Articles by Inter Press Service-IPS
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This Peaceful Position Takes Courage
Mel Frykberg – Inter Press Service-IPS,
25 Oct 2010
A former captain in the Israeli Air Force, previously an ardent Zionist who lost many members of his family in the Holocaust, has been labelled a psychopath and denounced by many Israelis for the moral stand he has taken against the Israeli occupation.
→ read full articleBiodiversity at the Cliff’s Edge
Stephen Leahy – Inter Press Service-IPS,
25 Oct 2010
What nature gives us is often taken for granted, but if its basic elements disappear, human life on Earth would not be possible. The mission of the biodiversity summit under way in Nagoya is to reverse the headlong rush towards the precipice
→ read full articleEurope: Citizen Rights Don’t Apply to Roma
Claudia Ciobanu – Inter Press Service-IPS,
16 Aug 2010
All major European countries plan mass expulsions of Roma or demolitions of Roma settlements. Rights groups warn that these measures entail the criminalisation of an entire ethnic group, and break EU law.
→ read full articleSPAIN’S MOST FAMOUS JUDGE MAY BE SUSPENDED
Tito Drago – Inter Press Service-IPS,
5 Apr 2010
MADRID, Apr 2, 2010 (IPS) – Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón, who became world-famous when he issued the warrant that resulted in former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet’s arrest in London in 1998, is now facing legal charges himself, which could cost him his job. Garzón, who sits on the Audiencia Nacional, Spain’s highest criminal court, is […]
→ read full articleAFRICA: CONTINENT WILL HAVE TO FEED EU’s ARTIFICIAL BIOFUELS DEMAND
Inter Press Service-IPS,
21 Apr 2009
Earlier in the decade, biofuels were hailed as the energy panacea, the silver bullet to solve oil shortages and abide by environmental concerns. The European Union recently took the lead in imposing the use of these liquid or gaseous fuels made from plants. But the green credentials of biofuels have since been disputed. The total […]
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