News headlines in 2010, page 388

The enormous relief effort being mounted in Haiti since a 7.0-magnitude earthquake leveled most of Port-au-Prince is facing a host of difficulties, including bottlenecks at the main airport and lack of heavy equipment to clear debris from streets and roads, aid officials say.

The violent deaths of four inmates in Argentine prisons in recent weeks confirmed the 'systematic' violation of human rights in the country's penitentiaries, according to human rights activists.

'If we had money we'd get married right away,' says Samir*, 23. He has found his bride, but not the money to hold the wedding.

'If we had money we'd get married right away,' says Samir*, 23. He has found his bride, but not the money to hold the wedding.

An ambitious plan to establish a chemical industry complex in an ecologically fragile coastal zone of India’s eastern state, West Bengal, has snowballed into a debate, with the ruling communists facing resistance from environmental groups and political rivals over the project.

As the central government begins a series of public meetings across the country this month on the commercial release of genetically modified (GM) brinjal in this country, activists and farmers’ groups are mobilising to oppose such a plan.

As the central government begins a series of public meetings across the country this month on the commercial release of genetically modified (GM) brinjal in this country, activists and farmers’ groups are mobilising to oppose such a plan.

As the central government begins a series of public meetings across the country this month on the commercial release of genetically modified (GM) brinjal in this country, activists and farmers’ groups are mobilising to oppose such a plan.

Just a few metres outside the front door of a large white-washed courthouse in north central Liberia, Tete Garwo sells small plastic bags of cold water and passes time by pleading her case to thirsty customers. The 40-year old woman describes how she was forced out of her house by an abusive husband, then deprived of her half of the property.

Suicides among United States military veterans ballooned by 26 percent from 2005 to 2007, according to new statistics released by the Veterans Affairs (VA) department.