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24.11.2009
Four out of five children in ‘orphanages’ in many countries still have a living parent, according to a new report.
more...Related topics/regions: [Children]
23.11.2009
The Sri Lankan government’s promise to lift restrictions on movement of at least 130,000 people displaced by the war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam must be backed up with help in the form of shelter, food and security, says an international rights group.
more...From: Amnesty International - International Secretariat Related topics/regions: [Sri Lanka] [Conflict resolution] [Human rights] 
21.11.2009
Sri Lankan war-displaced civilians, living in highly guarded camps in the northern Vauniya district, will be allowed to move freely from 1 December, according to a senior government official.
more...Related topics/regions: [Sri Lanka] [Conflict resolution] [Refugees] Image: Internally displaced people from an earlier stage of the conflict © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
20.11.2009
Detection dogs are helping track and count Javan rhino in Vietnam, in an attempt to save one of the world’s rarest mammals from extinction.
more...From: WWF International Related topics/regions: [Vietnam] [Animals] [Conservation] Image: Simon Mahood, member of the WWF rhino project in Vietnam, with dog 'Chevy', who is trained to detect dung of the rare Javan rhino in the forests of Vietnam.(© WWF Greater Mekong Programme)
20.11.2009
The annual number of deaths of children under five has fallen from around 12.5 million in 1990 to an estimated 8.8 million in 2008, says a new UN Children's Fund report.
more...From: United Nations Children's Fund Related topics/regions: [United Nations] [Infant mortality] [Children] Image: Child survival (UNICEF)
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24.11.2009
Gadhimai Mela in Nepal will take place on 24 November, whether activists, sympathisers and critics cry themselves hoarse or not. Setting aside the visual repulsion, the macabre excess and the gluttony for slaughter, Rabi Thapa investigates the logistical details involved in managing such an epic event.
more...Related topics/regions: [Nepal] [Religion] Image: Nepal: the goddess beckons (© Himal magazine)
23.11.2009
Scientists have inventoried an astonishing abundance, diversity and distribution of deep sea species that have never known sunlight – creatures that somehow manage a living in a frigid black world down to 5,000 metres below the ocean waves.
more...Related topics/regions: [Science] [Oceans] [Animals] Image: A magnified crustacean, a tiny copepod collected this year from the Atlantic abyss (© Bünzow/Corgosinho)
19.11.2009
World leaders and negotiators will meet in Copenhagen in December to discuss the future of our planet. As the debate intensifies, the New Statesman’s panel of environmental experts have chosen their heroes and villains – politicians, activists, companies and institutions.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Environmental activism] [Environment] Image: Dr RK Pachauri
16.11.2009
Is brutality in the name of patriotism more justified than violence in the name of parallel ideologies, be it Maoism, communalism, or Hindu nationalism, asks Dilip Simeon.
more...Related topics/regions: [India] [Conflict] [Politics]
12.11.2009
A season of fear has returned to Zimbabwe, following Morgan Tsvangirai’s decision to 'disengage' from the country's dysfunctional Government of National Unity, writes Mary Ndlovu.
more...Related topics/regions: [Zimbabwe] [Politics] |
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