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3/10/2010
Iran, Israel Spoiling for a Fight?
Analysis by Mel Frykberg
RAMALLAH, Mar 10 (IPS) - Iran and Israel appear to be spoiling for a fight, going by recent belligerent statements emanating from several regional capitals. Military movement on the ground is also lending credence to the idea that the mutual loathing and major ideological differences between the two countries could lead to a vortex of violence capable of sucking the entire region into a new war.
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Africa's Success Stories in Gender Empowerment
Thalif Deen - IPS/TerraViva
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 10 (IPS) - Whenever gender empowerment is a vibrant topic of discussion internationally, some of the countries in Europe, Asia and Latin America are invariably singled out for their success stories in politics, education, health care or civil liberties even as Africa is mostly left out of political reckoning - and wrongly so.
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Abortion - Still Illegal, Still Killing, Despite Growing Awareness
Estrella Gutierrez
CARACAS, Mar 10 (IPS) - Although most of the governments in Latin America today are described as progressive, abortion is only legal in one country, while in five countries it is banned under all circumstances, even when the mother's life is at risk. But draconian laws against abortion that allow very few, or no, exceptions have failed to prevent the average abortion rate in the region from reaching 31 per 1,000 women, two more than the global average, and higher than any other region.
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Religious Advocates Heed the Call of New Media
Lynette Lee Corporal - Asia Media Forum
BANGKOK, Mar 10 (IPS) - Not even religious advocates and leaders and can say no to the power of online media, whose call they are heeding in order to spread various messages of spirituality. In late January, Catholics heard an edict from Pope Benedict XVI urging the flock to use the new media to spread the Good Word. On Feb. 22, the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, officially opened a Twitter account that now has more than 157,000 followers.
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Sri Lanka Locks Horns with UN over Experts' Panel
Amantha Perera
COLOMBO, Mar 10 (IPS) - The war of words between the Sri Lankan government and the United Nations has begun all over again, this time over the creation of an experts' panel on the island's human rights record. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon wants to appoint this panel, but Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa says it is "unwarranted and uncalled for".
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Pregnant Teens Forced Out of School in Tanzania
Arnaud Bebien
DAR-ES-SALAAM, Mar 10 (IPS) - Pregnancy is the leading cause of dropouts for school girls in Tanzania. And a national law forbidding young mothers to return to school after giving birth did not make it any easier for them to continue their education. But thanks to pressure from the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), the Tanzania government has now adopted a new law that allows young mothers to continue their education at their former schools.
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Newsbriefs
Self-Policing of Extractive Industries a "Dismal" Failure
New Bill in Kenya to Improve State Witness Protection, If Passed
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Middle East Women Ahead But Not Home
Sanjay Suri- IPS/TerraViva
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 9 (IPS) - Male leaders fail to break the Mideast impasse. Enter women from Israel and the Palestinian territories working together. And… it would have been nice to say they succeeded where the men failed. They didn't. The women have been ahead of the times, in speaking of solutions others thought unmentionable once, but now increasingly accept. And yet, peace seems more difficult than ever.
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"Famine Marriages" Just One Byproduct of Climate Change
Thalif Deen - IPS/TerraViva
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 9 (IPS) - The negative fallout from climate change is having a devastatingly lopsided impact on women compared to men, from higher death rates during natural disasters to heavier household and care burdens. In the 1991 cyclone disasters that killed 140,000 in Bangladesh, 90 percent of victims were reportedly women; in the 2004 Asian Tsunami, an estimated 70 to 80 percent of overall deaths were women.
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Fewer Jobs, Less Money, Same Old Story
Haider Rizvi
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 9 (IPS) - "What do I get from them? Nothing but bullsh*t," says Nupur Acharya, reflecting about how she is treated by her husband and two grown sons on daily basis. The 50-year-old Indian national who is currently settled in New York says she not only cleans the entire house every day, but also works in the kitchen from morning to evening, which makes her feel more like an unpaid maid than a respected wife and mother.
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RIGHTS: Africa's Success Stories in Gender Empowerment
KENYA: New Bill to Improve State Witness Protection, If Passed
EDUCATION-TANZANIA: Pregnant Teens Forced Out of School
EDUCATION-URUGUAY: Gardens of Knowledge
LATIN AMERICA: Abortion - Still Illegal, Still Killing, Despite Growing Awareness
ASIA: Religious Advocates Heed the Call of New Media
POLITICS: Sri Lanka Locks Horns with UN over Experts’ Panel
TANZANIA: Weather Changes Turn Farming into Gamble with Nature
MIDEAST: Iran, Israel Spoiling for a Fight?
SINGAPORE: As Casino Opens, Watch for Its Social Impact Begins
POLITICS: U.S. Lifts Restrictions on Web Services
FINANCE: Self-Policing of Extractive Industries a "Dismal" Failure
RIGHTS: "Famine Marriages" Just One Byproduct of Climate Change
ENVIRONMENT-UGANDA: Landslides - Experts Warn Worst is Yet to Come
NAMIBIA: Female Hip-Hop Artists Challenge Stereotypes
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