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RIGHTS: UNDER FIRE FOR ROMA EXPULSIONS, FRANCE SHIFTS RHETORIC
PARIS, Sep. 8, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Faced with mounting criticism because of its expulsions of Roma, or Gypsies, the French government is trying to gain allies in what it calls the "battle" against undocumented immigration and people-trafficking networks.
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EUROPE: NEW EXPULSIONS FOR LANDLESS ROMA
BRUSSELS, Sep. 6, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Roma gypsies are routinely described as Europe's largest ethnic minority. Numbering between 10 and 16 million, their combined population exceeds that of many European Union countries. Yet their numerical strength offers no compensation for the poverty, persecution and scapegoating that the Roma have to endure -- or for how their welfare is accorded a low priority by the EU's institutions.
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RUSSIA: NEW START TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS ALREADY STUMBLES
MOSCOW, Sep. 4, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Efforts by the U.S. and Russian governments to move speedily towards the abolition of strategic nuclear weapons have hit stumbling blocks and continue to generate debates among experts about the practicality of achieving a nuclear-free world in the near future.
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PORTUGAL: PROMINENT FIGURES SENTENCED IN CHILD SEX RING SCANDAL
LISBON, Sep. 3, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - A trial that dragged on for six years amidst public outrage ended Friday in Portugal with the unexpected sentencing of prominent personalities, found guilty in a child sex abuse scandal that shook the nation.
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EAST EUROPE: ACTIVISTS DECRY PROMOTION OF CAR CULTURE
PRAGUE, Sep. 3, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Quality of life in Eastern European cities will continue to fall unless outdated systems of city life dominated by cars are abandoned, NGOs in the region say.
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ENVIRONMENT: PORTUGAL'S FORESTS LOSING ABILITY TO CAPTURE CARBON
GERÊS, Portugal, Aug. 31, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Environmentalists are alarmed: fires have destroyed close to 100,000 hectares of forest in Portugal this summer, releasing one million tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Worst of all, the forests are losing their ability to absorb carbon.
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EUROPE-ENVIRONMENTAL: STUDY FAULTS EU FOR INACTION
PARIS, Aug. 28, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - The European Union (EU) is failing to fulfil its environmental commitments in practically all areas, from protecting biodiversity to improving air quality in the cities, according to official studies released this month.
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SPAIN: MARATHON PUPPET SHOW RAISES FUNDS FOR BOLIVIAN SCHOOL
MADRID, Aug. 28, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - The 17th Titirilandia (Puppetland) Festival will conclude with a marathon puppet show, to be held Sunday Aug. 29 in Spain's capital city in aid of a school in the remote Bolivian mining province of Potosí.
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KAZAKHSTAN: LEADING BATTLE TO BAN NUCLEAR TESTING
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 27, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - The first International Day against Nuclear Testing will be marked Sunday by festivities in Astana, Kazakhstan and major cities around the world, with the goal of raising awareness of the importance of banning nuclear tests and to educate people on the catastrophic effects past tests have had on human beings and the environment.
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