News headlines in April 2011

Moves To Undermine Egyptian Revolution

Saturday, April 30, 2011

More than two months since former president Hosni Mubarak was forced from office after 30 years in power, local political figures and analysts warn of 'counterrevolutionary elements' still working behind the scenes to thwart Egypt's ongoing transition to democracy.

Food Price Hike Worsens Poverty In Asia

Saturday, April 30, 2011

An annual meeting of Asian finance ministers and central bank governors in Hanoi is set to address the fate of 64 million people in the region on the brink of extreme poverty. They are the worst affected by soaring food prices, which have hit record highs in the first two months of this year.

Bolivia Steps Up Campaign At U.N. To Legalise Coca Leaf

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Is coca a dangerous drug that should be tightly regulated, or an essential part of Andean indigenous people's cultural and medicinal heritage? Or perhaps both?

New Dangers Arise At Chernobyl

Saturday, April 30, 2011

In the aftermath of the anniversary of the worst nuclear disaster in history, Ukrainian authorities have pledged not to abandon those still in need of assistance. But many of the country’s policies may be increasing the risk of a new catastrophe.

Spain: ETA Announces End to 40 Years of Extortion

Friday, April 29, 2011

The Confebask business association in northern Spain reported that it received a letter from the armed Basque separatist group ETA, announcing the cancellation of 'the revolutionary tax' that it has charged businesses over the last 40 years.

Human Rights Council Issues First-Ever Un Condemnation Of Syria

Friday, April 29, 2011

The special session on Syria held by the United Nations Human Rights Council Friday agreed on neither an international mission of enquiry, as originally foreseen, nor a lower level fact-finding mission - only a mission by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Yemen: Youth Ready to Confront Gender Roles

Friday, April 29, 2011

Despite being at the forefront of sweeping changes taking place in the country, the lives of the majority of Yemeni women are restricted to early marriage, motherhood and serving husbands, according to a new study by Women Without Borders (WWB), a Vienna based public relations and advocacy platform for women’s voices around the world.

Latin America: Violence in the Age of Innocence

Friday, April 29, 2011

The countries of Latin America are working slowly to overcome barriers in the fight against the often brutal violence suffered by children and adolescents in their homes, schools, workplaces or juvenile detention centres.

U.S.: Lethal Injection Treads Murky Ethical Waters

Friday, April 29, 2011

The death penalty is in limbo in several states since the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency confiscated several states' supplies of sodium thiopental (ST), a key drug used in lethal injections, and as the supply of the drug to the U.S. grows even tighter.

Syria: Deraa a City Under a Dark Siege

Friday, April 29, 2011

As darkness fell across it, Deraa was a city under siege.

Tanks and troops control all roads in and out. Inside the city, shops are shuttered and nobody dare walk the once bustling market streets, today transformed into the kill zone of rooftop snipers.

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