International
Bird flu virus can survive two years in landfill
June 8, 2009Carcasses of birds infected with the bird flu virus continue to be infectious for up to two years, a new study has found. The bird flu virus can survive in landfill leachate -- liquid that drains...
Read moreChile: Goodbye to the gender wage gap?
June 8, 2009SANTIAGO, Jun 6 (IPS) - Gabriela, 32, is delighted with Chile’s new law establishing equal wages for men and women doing the same work. But the discrimination she has experienced in the workplace makes her wary...
Read moreLebanon: Elections entrench sectarian divisions, analysts say
June 8, 2009BEIRUT, 7 June 2009 (IRIN) - Sectarianism is playing a more central role in Lebanon’s highly contested parliamentary elections on 7 June, which analysts say could see the country facing increased political instability. The vote pits...
Read moreJCP calls on officials to testity on secret US/Japan nuclear deal
June 7, 2009Japan's local newspapers on June 1 ran on their front pages a Kyodo News report that four former Japanese vice foreign ministers testified that they had had access to a 'secret accord between Japan and the...
Read moreObama calls on world to back two-state plan
June 6, 2009Original source: US President Barack Obama has called for 'redoubled efforts' towards a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine in Dresden. On a visit to the eastern German city, Mr Obama called on all nations 'to...
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