Enrique Gili SAN DIEGO, United States, Apr 13 2007 (IPS) – A low-rise bungalow on a busy street here serves as the world headquarters and nerve centre for Whale Tails, a tortilla chip company dedicated to making healthier snack food…

Moyiga Nduru JOHANNESBURG, May 23 2007 (IPS) – Eviction is like removing grass from its roots. We will die like the grass, said Jumanda Gakelebone, spokesperson of the First People of the Kalahari, the group that represents the rights of…

Aaron Glantz WASHINGTON, Sep 26 2007 (IPS) – On Mar. 19, 2004 Corporal Justin Bunce was on patrol in the Iraqi city of Husayba on the Syrian border when a bomb exploded in the wall of a cemetery. The blast…

Ahmed Ali* BAQUBA, Jul 25 2007 (IPS) – Diyala General Hospital in the provincial capital Baquba has been hit by severe lack of supplies amid ongoing attacks by militants. Located 50km northeast of Baghdad, the city of Baquba has become…

Thalif Deen STOCKHOLM, Aug 22 2007 (IPS) – The topic of toilets often makes people uncomfortable, says the U.N. children #39s agency UNICEF, and the subject of human wastes is rarely aired in public. A consultant for the World Toilet…

Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Dec 20 2007 (IPS) – Racing to adjourn for the year, the U.S. Congress this week approved a 560- billion-dollar omnibus 2008 appropriation that includes 70 billion dollars more for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and…

Abid Aslam WASHINGTON, Nov 15 2007 (IPS) – More than one in 10 people in the United States go hungry, according to new official figures that suggest government food programmes are falling short in the world #39s wealthiest country. More…

Interview with Donya Aziz, ex-parliamentary secretary for population KARACHI, Jan 31 2008 (IPS) – At 31, Dr Donya Aziz, was the youngest legislator to join the previous Pakistan Muslim League (Q) government. Busy running for the February elections, Aziz wants…

Tran Dinh Thanh Lam – Newsmekong CAN THO, Vietnam, Jun 30 2008 (IPS) – The bustling city of Can Tho is the capital of southern Vietnam s fertile Mekong Delta and one of the country s two main rice baskets.…

Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Apr 9 2008 (IPS) – A new risk-analysis of the negative consequences of climate change warns of potential devastation and violence (worldwide) jeopardising national and international security to a new degree. The threats to international security…