Daily News Roundup – 11 January 2013

Asia Japan inject ¥10.3 trillion to stimulate economy Japan’s government has released details of a 10.3 trillion Yen fiscal stimulus package. The package seeks to instigate an investment led recovery, directly through infras...
by Tom Dunbar
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Climate Justice For Indigenous Peoples

Climate change and its heightening impacts have been the center of domestic and international talk for decades. Its irreversible impacts on indigenous communities have both pushed for greater attention from governments and nong...
by Helen Hawgood
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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 5 JULY 2012

Latin America Mexico to face partial recount in Presidential election The recount has been announced after Mexico’s electoral authorities said there were inconsistencies in Sunday’s election. It comes just two days after En...
by Tom Dunbar
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IPF Quarterly

Hooray! The IPF is 4 months old today! To celebrate we have the first ‘IPF Quarterly’ available to download now! The first issue is free (the next issue will be a pay what you can) and features a cross section of so...
by Natasha Lipman
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Daily News Roundup – 11 October 2012

Middle East Russia attempt to export ‘defence equipment’ to Syria A plane carrying Russian-made ‘defence equipment’ bound for Syrian Defence Ministry has been intercepted in Turkish airspace. The Turkish Prime Minister,...
by Tom Dunbar
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Daily News Roundup – 30 November 2012

Middle East Peace-talks halted between Israel and Palestine A dispute has halted talks between Israel and Palestine. Israeli authorities are due to construct over 4,000 homes on occupied land in the West bank and East Jerusalem...
by Tom Dunbar
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International Political Forum

The failure of traditional ‘Laws of War’: Syria and beyond

Whether reading watching or listening to the news, it is likely that there will be a story about a war or conflict somewhere in the world. These reports only begin to scratch the surface of the vast number of conflicts occurrin...
by Joe Corry-Roake
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Interfaith Tolerance: World Religion Day 2015

The third Sunday of January every year is celebrated globally as World Religion Day. Established in 1950 in the United States of America by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is, it is an endeavour to encourage i...
by Sohini Chatterjee
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Daily News Roundup – 24 October 2012

  Africa Equatorial Guinean human rights lawyer ‘missing’ Fabian Nsue Nguema, a top human rights lawyer in Equatorial Guinea, has gone missing.  Human Rights Watch (HRW) said he was last known to have visited a jail on Mo...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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