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Botswana-Politics: I Lost the Election, But I Am a Winner

Friday, November 20, 2009

When Kgomotso Mogami threw her name into the hat to contest the Gaborone Central parliamentary seat it was easy for many people to write her off.

Climate Change: The Danish Example

Friday, November 20, 2009

Whether a new internationally binding treaty to reduce greenhouse gases and forestall climate change will be signed next month remains to be seen. What is clear though, is that if there is a place in the world that deserves to be the stage where this treaty ought to be signed, it is the Danish capital of Copenhagen.

Q&A: Maternal Mortality Rates ‘One of the Saddest Cases’ in Asia

Friday, November 20, 2009

Nearly 15 years after a landmark international conference to advance the rights and freedoms of women, the picture in the Asia-Pacific region is mixed, says a leading women’s rights advocate and senior United Nations official.

Energy-Tanzania: Charcoal A Dirty Trade-Off

Thursday, November 19, 2009

The sun is setting slowly over Dar es Salaam's Tabata Changombe neighbourhood. Ameenah and Skukulu Juma lean against the corrugated iron walls of their makeshift charcoal shop.

Africa: Growing Use of Cellphones for Family Planning

Thursday, November 19, 2009

The growth of cellphone use, particularly in the developing world, is providing health experts with a new channel of communication to provide family planning information.

Development: Child Rights Make Headway, But Millions Still Suffering

Thursday, November 19, 2009

The international community, which has been hit by a financial meltdown and a global food crisis, claims it is doing its best to protect and safeguard the rights of children worldwide.

Environment: Listen to the Earth, Say Indigenous Peoples

Thursday, November 19, 2009

The idea of wilderness is 'an interesting concept; it is a Western concept. Our people have always lived and interacted in the environment,' said Illion Merculieff, an environmental activist from the Aleut community in the north-western U.S. state of Alaska.

Afghanistan: Black & Veatch's White Elephant in Kabul

Thursday, November 19, 2009

In a secluded valley a few miles from Kabul's international airport, Caterpillar turbines custom-built in Germany and giant transformers flown in from Mexico hum away at a brand-new power plant.

Q&A: Impact of Crisis in Latin America Less Severe than in the Past

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Thanks to effective social policies and measures that have strengthened the economy, most of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have managed to weather the impact of the global recession, although poverty has risen slightly for the first time since 2002.

Health: Strategy to Cut Vaccine Price Paying Off

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

The price of a major combination vaccine called the 'pentavalent' has fallen considerably over the past year, bringing the cost per dose below three dollars - a decrease of almost 50 cents, according to data released Wednesday by an alliance of public and private partners who have worked to bring down vaccine prices in the developing world.

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