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IPS Inter Press Service - Environment - Jul 4, 2008
IRIBA, Jul 4 (IPS) - Polish army Lieutenant Colonel Marc Gryga didn’t realize he was planning on building his country’s major base here in eastern Chad on top of a cemetery. "It didn’t look like any cemetery you see in …
IPS Inter Press Service - Asia Pacific - Jul 4, 2008
BEIJING, Jul 4 (IPS) - The silence surrounding investigations into why so many schools collapsed during China's massive earthquake in May suggests Beijing's reluctance to face up to the fact that the failure of …
IPS Inter Press Service - Environment - Jul 4, 2008
TOKYO, Jul 4 (IPS) - Japan is preparing to test its leadership role at the summit meeting of seven western industrial democracies and Russia (G8) Jul. 7-9 in Toyako on the northern island of Hokkaido.
IPS Inter Press Service - Culture, Religion, Sport - Jul 4, 2008
LA PAZ, Jul 4 (IPS) - The governing party in Bolivia is reeling from its latest electoral defeat, and beginning to doubt the popularity of President Evo Morales, who is putting his office, the vice president's and …
IPS Inter Press Service - Politics - Jul 4, 2008
WASHINGTON, Jul 4 (IPS) - The world's biggest economy marked Independence Day Friday with little cause for economic cheer. Job losses are the worst in nearly six years and a de facto recession appears to have gripped …
IPS Inter Press Service - Human Rights - Jul 4, 2008
KARACHI, Jul 4 (IPS) - Some 7,000 death row inmates -- a quarter of the estimated condemned prisoners worldwide -- are expected to be spared and eventually freed following a call by Pakistan’s prime minister to honour …
IPS Inter Press Service - Middle East - Jul 4, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 4 (IPS) - You could hear the joy in Patrick Campbell's voice as he reflected on U.S. President George W. Bush's signing Monday of a new GI Bill of Rights for veterans returning home from Iraq and …
IPS Inter Press Service - Corruption - Jul 4, 2008
OSLO, Jul 4 (IPS) - A new commission appointed by Norway will investigate ways of putting a stop to the huge flows of money into tax havens. Tax evasion and corruption are believed to cost poor countries at least 50 …
IPS Inter Press Service - Politics - Jul 4, 2008
BRUSSELS, Jul 4 (IPS) - No matter how familiar they become, the photographs depicting abuse at Abu Ghraib prison never seem to lose their ability to shock.
IPS Inter Press Service - Politics - Jul 4, 2008
REYKJAVIK, Jul 4 (IPS) - Emission of greenhouse gases increased from 3.7 million tonnes in 2005 to 4.2 million tonnes in 2006, representing an increase of 14.2 percent, according to Iceland's Environment Agency.