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U.S. States Grapple with Exploding Prison Populations
Matthew Cardinale ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb 21 (IPS) – Budget constraints combined with exploding prison populations are prompting a number of…
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U.S.: To Arm or Not to Arm Syrian Rebels, That Is the Question
Samer Araabi and Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (IPS) – Just days before the opening meeting of the new international…
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Palestinians Hear the Water
Jillian Kestler-D’Amours JERUSALEM, Feb 21 (IPS) – After a recent Israeli Supreme Court decision allowed Israeli companies to maintain quarrying…
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OP-ED: How Gender Values Point the Way for a More Effective U.N.
Alisa Clarke* NEW YORK, Feb 20 (IPS) – A growing list of U.N. Security Council Resolutions acknowledges the importance of…
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Imagining a Better World Is First Step to Sustainability
Stephen Leahy VANCOUVER, Canada, Feb 20 (IPS) – Humanity’s failure to halt the deepening planetary emergency of climate change, extinctions…
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Poland Leads a New Struggle for Freedo
Claudia Ciobanu WARSAW, Feb 14 (IPS) – Last weekend saw tens of thousands of people across Europe taking to the…
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Israel Shifts Uneasily Over Syria
Pierre Klochendler JERUSALEM, Feb 14 (IPS) – Grappling with the fallout on their country of a possible forced removal frompower…
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Some Swiss Parcels With Migrants In Them
Ray Smith ZURICH, Switzerland, Feb 13 (IPS) – Two years ago, a Nigerian asylum seeker died during a forced deportation…
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Renewed Push in U.S. to Arm Syrian Rebels
Analysis by Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (IPS) – What with rumours from Israel of war on Iran, a major…
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Russian, Chinese Arms Fuel Conflict in Sudan, Says Amnesty
Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Feb 9 (IPS) – Russia and China, two veto-wielding permanent members of the Security Council described…
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