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MIDEAST: NETANYAHU BACKS EXPULSION OF 400 CHILDREN OF MIGRANTS
TEl AVIV, Aug. 31, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Thousands of Israelis have protested in a central park here demanding that their government revoke its decision to deport 400 children of migrant workers. (#73487) 1076 words more
MINING-CHILE: MAKE GOOD ON CONCERN FOR WORKER SAFETY, SAY UNIONS
SANTIAGO, Aug. 30, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - While efforts get underway to try to rescue the 33 miners who are trapped 700 metres underground in a mine in northern Chile, trade unions are calling on the country's political leaders to tackle the underlying problems of worker safety. (#73503) 1097 words more
RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: VIGILANTES RESORT TO MOB VIOLENCE, LYNCHINGS
KARACHI, Pakistan, Aug. 30, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - A breakdown in Pakistan’s justice system, a sign of a society desensitized to violence, an example of mob brutality. (#73462) 941 words more
BURMA: MILITARY SHAKE-UP REVEALS JUNTA’S PLANS FOR NEW GOV’T
BANGKOK, Aug. 29, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - As the November general election in Burma approaches, the country’s junta is revealing the political designs underway in order to place the powerful military under civilian authority after a lapse of 22 years. (#73463) 961 words more
EUROPE-ENVIRONMENTAL: STUDY FAULTS EU FOR INACTION
PARIS, Aug. 28, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - The European Union (EU) is failing to fulfil its environmental commitments in practically all areas, from protecting biodiversity to improving air quality in the cities, according to official studies released this month. (#73472) 896 words more
PHILIPPINES: MEDIA TAKE A HIT IN HOSTAGE CRISIS
MANILA, Aug. 28, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - In the wake of the bungled hostage-rescue operation that left eight Hong Kong tourists and the gunman dead, the Philippine media are finding themselves a target of anger by many who say that sensationalism and no-holds-barred coverage added to the bloody end to a crisis they call an international embarrassment. (#73469) 1044 words more
CONGO: OUTRAGE GROWS OVER FAILURE TO PROTECT DRC CIVILIANS
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 28, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - As details emerged this week of the U.N.'s knowledge of rebel activity in the villages where nearly 200 women were systematically gang raped by armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) late last month, human rights groups are demanding an investigation into the U.N.'s failure to prevent the raid from occurring. (#73467) 1071 words more
Q&A: AN ANTI-DEATH PENALTY ACTIVIST HAS NO REGRETS
NEW YORK, Aug. 28, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Thirty-four years ago, Canada was one of the first Western countries to abolish the death penalty. Lawmakers revisited the question in 1987, but the motion to reintroduce capital punishment was soundly defeated despite public opinion polls indicating majority support for it. (#73465) 1050 words more
SOUTH AFRICA: LATEST LABOR STRIKE UNLIKE ONES BEFORE
JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 27, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Strikes over wages are not uncommon in South Africa, but the current one is unusual in its size and scope, according to Lucien van der Walt, a senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand. (#73437) 1187 words more
INDIA: ACTIVISTS USE LEGAL WEAPONS TO STOP THERMAL POWER PLANTS
HYDERABAD, India, Aug. 27, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Green activists have various ways of pushing their causes, from enlisting movie stars to launching protests, but India’s campaigners have also been quietly using legal weapons to try to get the projects they oppose, such as thermal plants, stopped or reversed. (#73436) 990 words more
AFRICA: OUTRAGE OVER CLAIM THAT ANTI-GM CAMPAIGN "CAUSES HUNGER"
CAPE TOWN, Aug. 27, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Civil society organisations have reacted with outrage to claims that the international campaign against genetically modified (GM) crops is partly responsible for food shortages and food insecurity in Africa. (#73432) 935 words more
MEXICO-ENVIRONMENT: PEASANT ACTIVISTS SEEK JUSTICE IN U.S.
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 27, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Peasant activists Rodolfo Montiel and Teodoro Cabrera hope to find, at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the justice that eluded them in their home country of Mexico, to which they hope to return to rejoin their families. (#73438) 1110 words more
ENERGY: IS FRACKING EVEN WORSE THAN DRILLING?
