One of the many schools in Gaza damaged in Israeli attacks. Credit:Eva Bartlett.

By Eva Bartlett

GAZA CITY, Oct 31, 2010 (IPS/TerraViva) – The focus on people’s movements in Palestine continues to gain momentum with growing non-violent demonstrations in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, and with a Palestine-wide call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel.
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By Marwaan Macan-Markar

BANGKOK, Oct 31 (IPS/TerraViva) – A year after its creation, a South-east Asian human rights body has earned an unflattering label – that of being a window-dressing exercise to improve the image of a region that is home to governments notorious for suppressing political opponents, rather than expanding civil liberties.
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Strong GDP growth has not overcome poverty in Zambia, threatening achievement of development goals such as access to clean water. Credit: Kelvin Kachinwe/IPS.

Kelvin Kachingwe

LUSAKA, 31 oct (IPS/TerraViva) – A moins que la Zambie s’attaque aux niveaux élevés de pauvreté, les grands progrès déjà accomplis par le pays dans la réalisation de certains des Objectifs du millénaire pour le développement (OMD) pourraient être compromis, préviennent les organisations de la société civile.
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Pakistanis affected by their country's widespread, torrential floods receive wheat flour and other provisions from the UN World Food Programme. Credit:UN Photo/WFP/Amjad Jamal.

By Paul Weinberg

TORONTO, Oct 30, 2010 (IPS/TerraViva) – The world is ill-prepared for the human toll from the expected increase in floods, droughts and extreme storms and hurricanes on the horizon.
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Les écoliers Mauriciens. Nasseem Ackburally/IPS.

Nasseem Ackbarally

PORT-LOUIS, 30 oct (IPS/TerraViva) – Le petit Etat insulaire de l’Ile Maurice est le seul pays africain susceptible d’atteindre tous les huit Objectifs du millénaire pour le développement (OMD) des Nations Unies d’ici à 2015 – au moins théoriquement.
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Apaxco and Atotonilco residents have staged a peaceful sit-in against the Ecoltec plant for nearly 18 months. Credit: Greenpeace.

By Emilio Godoy

MEXICO CITY, Oct 29, 2010 (IPS/TerraViva) – A waste processing company and the surrounding community are at odds over the operation of a plant that provides energy for Mexico’s cement industry.
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Um cisterna de água da chuva. Crédito: Roberta Guimarães/ASA.

Fabiana Frayssinet

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 29/10/2010, (IPS/TerraViva) – A pitoresca, para quem vê de fora, paisagem de mulheres carregando pesadas vasilhas com água em suas cabeças começa a ser coisa do passado em vários lugares do semiárido brasileiro, em razão de uma iniciativa simples que se expande para outros países: a coleta e o armazenamento de água da chuva.
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Mexican electrical workers on hunger strike. Credit:Daniela Pastrana/IPS.

By Daniela Estrada*

SANTIAGO, Oct 29, 2010 (IPS/TerraViva) – Protesters ranging from prisoners to government leaders have resorted to hunger strikes in Latin America in recent years to press their demands. Behind the growing use of the extreme protest measure is a lack of institutional responses, according to experts.
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Mulheres eletricistas mexicanas durante a greve de fome que fizeram. Crédito: Daniela Pastrana/IPS.

Daniela Estrada

Santiago, Chile, 29/10/2010, (IPS/TerraViva) – De prisioneiros a governantes, todos recorrem desde o ano passado a greves de fome em defesa de suas posições e demandas na América Latina.
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A week of action against what activists describe as a Secrecy Bill concluded with a march on parliament. Credit: Davison Makanga/IPS.

Erna Curry

LE CAP, 29 oct (IPS/TerraViva) – Une coalition de groupes de la société civile a marché sur le parlement d’Afrique du Sud le 27 octobre pour protester contre le nouveau Projet de loi sur la protection de l’information.
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