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IPS Inter Press Service - Politics - Sep 23, 2008
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 23 (IPS) - The India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Dialogue Forum will hold its third annual summit on Oct. 15 in New Delhi, India, the first such meeting after this trilateral body of countries of the …
IPS Inter Press Service - Sep 23, 2008
NEW YORK, Sep 23 (IPS) - As the U.S. government continues its planning for a 700-billion-dollar bailout of the financial sector, the Peace Corps -- one of the United States' most successful foreign policy programmes -- …
IPS Inter Press Service - Environment - Sep 23, 2008
NAIROBI, Sep 23 (IPS) - At its source in the hills of the Thogoto Forest, the Mbaghati river adds a gushing noise to the quiet verdant landscape. Many residents of Karinde, a farming village on Nairobi’s northern edge …
IPS Inter Press Service - Development - Sep 23, 2008
BERLIN, Sep 23 (IPS) - A new report by Transparency International (TI) lashes out at some of the world's poorest countries for an "ongoing humanitarian disaster", and deplores the wealthiest for not doing enough to …
IPS Inter Press Service - Politics - Sep 23, 2008
CAPE TOWN, Sep 23 (IPS) - South Africa has been in the grip of political drama for the past two years, with high-profile power mongering culminating this week in the resignation of President Thabo Mbeki on the …
IPS Inter Press Service - Politics - Sep 23, 2008
NEW YORK, Sep 23 (IPS) - Peasant leader Chavannes Jean-Baptiste has been at the forefront of the struggles of Haiti's peasants for over 35 years. Born in the village of Papay in Haiti's Plateau Central, Jean-Baptiste …
IPS Inter Press Service - Sep 23, 2008
CAPE TOWN, Sep 23 (IPS) - Minutes after the news broke today that Trevor Manuel, South African minister of finance, resigned from his post, the South African currency lost ground against international currencies …
IPS Inter Press Service - Sep 23, 2008
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 23 (IPS) - Standing on your head, walking on stilts, juggling and doing balancing acts -- life often seems like a circus metaphor. And for one Brazilian social organisation that is exactly what it is.
IPS Inter Press Service - Sep 23, 2008
GAZA CITY, Sep 23 (IPS) - So much is missing as you walk down the street along the shops of Gaza. Food and medicines kept out by the blockade enforced by Israel; but also newspapers once a part of the street landscape.
IPS Inter Press Service - Health - Sep 23, 2008
KAMPALA, Sep 23 (IPS) - Producing baskets and mats in central Uganda has traditionally been women’s work. Women made these items for use in homes. The National Association of Women Organisations in Uganda (NAWOU) has …