News headlines in July 2013, page 8

QATAR, Jul 22 (IPS) - A manhunt is under way for hundreds of inmates, including several high-ranking al-Qaeda members, who escaped two Iraqi prisons following deadly attacks.

Jul 22 (IPS) - At the Garoua Regional Hospital's Paediatric Feeding Centre in northern Cameroon, Aicha Ahidjo* is relieved to hear that her one-year-old son will survive. The child was suffering from chronic malnutrition, and other children have died of it.

CAIRO, Jul 21 (IPS) - The events of Jun. 30 have split Egyptians into two categories. For those in the first, what happened that day was an army-supported public uprising to fulfill the objectives of the revolution of Jan. 25, 2011 and topple a president who broke promises and worked only to benefit his own group, the Muslim Brotherhood.

MEXICO CITY, Jul 21 (IPS) - The Green Climate Fund (GCF), created under the auspices of the United Nations to finance the huge investments demanded by climate change, was opened up to participation by civil society and private sector representatives as observers in March.

WARSAW, Jul 21 (IPS) - The only sign of life at Szymany's "international airport" are mosquitoes eager to suck blood out of a rare visitor. The gate is locked with a rusted chain and a padlock.

OUAGADOUGOU, Jul 20 (IPS) - Burkina Faso has just received a grant of 30 million dollars from the Forest Investment Programme to help protect the country's forests and reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with deforestation.

WASHINGTON, Jul 20 (IPS) - For the first time in many months, supporters of intensified diplomatic engagement with Iran appear to be gaining strength here.

SELENGE PROVINCE, Mongolia, Jul 19 (IPS) - Tsetseghkorol, a Mongolian herder, stares out nostalgically at the Orkhon River, the longest in the country.

WASHINGTON, Jul 19 (IPS) - Proponents of a proposed higher "living wage" requirement for workers at large retailers here in Washington are stepping up their campaign, urging the city's mayor to sign pending legislation into law.

WASHINGTON, Jul 19 (IPS) - Finance ministers from the Group of 20 (G20) countries on Friday received a previously requested strategy under which the world's largest economies could crack down on international tax avoidance, particularly on the part of multinational corporations.