News headlines in 2010, page 377

U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to detain 47 of the just-under 200 remaining prisoners at Guantánamo without trial indefinitely is drawing scorn from legal experts and human rights advocates, who charge that the government simply does not have enough evidence to convict the detainees it says cannot be tried but are 'too dangerous to release.'

Words are not enough to stop the rapidly unraveling web of life, agreed heads of state and international conservation organisations at a high-level meeting that ended here last Friday.

The republic of Yemen, categorised by the United Nations as one of the world's 'least developed countries' (LDCs), will lead the largest single coalition of developing nations this year: the 130-member Group of 77 (G77).

Throughout the Port-Au-Prince earthquake's aftermath, the voices of many Port-Au-Prince radio stations have been loud and clear.

One year after U.S. President Barack Obama's inauguration, how has his administration fared in terms of advancing an agenda for women's rights around the world?

A staff member 'would use the cable to beat people. On each whip, the person’s skin would come off and stick on the cable,' said M’noh*, 16, of his detention in Choam Chao Youth Rehabilitation Center, a government-run centre for drug addicts in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh.

Razia Khatoon, 36 crouches over a huge wooden frame, her eyes squinting in the dimly lit room inside a squatter settlement in Orangi town in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city.

The first Asian ministerial meeting to protect the tiger, one of the world’s most storied animals, is poised to test a new commitment between government leaders, the World Bank and the global conservationist movement.

As a political activist and president of the women’s wing of the Awami National Party (ANP), Zahira Khattak has been working relentlessly for the empowerment of women in the war-torn North West Frontier Province (NWFP) in Pakistan. She believes that by empowering them, they can contribute to the peace efforts in the region.

The World Social Forum (WSF) is only 'a tool' and must not be confused with the global movement for another world, says Chico Whitaker, one of the founders of this meeting which is celebrating its tenth year with a seminar to assess its track record Jan. 25-29, in its southern Brazilian place of origin, Porto Alegre.