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Untreated Mental Illness the Invisible Fallout of War and Poverty
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Oct 10 (IPS) - About 50 percent of Afghanis over 15 years of age suffer from mental health problems - depression, anxiety or post-traumatic stress disorder. In northern Uganda, nearly every family suffered during the vicious 20-year rebellion during which thousands of children were kidnapped and turned into child soldiers in the Lord's Resistance Army.
Sendai Shares Big Lessons from the Great Quake
- Inter Press Service
SENDAI, Japan, Oct 10 (IPS) - The debris of the devastated Arahama elementary school yielded two enduring lessons for its principal, Takao Kawamura, in the months after the massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan’s north-east coastland on Mar. 11, 2011.
Garifuna Women, Custodians of Culture and the Environment in Honduras
- Inter Press Service
TRUJILLO, Honduras, Oct 10 (IPS) - Hurricane Match, which devastated Honduras 14 years ago, prompted a group of Garifuna women to start organising, to help the people in greatest need of assistance.
Thousands of Teen Inmates Relegated to Isolation
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Oct 10 (IPS) - “Being in isolation to me felt like I was on an island all alone, dying a slow death from the inside out,” said “Kyle B.” from California, who was placed in solitary confinement before he turned 18.
Uruguayan Schools Slowly Say Goodbye to Junk Food
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Oct 10 (IPS) - Uruguayan schoolchildren are learning that cookies, candy, potato chips and soft drinks are bad for their health.
Some schools have taken the initiative and banned junk food from school snacks.
After Riots, Buddhists Call for Peace
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Oct 10 (IPS) - Anxiety has yet to die down over a week after crowds of Muslims torched more thana dozen temples and scores of houses in southeast Bangladesh, leaving thousands of Buddhists with the unshakeable premonition that more violence was forthcoming.
Greek State on Life Support
- Inter Press Service
ATHENS, Oct 10 (IPS) - Like a person on life support whose vital functions are failing, the Greek economy is slowly but surely shutting down as radiation from the so-called ‘austerity plan’ erodes public institutions.
Pangolin Trade Betrays Apathy for Biodiversity
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Pakistan, Oct 10 (IPS) - Conservationists see the decimation of pangolins (scaly anteaters) in Pakistan as a sign of the callousness with which this country’s rich biodiversity is being traded away for commercial gain.
New Poll Finds Shifts in U.S. Public Opinion Towards Middle East
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (IPS) - The attacks on U.S. embassies in Libya and Egypt last month shocked and scared Americans, but the majority of Americans nevertheless recognise that the violence was the work of extremist minorities and not the majority of the population, according to a new poll.
Myanmar's Rohingya Face “Permanent Segregation”, Activists Warn
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (IPS) - Following sectarian violence in the western Myanmar state of Rakhine in June, human rights researchers are now warning that the government appears to be attempting to permanently house parts of the stateless Muslim-minority Rohingya in “temporary” refugee camps, segregating them from the rest of the population.
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