NEW YORK, Aug. 26, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - With cleanup of the Gulf of Mexico barely underway, energy companies are already assuming a crouching stance in anticipation of a no-holds-barred attack by environmentalists on what the industry says is the next major breakthrough in natural resource extraction. (#73443) 1054 words more
AFRICA
full story Sep 1  DEVELOPMENT: FISHERIES CAN PLAY KEY ROLE IN AFRICA (#73514)
full story Sep 1  SOUTHERN AFRICA: GROWING SEED SECURITY (#73515)
full story Aug 31  EGYPT: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES 8 WORKERS FOR SAFETY PROTEST (#73488)
full story Aug 31  RWANDA: GENOCIDE IDEOLOGY AND SECTARIAN LAWS SILENCING CRITICS? (#73528)
full story Aug 31  AFRICA: ‘WELCOME TO MY TAXI – LET’S DO BUSINESS ON MY CELL PHONE’ (#73529)
full story Aug 30  EAST AFRICA: PROTECTING LAKE VICTORIA'S TOP PREDATOR (#73507)
full story Aug 30  SOUTH AFRICA: ‘TEA BAG’ FILTER PROVIDES SAFE DRINKING WATER (#73506)
full story Aug 27  SUDAN: PRESIDENT AND CRIMINAL COURT IN CAT-AND-MOUSE GAME (#73480)
full story Aug 26  UGANDA: HIV PREVENTION SET BACK BY MALE INTRANSIGENCE (#73446)
full story Aug 26  MALAWI: WOMEN CANDIDATES HARD HIT BY ELECTION POSTPONEMENT (#73447)
ASIA
full story Aug 31  JAPAN: HOUSEHUSBANDS SOFTEN THEIR VIEWS ON GENDER EQUALITY (#73492)
full story Aug 31  DEVELOPMENT: SOUTH-EAST ASIAN HIGHWAY HITS ROADBLOCK IN BURMA (#73486)
full story Aug 27  SOUTH-EAST ASIA: CHINA FLEXES HYDROPOWER MUSCLE (#73435)
full story Aug 27  CULTURE-CHINA: NOW SHOWING – INDEPENDENT FILMS (#73440)
MIDDLE EAST
full story Sep 1  AFGHANISTAN: NOT MUCH GOOD NEWS FOR THE MEDIA (#73526)
full story Aug 28  MIDEAST: BUREAUCRACY LIMITS RIGHTS OF PALESTINIAN WOMEN (#73471)
LATIN AMERICA
full story Sep 1  MEXICO: MASSACRE GALVANIZES MIGRANT RIGHTS ACTIVISTS (#73512)
full story Aug 31  VENEZUELA: HUNGER STRIKER DIES IN LAND DISPUTE (#73527)
full story Aug 30  SOUTH AMERICA: ARGENTINE BEEF OUTSOLD BY MERCOSUR PARTNERS (#73505)
full story Aug 28  CHILE: COAL PLANTS UNDER FIRE (#73474)
full story Aug 27  GUATEMALA: NEW CHALLENGES FOR ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION (#73482)
full story Aug 27  LATIN AMERICA: WANTED: NON-PUNITIVE APPROACH TO DRUG POLICY (#73476)
full story Aug 26  NICARAGUA: MAJOR BLOW TO ILLITERACY AMONG NATIVE GROUPS (#73444)
full story Aug 26  PERU: GOV'T TO TRACK DOWN MILLIONS FROM CONVICTED OFFICIALS (#73442)
full story Aug 26  VENEZUELA: OPPOSITION HOPES TO MAKE A COMEBACK (#73441)
CARIBBEAN
full story Aug 27  HAITI: SCRAPING BY ON MUD COOKIES (#73431)
US & CANADA
full story Sep 1  U.S.: ENVIRONMENTALISTS PUSH FOR COAL-ASH REGULATION (#73518)
full story Aug 31  U.S.: SECRET ‘KILL LISTS’ FLY IN THE FACE OF US AND INT’L LAW (#73532)
full story Aug 31  U.S.: BILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT MISSED BY PENTAGON AUDITORS (#73533)
full story Aug 30  U.S.: NO PROBABLE CAUSE REQUIRED FOR FBI SURVEILLANCE (#73509)
full story Aug 30  U.S.: PETRAEUS STORY OF LOW TALIBAN MORALE IS CHALLENGED (#73511)
full story Aug 30  U.N.: EMBATTLED U.N. CHIEF ON CHARM OFFENSIVE, SAYS PRESS CORPS (#73510)
full story Aug 30  US-MIDEAST: END OF TERROR WAR ELUSIVE, DESPITE OBAMA’S EFFORTS (#73497)
full story Aug 30  US: NEW BANKING OVERHAUL MORE LIKE AN UNDER-HAUL (#73508)
full story Aug 27  US: SALMONELLA OUTBREAK TIED TO FACTORY FARMING (#73484)
full story Aug 27  U.N.: GROUPS PRAISE U.S. RIGHTS REPORT AS GOOD FIRST STEP (#73433)
full story Aug 26  U.S.: OBAMA DUCKS PRESSURE FOR RED LINE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM (#73439)
full story Aug 26  U.S.: FISH KILLS WORRY GULF SCIENTISTS, FISHERS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS (#73445)
EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA
full story Aug 31  ENVIRONMENT: PORTUGAL'S FORESTS LOSING ABILITY TO CAPTURE CARBON (#73530)
full story Aug 28  SPAIN: MARATHON PUPPET SHOW RAISES FUNDS FOR BOLIVIAN SCHOOL (#73464)
full story Aug 27  KAZAKHSTAN: LEADING BATTLE TO BAN NUCLEAR TESTING (#73478)
GLOBAL / UNITED NATIONS
full story Aug 31  GEOTHERMAL: MINIMAL INVESTMENT IN GETTING ENERGY FROM THE EARTH (#73531)
INDIA / PAKISTAN
full story Sep 1  U.N.: 500,000 PREGNANT WOMEN AT RISK IN PAKISTAN FLOODS (#73513)
full story Aug 31  INDIA: KASHMIRI YOUNGSTERS WAGE ONLINE STRUGGLE (#73489)
full story Aug 27  HEALTH-INDIA: INFANT DEATHS CAST DOUBT ON VACCINATION POLICY (#73434)

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