| A libertarian take on health care · Independent World Television (IWT) - theREALnews | More
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Matt Welch, editor of the libertarian magazine Reason.com, discusses health care with Paul Jay
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| VIETNAM: Reports of Child Abuse A Wake-up Call for Parents, Gov't · IPS - Human Rights and Democracy | More
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HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Mar 11 (IPS) - Vietnamese parents think of day care centres and
kindergartens as safe, happy places to leave their children in,
given the pressures of work and harder times. But they are no
longer so sure now, after a series of incidents about
mistreatment of young children that has shocked the public.
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| RIGHTS: Africa's Success Stories in Gender Empowerment · IPS - Human Rights and Democracy | More
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UNITED NATIONS, Mar 10 (IPS/TerraViva) - 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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| KENYA: New Bill to Improve State Witness Protection, If Passed · IPS - Human Rights and Democracy | More
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NAIROBI, Mar 10 (IPS) - Kenyans affected by the violence that erupted after
the country?s disputed presidential elections in 2007 may soon be
able to speak out without fear. A new bill will offer better
protection to state witnesses.
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| EDUCATION-TANZANIA: Pregnant Teens Forced Out of School · IPS - Human Rights and Democracy | More
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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.
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| LATIN AMERICA: Abortion - Still Illegal, Still Killing, Despite Growing Awareness · IPS - Human Rights and Democracy | More
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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.
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| Les États-Unis d'Amérique : empire fragile · Alternatives ONG | More
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Depuis des siècles, les historiens, politologues, anthropologues, tout comme l'opinion publique, ont pensé les processus politiques en termes de saisons et de cycles. De Polybe à Paul Kennedy, de la Rome antique à l'Empire britannique, nous discernons un rythme propre à l'histoire. Les grandes puissances, comme les grands hommes, naissent, s'élèvent, règnent, puis disparaissent peu à peu. Que le déclin des civilisations soit culturel, économique ou écologique, il s'agit d'un processus prolongé dans le (...)
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L'empire contre-attaque
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États-Unis,
Impérialisme
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| Les marchés carbone, ou comment gagner des millions grâce à la pollution · Alternatives ONG | More
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C'est encore mieux que de transformer le plomb en or. Une poignée d'industries très polluantes ont réussi un tour de force : convertir des millions de tonnes de CO2 en dizaines de millions d'euros, grâce aux systèmes d'échanges des « droits à polluer » mis en place dans l'Union européenne. Un pervers effet d'aubaine que dénonce un rapport listant ces nouvelles grandes fortunes du marché carbone. Et une belle arnaque à venir pour les consommateurs. Certains rêvaient de transformer le plomb en or. C'est (...)
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Impérialisme écologique
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Changements climatiques,
Pollution
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| Manifestation : ensemble pour les services publics ! · Alternatives ONG | More
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Manifestation « monstre » du Front commun syndical - 20 mars - 12h00 - Montréal Grand rendez-vous syndical dans le cadre des négociations du secteur public. Rassemblement : Place du Canada, angle René-Lévesque Ouest et Peel (métro Peel ou Bonaventure)
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Agenda
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Mobilisation,
services publics,
Québec
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| Les 3e Journées Michel Chartrand · Alternatives ONG | More
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Le troisième colloque annuel des Journées Michel Chartrand (JMC) se tiendra les 12 et 13 mars 2010. Connus pour soulever des débats autour d'enjeux sociaux bien d'actualité, les organisateurs des JMC présentent cette troisième édition de l'évènement sous le thème : "Les conditions de travail des salariés de l'État et la qualité du service public : un lien indissociable". Le colloque sera lancé le vendredi 12 mars dès 19 heures par une conférence des syndicats nationaux. Claudette Carbonneau (CSN), Régine (...)
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Agenda
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services publics,
Québec
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| MIDEAST: Iran, Israel Spoiling for a Fight? · IPS news: Israel-Palestine | More
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RAMALLAH, Mar 10 (IPS) - Iran and Israel appear to be spoiling for a fight,
going by recent belligerent statements emanating from several
regional capitals.
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| RIGHTS: Middle East Women Ahead But Not Home · IPS news: Israel-Palestine | More
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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.
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| POLITICS: Sri Lanka Locks Horns with UN over Experts? Panel · IPS - Human Rights and Democracy | More
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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.
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| FINANCE: Self-Policing of Extractive Industries a "Dismal" Failure · IPS - Human Rights and Democracy | More
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WASHINGTON, Mar 9 (IPS) - An international initiative that seeks to reform
how governments profit from their natural resources should not
reduce its existing standards of membership solely because
candidate countries have been reluctant or incapable of meeting
them, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday.
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| RIGHTS: "Famine Marriages" Just One Byproduct of Climate Change · IPS - Human Rights and Democracy | More
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UNITED NATIONS, Mar 9 (IPS/TerraViva) - 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.
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| HAITI: The Camp That Vanished · IPS - Human Rights and Democracy | More
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Mar 9 (IPS) - Perched near the top of a steep hill, the fractured
pink walls of Villa Manrese overlook the rest of the capital
city. Both ends of the three-story compound have collapsed,
spilling into mounds of rubble. The first floor was pulverised
into a layer of dust. There are still bodies inside.
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| RIGHTS: Middle East Women Ahead But Not Home · IPS - Human Rights and Democracy | More
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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.
