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UNITED NATIONS, Mar 13 2018 (IPS) - In most military conflicts worldwide, the ultimate winners are not one of the warring parties– but the world's prolific arms traders, described by peace activists as “merchants of death”. While fighting keeps escalating, the hunger for conventional weapons continues unabated, ...

Sunlight pours over a break in canal-top solar panels recently installed over the Vadodara branch of the Sardar Sarovar canal project in Gujarat. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPS. SEOUL, Mar 12 2018 (IPS) - Actions taken today in the pursuit of environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive growth path in India stand to ...

Mar 12 2018 (IOM) - Seven years of war in Syria has not deterred Ameena from being fully involved in her children's education. The mother of four and her husband Abu Hamzeh fled their hometown of Homs for the safety of Jordan's Azraq Refugee Camp. Located in central Jordan, the camp lies on a desert flatland where ...

WASHINGTON DC, Mar 12 2018 (IPS) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has a tall task: deliver a “Global Compact for Refugees” to the United Nations' General Assembly by the end of 2018. The release of a “zero draft” – which will be discussed at a second round of negotiations beginning March 12 — should ...

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Solar panels installed on covered bus stops of the public transport system in the city of Buenos Aires, on the 9 de Julio Avenue, with the emblematic obelisk in the background. Clean and unconventional energies comprise a negligible share of Argentina's energy mix, but different government initiatives seek ...

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 7 2018 (IPS) - Despite calls for a ceasefire, violent clashes have continued and humanitarian access remains limited in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, leaving the international community extremely concerned. Since the Syrian government intensified its attacks in recent weeks, more than 700 civilians, ...

Credit: Khaled Alashqar/IPS. WASHINGTON DC, Mar 9 2018 (IPS) - As people across the globe marked International Women's Day (IWD) on March 8, the safe and secure education and possibilities for the future of millions of young girls and women who are Palestinian refugees across the Middle East remained in danger.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Mar 8 2018 (IPS) - The grandiose sounding Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will be signed in Santiago de Chile today, 8 March. Instead of doing something to advance the condition of women on International Women's Day, trade ...

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