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Pakistan's Taliban Peace Deal A Set Back For Women

Inter Press Service | Zofeen Ebrahim | Posted 04.14.2009 | World

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KARACHI, Feb 23 (IPS) - The ceasefire agreement reached by the provincial government in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and the Taliban on F...

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Obama Nixed Full Surge After Quizzing Brass

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 04.14.2009 | World

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President Barack Obama decided to approve only 17,000 of the 30,000 troops requested by Gen. David McKiernan, the top commander of U.S. and NATO tro...

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Burma Lawyers Risk Jail For Doing Job

Inter Press Service | By Marwaan Macan-Markar | Posted 04.14.2009 | World

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To be a lawyer in military-ruled Burma is to court danger, invite arrest and risk being jailed in the country's notorious prisons. It is the price...

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Quarter Of World's Food Production Could Be Lost In Environmental Breakdowns

Inter Press Service | Joyce Mulama | Posted 04.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Africa, Food Crisis, Climate Change, Effects of Climate Change, Nairobi, Inter Press Service, Green News

NAIROBI, Feb 18 (IPS) - Worldwide demand for food is expected to grow steadily over the next 40 years, but 25 percent of the world's food production...

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Commanders In Iraq Challenge Petraeus On Pullout Risk

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 04.14.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (IPS) - CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and Multinational Force Iraq (MNF-I) Commander General Ray Odierno have submitte...

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Clinton's China Trip Raises Hopes And Fears In Beijing

Inter Press Service | Antoaneta Bezlova | Posted 03.20.2009 | World

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BEIJING, Feb 17 (IPS) - United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's upcoming maiden trip to China this week has raised both expectations and ...

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Israel Toughens Negotiating Stance With Hamas

Inter Press Service | By Mel Frykberg | Posted 03.19.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli Elections, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Ehud Olmert, Gaza, Hamas Israel Truce, Ips, Hamas, Inter Press Service, Israel, Israel Hamas Truce, Operation Cast Lead, Gilad Shalit, World News

RAMALLAH, Feb 16 (IPS) - Israel is toughening its negotiating stance with Hamas as the two try to hammer out a permanent ceasefire agreement. Accor...

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Intel Estimate Muddied Iran's Nuclear Intent

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 03.16.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (IPS) - President Barack Obama and Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair did not appear to be on the same page this week...

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Water Crisis Hits Iraq

Inter Press Service | Posted 04.14.2009 | Green

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BAGHDAD, Feb 12 (IPS) - There is less water now in the Tigris, and it is less clean. The river has fewer fish, and rising fuel and other costs mean ...

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Petraeus Leaked Misleading Story On Pullout Plans: IPS Analysis

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 03.12.2009 | World

WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (IPS) - The political maneuvering between President Barack Obama and his top field commanders over withdrawal from Iraq has taken ...

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Pulling Cargo Ships With Parasails To Save Energy

Inter Press Service | Maricel Drazer | Posted 03.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Inter Press Service, Wind Power, Skysails, Green Energy, Cargo Ships With Parasails, Money Saving, Green News

DÜSSELDORF, Germany, Feb 4 (Tierramérica) - They say that faith can move mountains. Now, faith in the wind has led to a new way to move ships. T...

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Bush War Crimes: European Activists Call For Bush To Be Tried For Torture

Inter Press Service | By Julio Godoy | Posted 03.05.2009 | World

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BERLIN, Feb 2 (IPS) - Now that former U.S. president George W. Bush is an ordinary citizen again, many legal and human rights activists in Europe ar...

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Generals Seek To Reverse Obama's Iraq Withdrawal Decision

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 03.05.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (IPS) - CENTCOM commander Gen. David Petraeus, supported by Defence Secretary Robert Gates, tried to convince President Barack Oba...

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Taliban Destroy Girls' Education, Pakistan Is Powerless

Inter Press Service | Posted 02.28.2009 | World

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PESHAWAR, Jan 28 (IPS) - "My school was destroyed by (Pakistani) Taliban. I won't be able to go back to it," says Sumaira bibi, a grade 5 student fr...

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Gates' Iran Comments Undermine A President's Plans -- Again

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 04.14.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (IPS) - When U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates accused Iran of "subversive activity" in Latin America Tuesday, it raised the qu...

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Israel Rejected Hamas Ceasefire Offer In December

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (IPS) - Contrary to Israel's argument that it was forced to launch its air and ground offensive against Gaza in order to stop the ...

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U.S. Weaponry Facilitates Killings In Gaza

Inter Press Service | Thalif Deen | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

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UNITED NATIONS, Jan 8 (IPS) - The devastating Israeli firepower, unleashed largely on Palestinian civilians in Gaza during two weeks of fighting, is...

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Bush Plan Eliminated Obstacle to Gaza Assault

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 04.14.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (IPS) - Until mid-2007, there was a serious political obstacle to a massive conventional war by Israel against Hamas in Gaza: the fa...

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Access To Basic Sanitation A Luxury In East Africa

Inter Press Service | Posted 01.19.2009 | World

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NAIROBI, Dec 19 (IPS) - In 1925, Mahatma Gandhi remarked that "Sanitation is more important than political independence." More than 80 years later, ac...

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Iran's Regional Power Rooted In Shi'a Ties

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 04.14.2009 | World

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TEHRAN, Dec 16 (IPS) - As Barack Obama's national security team assesses the challenge of Iran's role in the Middle East, it confronts a paradox: Iran...

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Is A U.S.-Iran Deal On The Middle East Possible?

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 01.15.2009 | World

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TEHRAN, Dec 15 (IPS) - Would a negotiated agreement between Iran and the Barack Obama administration be feasible if Obama sent the right signals? The ...

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Iran Presidential Election: Key Issues Will Be Economy, Ties With West

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 04.14.2009 | World

TEHRAN, Dec 12 (IPS) - The main issue in Iran's June 2009 presidential election is certain to be the country's economic woes, but both candidates will...

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Iranian Analysts Urge Obama To Start Negotiations Immediately

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 01.11.2009 | World

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TEHRAN, Dec 11 (IPS) - In light of the Iranian presidential election coming in mid-2009 and the U.S. distaste for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President-elect...

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Iranian Leaders Split Over Obama's Policy Freedom

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 01.10.2009 | World

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TEHRAN, Dec 10 (IPS) - Iranian national security officials and political leaders have been carrying out an internal debate over how much freedom Presi...

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