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ECUADOR: All-Out Offensive Against Child Malnutrition
- Inter Press Service
The Ecuadorean government aims over the next five years to eradicate chronic malnutrition among children under one -- 10 percent of whom are now undernourished -- and reduce the rate among children under five from the current 22 percent to seven percent.
AFRICA: Modified Banana Could Cure Deadly Disease
- Inter Press Service
An innovation by researchers in Nigeria could be a cure for the devastating Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) - responsible for annual losses in excess of 500 million dollars of crop across East and Central Africa. But it has also fuelled debate on the genetic engineering of crops in Africa.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Cancún Conference Holds Out Little Hope in Face of Extreme Weather
- Inter Press Service
Unusually warm temperatures and more frequent and intense droughts and hurricanes... you have seen the headlines. As options dwindle for negotiating a global pact to fight climate change, the United Nations is pointing to today's 'extreme conditions.'
SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Jobless Youth Still Waiting for Better Times
- Inter Press Service
Tanya Athikom’s search for a permanent job in the information technology sector has so far resulted in a string of disappointments. The Bangkok resident has thus been forced to accept short-term contracts in local and multinational companies here in the Thai capital.
MALAWI: Used Car Dealers Seeing Red Over New Green Tax
- Inter Press Service
Small-scale importers of used cars in Malawi are crying foul over a government decision to introduce higher duties on second-hand passenger vehicles aged eight years and older.
PAKISTAN: Endangered Snow Leopard Clawing Its Way Back
- Inter Press Service
For more than 10 years, Shafqat Hussain has been on the trail of the endangered snow leopard. He has heard the beast’s growl, and has seen its pugmarks against a snowy track. But his dream, of coming eye-to-eye with the elusive nocturnal feline, remains unfulfilled. 'If you’ve seen the cat, you’ve seen the Holy Grail,' says Hussain.
PHILIPPINES: Despite Ad Ban, Tobacco Industry Seduces Customers
- Inter Press Service
Adventure motorcycle tours, and driving and racing events organised by tobacco firms. Canopies bearing cigarette brands in popular restaurants. Tobacco brands appearing beside the signages of convenience stores, whether along the Philippine capital’s urban alleys or provincial roads.
SOUTH AFRICA: 'Children are Dying Needlessly'
- Inter Press Service
By the time Thandi Khumalo* brought her seven-month-old daughter to the Red Cross Children’s hospital in Cape Town, help came too late. The infant had developed acute diarrhoea and Kwashiokor, a condition caused by severe protein and calorie deficiency, and died a few days after being admitted.
Americas Social Forum Celebrates Change in Paraguay
- Inter Press Service
The Fourth Americas Social Forum kicks off Wednesday in the Paraguayan capital with a colourful march through the streets, as some 12,000 people prepare to take part in the activities organised by 50 local groups and 550 organisations from Argentina to Canada.
Russia's Agony a 'Wake-Up Call' to the World
- Inter Press Service
A wind turbine on an acre of northern Iowa farmland could generate 300,000 dollars worth of greenhouse-gas-free electricity a year. Instead, the U.S. government pays out billions of dollars to subsidise grain for ethanol fuel that has little if any impact on global warming, according to Lester Brown.
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