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Inter Press Service (IPS) is a global, independent, nonprofit media and communications outlet. The IPS News Service provides daily coverage of global issues, processes, and events, seeking the story behind the stories and giving voice to the voiceless. IPS promotes democracy, equality and justice by offering different perspectives and by reporting stories that other mainstream and international news services miss.
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  • CANCUN, Nov 3 (IPS) - With HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis occupying the global health spotlight, few resources are devoted to the "neglected tropical diseases" like dengue fever, hookworm infection and schistosomiasis that afflict some 1 billion people.

  • WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (IPS) - The U.S. State Department released a report Thursday detailing possible violations of the laws of war in Sri Lanka during the first half of 2009, adding to pressure for an independent, international investigation into alleged atrocities committed by government forces and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) separatists.