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| MALAWI: Patrilineal Inheritance Prevents Women?s Access to Land · IPS - Human Rights and Democracy | More
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LILONGWE, Mar 9 (IPS) - Mercy Gondwe, 51, from Rumphi in northern Malawi,
was married for 34 years. When her husband died in 2008, she
assumed she would inherit the land they had been cultivating
together since they got married. But this was not the case.
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| RIGHTS: Fewer Jobs, Less Money, Same Old Story · IPS - Human Rights and Democracy | More
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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.
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| CAMBODIA: Rape Victims Need Better Protection from New Penal Code · IPS - Human Rights and Democracy | More
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BANGKOK, Mar 9 (IPS) - Cambodia?s new penal code, which comes into force
later this year, should be accompanied by stronger law
enforcement measures if the country?s women and girls are to be
better protected from rape, says the global rights lobby Amnesty
International (AI).
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| How Western anti-Muslim bigotry became respectable · Independent World Television (IWT) - theREALnews | More
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Geopolitics of the anti-Muslim campaign Pt.3
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| Greece, a crisis born of neo-liberal madness · Independent World Television (IWT) - theREALnews | More
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Gérard Duménil: Cutting wages and social spending will make the crisis worse
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| La patate chaude des prisons secrètes de l'ère Bush · Alternatives ONG | More
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Un rapport choc de l'ONU accuse 66 pays d'avoir été impliqués dans un réseau de détentions secrètes liées à la lutte antiterroriste. (De Genève) Malaise au Palais des Nations, le siège européen de l'ONU à Genève. Publié par l'ONU le 27 janvier dernier, le document de près de 200 pages crée l'embarras au sein des gouvernements. Initialement prévue lundi 8 mars, la présentation du rapport est reportée à la session de juin. Fruit d'enquêtes croisées entre l'expert indépendant de l'ONU sur la lutte contre le (...)
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L'empire contre-attaque
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Répression,
Lutte au terrorisme
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| Le système d'information et la guerre contre l'Irak · Alternatives ONG | More
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Comment pouvait-on justifier une attaque contre l'Irak ? Il fallait au préalable fournir à l'opinion publique internationale la preuve que Saddam Hussein était en possession d'armes nucléaires et biologiques. À cette fin, on a fondé aux Etats-Unis ce que certains appellent le « Bureau pour l'information et la désinformation », en anglais l'Office of Strategic Influence (OSI). Pour la première fois dans l'histoire des États-Unis, c'est le Pentagone qui s'occupe directement de ces affaires-là. Avant, il (...)
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L'empire contre-attaque
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Irak,
Guerre
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| Soirée de solidarité avec les marcheur-ses pour Gaza · Alternatives ONG | More
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Soirée de solidarité avec les déléguéEs québécoisEs qui ont participé à la Marche internationale de libération de Gaza et qui ont essuyé un refus brutal des autorités politiques et militaires égyptiennes. Venez entendre leurs témoignages, voir le documentaire réalisé par S. Bertolino, participé à une peinture "sur le vif" par Catherine Simard, écouté de la musique et prendre connaissance de la Déclaration du Caire sur la Campagne de Boycott, Désinvestissement et Sanctions de l'apartheid israélien Où ? (...)
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Agenda
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Palestine
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| Les contradictions du système alimentaire mondial · Alternatives ONG | More
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Le modèle alimentaire actuel, tout au long de sa chaîne du producteur au consommateur, est soumis à une forte concentration, monopolisé par une série de corporations agro-alimentaires transnationales qui font passer leurs intérêts économiques avant le bien public et la communauté. Le système alimentaire ne correspond plus aujourd'hui aux besoins des individus ni à la production durable basée sur le respect de l'environnement. C'est un système dont l'ensemble du processus est enraciné dans la logique (...)
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Impérialisme écologique
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Alimentation,
Technologies de l'information et des communications,
Crise alimentaire
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| MIDEAST: Israeli Left Emerges From Coma Amid Atrocities · IPS news: Israel-Palestine | More
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SHEIKH JARRAH, Occupied East Jerusalem, Mar 9 (IPS) - Amid the wave of violence that swept through the
occupied Palestinian West Bank, including East Jerusalem, over
the last few days, there are signs that the Israeli left may be
emerging from its collective coma.
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| Q&A: 'Israeli Siege Causing De-development of Gaza' · IPS news: Israel-Palestine | More
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BRUSSELS, Mar 8 (IPS) - For the first time since September 2006, Mahmoud
Abu Rahma, a leading figure in the Palestinian human rights group
Al Mezan, has been granted permission to travel outside Gaza.
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| MIDEAST: Palestinians Preparing for Statehood Anyhow · IPS news: Israel-Palestine | More
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JERUSALEM, Mar 8 (IPS) - Was it Yasser Arafat's biggest political
error? A decade ago, the deadline for the
creation of an
independent Palestinian state alongside Israel as envisaged in
the
1993 Oslo peace accords thrust itself into the fruitless
Palestinian-Israeli
negotiations.
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| IRAQ: Elections Bring Joy and Uncertainty · IPS - Iraq | More
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WASHINGTON, Mar 8 (IPS) - The holding of Iraq's third parliamentary
elections on Sunday has generated a sense of satisfaction in
Washington, but there is a feeling of anxiety about how the
post-election negotiation process to form a new government might
proceed.
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