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Brazil Launches Campaign to Decriminalise Drug Use
Fabiana Frayssinet RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 12 (IPS) – A host of academic, legal, health, political and social figures are…
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U.S. Opens Investment in Burmese Oil and Gas, Over Suu Kyi’s Advice
Carey L. Biron WASHINGTON, Jul 12 (IPS) – Following on a May announcement, the U.S. government on Wednesday moved to…
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U.N. Increasingly Reliant on Private Security Contractors
Kim-Jenna Jurriaans UNITED NATIONS, Jul 12 (IPS) – The United Nations is increasingly hiring Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs)…
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Colombian Informant Exposes Destabilisation Plot
Constanza Vieira BOGOTA, Jul 12 (IPS) – The same week that a bomb attack targeted Colombia’s former interior and justice…
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G20 Produces Little for Developing World – or Anyone Else
Carey L. Biron WASHINGTON, Jun 21 (IPS) – The release of the final communiqué of the Group of 20 (G20)…
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No Rest for Cyber Activists
Susan Dabbous FLORENCE (IPS) – One and a half years since the beginning of the Arab Spring, activists who guided…
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G20 Summit in an Unsustainable Environment
Emilio Godoy MEXICO CITY (IPS) – Water shortages, hotel development projects, overfishing and the impacts of mining activities are among…
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Poverty Rates Strikingly High Among Indigenous Populations
Ethan Freedman WASHINGTON, Jun 20 (IPS) – Although they are only five percent of the global population, indigenous people account…
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RIO+20: Developing Countries Accept Green Economy*
Diana Cariboni RIO DE JANEIRO (IPS) – It’s not true that developing countries conditioned the inclusion of the green economy…
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Setting Goals to Protect Half the Planet
Coralie Tripier UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 (IPS) – The high seas, crucial regions of the world’s oceans that are beyond…
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