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'McCarthyism' Rises in Israel
Analysis by Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler
JERUSALEM, Aug 26 (IPS) - Rightwing Israeli groups financially supported by Jewish and fundamentalist Christian groups from abroad are on a campaign to undermine free thought in Israeli universities. Collaterally, a move is under way by right-wing parties in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, to limit the freedom of action of civil and human rights-minded NGOs.
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Climate-related Security Predictions Coming True in Pakistan
Matthew O. Berger
WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (IPS) - Analysts have been warning for several years that the impacts of climate change directly relate to the national security of the U.S. and other countries, but the link has never been so clear as it is today in northwest Pakistan. The security implications of climate change first got official U.S. government attention this February, in the Quadrennial Defence Review, a four-yearly report from the Pentagon on the direction of national security strategy.
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Four Years On, Debate Rages On India'S Forest Rights Law
Keya Acharya
BANGALORE, Aug 26 (IPS) - It was supposed to help right old wrongs as well as protect India's forests, but four years after it took effect, a landmark law recognising the forest rights of scheduled tribes remains the subject of acrimonious debates among the country's government officials, environmentalists, and rights advocates.
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Women Candidates Hard Hit by Election Postponement in Malawi
Claire Ngozo
LILONGWE, Aug 26 (IPS) - News that Malawi's November local government elections are to be postponed yet again has hit female candidates hard - and mostly in their pockets. And it could mean that the country will have less female candidates to vote for when they finally go to the polls. Many women candidates feel short-changed with the decision by the Malawi Election Commission (MEC) to postpone the Nov. 23 elections. On Aug. 23 the MEC announced the elections will now be held on Apr. 20, 2011.
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Forestry Industry Sows Poverty in Chile, Study Says
Daniela Estrada
SANTIAGO, Aug 26 (IPS) - The poverty rate in the districts of southern Chile where the logging industry is the main economic activity is nearly twice the national average, a new study shows. "In our view, a mature industry like forestry that generates 26 percent poverty is unsustainable," Eduardo Ramirez, senior researcher at the non-governmental Latin American Centre for Rural Development (RIMISP) which has offices in Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and Nicaragua, told IPS.
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Now Showing in China - Independent Films
Mitch Moxley
BEIJING, Aug 27 (IPS) - While Hollywood blockbusters and state-funded historical epics continue to dominate China's box office, a vibrant independent film scene is quietly growing. Lacking distribution channels that lead to wide audiences, these films, which tend to focus on aspects of day-to-day life in China, are finding a home at the few independent cinemas that exist here and at film festivals dedicated to independent and documentary filmmaking at home and abroad.
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