News headlines in April 2013, page 10

WASHINGTON, Apr 18 (IPS) - The U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit against the Royal Dutch Shell Petroleum Company brought by alleged human rights victims.

WASHINGTON, Apr 18 (IPS) - Two of the world's largest multilateral institutions have released new data linking greater urbanisation with higher levels of human development, and are announcing that they will place greater priority on issues of urbanisation in coming decades.

MONTEVIDEO, Apr 17 (IPS) - When the left was in opposition in Latin America, it never tired of repeating that true democracy was not limited to electing governments at the ballot box. Democracy was also needed in the distribution of rights and riches.

PESHAWAR, Apr 17 (IPS) - Bacha Khan Markaz, a two-storey building in the northern Pakistani city of Peshawar, is abuzz with activity. Located deep in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, whose northwestern tip borders Afghanistan, the building serves as the headquarters for the Awami National Party (ANP), which is gearing up for general elections on May 11.

HARARE, Apr 17 (IPS) - As Zimbabwe heads to the polls later this year, media analysts and journalists are concerned about increasing crackdowns on both the judiciary and the media.

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 17 (IPS) - Rape is often perceived as an individual trauma, but in reality its impact extends far beyond a single person and instead affects entire communities, complicating the already challenging task of helping victims of sexual violence.

TUNIS, Apr 17 (IPS) - When participants at the 2011 World Social Forum in Dakar, Senegal, received word that former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had stepped down, swept away by a wave of popular resistance that brought millions of Egyptians into the streets, few could contain their joy.

PENJWIN, Iraqi Kurdistan, Apr 17 (IPS) - When 37-year-old Igor Urizar first happened upon the isolated mountain village of Penjwin, 300 kilometres northeast of Baghdad, he had a vision of this border-town -- nestled in the pristine, snow-capped mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan -- transformed into a haven for skiers.

JOHANNESBURG, Apr 17 (IPS) - If job creation is South Africa's major social and economic priority, the country should be investing in people rather than in robots that populate the country's highly-automated automotive manufacturing sector, according to local economists.

WASHINGTON, Apr 17 (IPS) - The administration of President Barack Obama should put more emphasis on diplomacy in its quest for a satisfactory resolution of Iran's nuclear programme, according to a major new report released by The Iran Project.