News headlines for “Human Population”, page 418
Nuclear Test Moratorium Threatened by North Korean Impunity
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 27 (IPS) - When the United Nations commemorates the International Day Against Nuclear Tests later this week, the lingering question in the minds of most anti-nuclear activists is whether or not the existing moratorium on testing will continue to be honoured - or occasionally violated with impunity.
Widows Celebrate a Little At Last
- Inter Press Service
VARANASI, India, Aug 27 (IPS) - Namuna Gautam was among millions of Indian women who celebrated Rakshabandhan this year, but one thing set her apart. It was the first time the 80-year-old took part in the festival, in which sisters pray for the long life, health and happiness of their brothers.
Deceased Offer Hope for the Diseased
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Pakistan, Aug 26 (IPS) - Forty-year-old Sajja Bibi from Sukkur, 470 km from Pakistan's port city of Karachi, has been camping on the pavement across from the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation for over two years now.
Aid Cuts Childbirth Risks in Bangladesh
- Inter Press Service
COMILLA, Bangladesh, Aug 23 (IPS) - Seven months pregnant, 24-year-old Shumi Begum has travelled 220 km from her village with her paternal grandmother to consult a specialist on childbirth.
Civil Society Trial Finds Oil Corp Guilty in Colombia
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, Aug 22 (IPS) - An "ethical and political trial on pillaging of natural resources" in Colombia condemned three foreign corporations, including Canada's Pacific Rubiales Energy, which has dozens of oil and natural gas operations around the country.
Hard to Stay, Harder to Return
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Aug 22 (IPS) - After working in Thailand legally for four years, many Myanmar migrant workers are facing an uncertain future in the coming weeks as their visas expire. Tired of the lack of security, they want the Myanmar government to improve the current labour agreement with Thailand.
OP-ED: Rising Temperature, Rising Food Prices
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (IPS) - Agriculture as it exists today developed over 11,000 years of rather remarkable climate stability. It has evolved to maximize production within that climate system. Now, suddenly, the climate is changing. With each passing year, the agricultural system is becoming more out of sync with the climate system.
Musical Toilets for a Few While 2.5 Billion Lack Basics
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 21 (IPS) - Even as the United Nations laments the fact that more than 2.5 billion people in the developing world are still without adequate sanitation, both Japan and South Korea have gone upscale: offering automated toilets and piped-in classical music.
Swazi Chiefs Shut Women Out of Parliament
- Inter Press Service
MBABANE, Aug 21 (IPS) - Archaic and chauvinistic practices are being used to prevent Swazi women from taking part in the upcoming primary elections, despite the country having a constitution that guarantees their rights, says political analyst Dr. Sikelela Dlamini.
When Disaster Rains, Talk
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Aug 20 (IPS) - Gulam Rasul, chief meteorologist at the Pakistan Meteorological Department, was sure early this month that the second leg of the annual monsoon due in the latter half of the month was going to be bad. "Normally it peaks towards late August," Rasul told IPS.
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