News headlines in April 2013, page 7

MASAFER YATTA, Occupied West Bank, Apr 23 (IPS) - A quiet diplomatic war is being waged by several European governments against the Israeli authorities, specifically the Israeli Civil Administration which controls the Israeli occupied West Bank.

BLANTYRE, Malawi, Apr 23 (IPS) - In Malawi, where the healthcare system frequently makes headlines for its shortages of drugs and medical workers, a fact that is often overlooked is that two out of four central hospitals do not have a specialist physician in attendance.

JOHANNESBURG, Apr 23 (IPS) - A young mother – who only wants to be identified as Karren – beamed as she nursed her newborn baby at the University of Witwatersrand's Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, in Hillbrow, South Africa. 

WASHINGTON, Apr 22 (IPS) - Civil liberties and human rights groups are applauding the White House's announcement Monday that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the lone surviving suspect in last week's bombing in Boston, will not be charged as an enemy combatant, as some conservative politicians here had been urging.

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 22 (IPS) - China, which has outranked Japan as the world's second largest economy and moved ahead of Russia as the world's second largest military spender, has hit the top spot in global tourism.

ASUNCION, Apr 22 (IPS) - Paraguay's right-wing Colorado Party, which ruled the country for 60 years until 2008, will return to power under President-elect Horacio Cartes, who won Sunday's presidential elections with a wide margin.

REYKJAVIK, Apr 22 (IPS) - Since the controversial Karahnjukar dam in East Iceland was brought into operation in 2006, conditions in the downstream Lagarfljot lake have become much worse, according to information gathered by the energy company Landsvirkjun. Some of the changes are irreversible, scientists say.

HEBRON, Occupied West Bank, Apr 22 (IPS) - "Three interrogators questioned me for three hours. I was handcuffed. They beat me, slapped me, kicked me, boxed me, accused me of throwing stones; played a video of a demonstration. I denied I was there. So again, they beat me up," recounts Zein Abu-Mariya, 17, seated on a sofa next to dad.

MOGADISHU, Apr 22 (IPS) - In the Hamarweyne market, Mogadishu's largest, 24-year-old Maryama Yunis is finding success with her tiny cosmetic store. The young Somali entrepreneur has been in business for two years, selling everything from soaps and shampoos to lipsticks and eyeliners, and now she's turning a decent profit.

HARGEISA, Apr 22 (IPS) - A wind turbine, situated some 20 kilometres outside of Somaliland's capital Hargeisa, has become a significant totem of the country's changing energy landscape.