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RIGHTS-INDIA: Gov’t Urged to Rethink War on Maoists
- Inter Press Service
In the lull before the storm that the central government has vowed to unleash on Maoist rebels this month, voices of caution are being heard against precipitating an armed confrontation that could further hurt marginalised and largely indigenous populations in the worst affected central and eastern Indian states.
Q&A: ‘ODA Is What Governments Want to Do at Their Whim’
- Inter Press Service
Think of a world where rich nations did not fund what was popular but instead collaborated to solve the developing world’s most pressing health needs.
RIGHTS-US: U.N. Investigator Probes Housing Crisis
- Inter Press Service
The U.N. body responsible for monitoring human rights violations is investigating why hundreds of thousands - and possibly millions - of people in the United States are condemned to live on the streets.
HEALTH: New Task Force Targets Poor in Breast Cancer Fight
- Inter Press Service
The rate of breast cancer in developing countries is on the rise, according to the Harvard School of Public Health, which estimates that the poor will account for more than 55 percent of breast cancer deaths this year.
LATIN AMERICA: Former Leaders Hope to Shape Regional Agenda
- Inter Press Service
After two years of work, 20 former presidents of Latin American countries have issued policy recommendations that they hope 'will greatly improve the lives and social mobility of Latin America's poor, will produce a new dynamic for economic growth, and will strengthen Latin America's still-fragile democratic institutions'.
AFRICA: Malaria Vaccine Draws Closer
- Inter Press Service
After 20 years of trials, scientists have announced they are on the threshold of discovering a malaria vaccine. Researchers warn that Africa may not be ready to make use of the vaccine should it be approved as expected within five years.
RIGHTS-CAMEROON: The Reverend Raped Me
- Inter Press Service
A countrywide survey of the incidence of rape in Cameroon has returned disturbing statistics: 20 percent of the nearly 38,000 women surveyed reported having been raped; another 14 percent said they had escaped a rape attempt.
RIGHTS-MEXICO: Military Abuses Brought to Inter-American Commission
- Inter Press Service
A case of rights abuses allegedly committed by the Mexican armed forces is coming up for a hearing at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), where it joins a long list of accusations against the army in this Latin American country.
RIGHTS-MALAWI: Blame Game While Children Suffer
- Inter Press Service
Every morning 12-year-old Thomson Genti and his seven-year-old brother, Chifundo, emerge dirty and wretched from the squalor of their hideout behind the crowded shops in the commercial town of Limbe. It is the start of a day of begging, beatings from the older street boys and insults from passers-by.
GUATEMALA: (Barely) Surviving on Beans and Tortillas
- Inter Press Service
Juan Manuel Ardón's bones jut out and his hair is dull and thin: signs of severe malnutrition. He is so weak that he can hardly walk or talk, and the doctors say his weight and stature are those of a six-year-old, rather than 15-year-old, boy.
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