inter Press Service - Jul 3, 2008
CAIRO, Jul 3 (IPS) - Civil society organisations (CSOs) have mixed feelings about the outcomes of the latest African Union Summit, which concluded in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheikh earlier this week. The summit …
IPS Inter Press Service - North America - Jul 3, 2008
WASHINGTON, Jul 3 (IPS) - Six and a half years after the ouster of the Taliban, U.S. media attention is returning to Afghanistan where more U.S. and NATO troops were killed in June than in any previous month.