Praful Bidwai NEW DELHI, May 15 2008 (IPS) – Protests are mounting all over the world against the year-long detention of Dr. Binayak Sen, a… Read More »RIGHTS-INDIA: Top Activist’s Detention Blot on Democracy
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Stella Gonzales MANILA, Jul 22 2008 (IPS) – As World Population Day was being marked on Jul. 11, Tess and Andy were attending a family… Read More »POPULATION-PHILIPPINES: Catholic Church Damns The Pill
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Abid Aslam WASHINGTON, Oct 17 2008 (IPS) – A severe outbreak of flu could kill tens of millions of people and spur a major global… Read More »ECONOMY: Threat of ‘Major Global Recession’ Tied to Bird Flu
Helen Clark HANOI, Dec 10 2008 (IPS) – Vietnam s environmental issues have been pushed to the forefront after it was reported in mid-September that… Read More »ENVIRONMENT-VIETNAM: Paying the Price of Rapid Development
Marina Litvinsky WASHINGTON, Feb 11 2009 (IPS) – Rich countries and the World Bank should stop pushing privatised health care in poor countries, Oxfam International… Read More »HEALTH: Privatised Care More Placebo than Panacea
Zofeen Ebrahim* KETI BANDAR, Sindh , Mar 15 2009 (IPS) – There was a time when we used to cast our nets into the river… Read More »ENVIRONMENT-PAKISTAN: Save the Indus Plead Delta Folk
Dalia Acosta HAVANA, Apr 8 2009 (IPS) – Over 20 years after the diagnosis of the first cases of AIDS in Cuba, HIV-positive persons and… Read More »HEALTH-CUBA: HIV-Positive Want Respect, Not Tolerance
Fanja Saholiarisoa ANTANANARIVO, May 13 2009 (IPS) – Because most schools in Madagascar have no access to running water, lack of hygiene and sanitation have… Read More »MADAGASCAR: Education Hampered by Lack of Clean Water