News headlines in June 2012, page 3
Rio Outcome Bleak With No New Funding*
- Inter Press Service
U.N. Paper Factory Threatened with Closure
- Inter Press Service
Former Militants in Pakistan Hunted Down by Taliban
- Inter Press Service
Spicing Tradition With Taste
- Inter Press Service
kashrut.Rio+20: Creating a Future Girls Want
- Inter Press Service
After the Curtain Call, a Crackdown Begins
- Inter Press Service
Armed Youth to Rock Rio
- Inter Press Service
EUROPE: Rights Groups Call for Effective Investigations of Crimes Against Roma
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Jun 19 (IPS) - Rights groups have called on governments in Central and Eastern Europe to publicly condemn violence against Roma, as a family was gunned down in Slovakia in the latest example of what monitors say is a rising tide of violence against Europes largest ethnic minority.
The Resurgence of Polio in Nigeria
- Inter Press Service
Twelve-year-old Sunday Oderinde sits by the side of the road with both legs folded under him and watches his friends play a game of soccer on the streets of Iwaya, a suburb in Lagos, Nigeria. It is a game that he would love to join in but cannot.
Environment in Trouble in Most Biodiverse African Country
- Inter Press Service
Ranked fifth in the world in terms of animal and plant diversity, the Democratic Republic of Congo is considered to be a treasure chest of biodiversity and a vital regulator of global warming.