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As Israel continues to build walls and fences along virtually each of its borders, analysts say the country’s isolationist policies and unwillingness to deal …
Read This ArticleMalnutrition Implicated in Child Killer Epidemic
Health experts are blaming high malnutrition levels for an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) that has killed more than 54 children in …
Read This ArticleCaribbean Moves to Protect Rights of HIV-Positive Workers
Thirty years into the HIV and AIDS epidemic, Caribbean countries are slowly putting necessary legislation in place to ensure the rights of workers despite …
Read This ArticlePrison Study Programme Shuns Argentine “Dirty War” Criminals
A group of prisoners convicted of crimes against humanity committed during Argentina’s last dictatorship (1976-1983) have put university and prison authorities in a difficult …
Read This ArticleImpure Flows the Ganga
Every year Yogesh Mudgal treks miles through the mountainous roads of the Indian Himalayas during the holy Hindu month of Shravan, in July.
Read This Article67 Minutes of Shame on African Icon Nelson Mandela’s Birthday
Wendy Hlophe* is still visibly grieving for her long-term friend, 28-year-old Sanna Supa, who was shot and killed outside her home in Braamficherville, a …
Read This ArticleCôte d’Ivoire Law Offers Battered Women Little Protection
A shiver ran down Habiba Kanaté’s* spine when she read about a policeman shooting and killing his wife in Abidjan, the economic capital of …
Read This ArticleTo Reduce Teen Pregnancies, Start with Educating Girls
Each year, 16 million girls aged 15-19 give birth. 50,000 of them die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth. And 95 percent of …
Read This ArticleLook to Developing World for Solutions, Says New World Bank Chief
Speaking on Wednesday at his first major public address, new World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said the institution needs to be more flexible …
Read This ArticleInvestigation Exposes Arms Trafficking Network in Mauritius
An investigation by the Conflict Awareness Project has exposed an active arms trading network of associates of former trafficker Viktor Bout that involves companies …
Read This ArticleFamilies of U.S. Victims of Drone Attacks Sue Top Officials
Family members of three U.S. citizens killed last year in drone strikes in Yemen filed a lawsuit here Wednesday accusing U.S. intelligence and military …
Read This ArticleSouth Korea Offers Marine Technology to Developing Nations
When South Korea inaugurated a U.N. Office for Sustainable Development last October, the new research and training facility was designed to help the world’s …
Read This ArticleNetanyahu – Unlike Olmert – Refuses Explicit Iran Attack Threat
The perception that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is threatening to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities unless sanctions and diplomacy succeed in shutting them down …
Read This ArticleGreat Barrier Reef at a Crossroads
The world’s largest and best protected coral reef will be doomed by Australia’s unprecedented scale of planned coal and gas development, experts say.
Read This ArticleSyria Blast Strikes at Heart of Assad’s Rule
Syria’s defence minister and interior minister are among those who were killed after a suicide bomber struck the National Security building in Damascus during …
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