POLITICS: U.S. Blasted for Sustaining Embargo on Cuba
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Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 28 (IPS) – The administration of President Barack Obama, which has vowed to improve relations with sanctions-hit Cuba, refused to break away from the traditional stand taken by successive U.S. governments and voted against a U.N. resolution calling for an end to the 47-year-old [...]
ZAMBIA: Give Us Our Constitution
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Kelvin Kachingwe
LUSAKA, Oct 28 (IPS) – Pressure is mounting for a new constitution that is inclusive of all citizen’s views as the ongoing delays by the body granted to draft it still continues.
Although the National Constitutional Conference (NCC) was granted a four-month extension from [...]
Q&A: ”Women Will Benefit From Secularism”
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Cam McGrath interviews Egyptian feminist author NAWAL EL-SAADAWI
CAIRO, Oct 23 (IPS) – Controversy stalks dissident writer Nawal El-Saadawi, whose views on women and religion have put her at odds with Egyptian conservatives.
Recently she returned to Cairo after nearly three years in exile, and has [...]
MIDEAST: Rabbis Take on Settlers
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By Mel Frykberg
AWARTA, West Bank, Oct 21 (IPS) – Away from the media spotlight that focuses on the widening chasm between Israelis and Palestinians, a group of Israeli humanists is quietly working to break down barriers with their Palestinian neighbours.
Rabbi Arik Ascherman, director of [...]
DEVELOPMENT: A ‘Great Persuasion’ Gets Under Way
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Sanjay Suri
LONDON, Oct 15 (IPS) – They are calling it ‘The Great Persuasion’ in Britain as millions prepare around the world to stand up for action against poverty.
The persuasion will be targeted at 200 members of parliament. As part of the Global Call to [...]
Keith Olbermann & Rep Alan Grayson: Stopping Health Insurance Monopoly
News1News October 14, 2009 MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann & Democratic Florida Congressman Alan Grayson: Stopping The Health Insurance Companies Monopoly
POLITICS: U.S. Berated for Shielding Israel on Gaza Killings
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Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 14 (IPS) – A U.S. decision to stall Security Council action against Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas for war crimes during the 22-day conflict in Gaza last December has come under heavy fire both from inside and outside the [...]
AFRICA: Government on Collision Course with Civil Society
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Kelvin Kachingwe
LUSAKA, Oct 14 (IPS) – The acquittal of former President Frederick Chiluba on charges of theft after a seven-year long landmark case, and the refusal by the Zambian government to appeal, has put government and civil society on a collision course.
Chiluba was charged [...]
MIDEAST: Rift Developing Between PA and Fatah
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By Mel Frykberg
RAMALLAH, Oct 12 (IPS) – An increasingly isolated and unpopular Palestinian Authority (PA) has again made a 180-degree turn in the Goldstone report fiasco as it tries to fend off mounting criticism from all and sundry, including its own organisation.
On Sunday Palestinian [...]
GERMANY: Muslims Targeted Again
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By Julio Godoy
BERLIN, Oct 12 (IPS) – Immigrants and foreigners were again targeted through the election campaign last month by right-wing politicians looking to win votes through racist statements.
The campaign is over, but the debate on the German management of immigration goes on, fuelled [...]
