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Shift in Illicit Drug Use Bodes Ill for Developing World
- Inter Press Service
While drug use has largely stabilised in industrial countries, there are signs that it may be on the rise in developing countries, says a new report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and the impact of a rise in drug abuse could cause a lot more damage in developing countries than it has for their richer counterparts.
KENYA: PMTCT Means Rural Families Survive Another Generation
- Inter Press Service
When Samuel Mwangi’s one-year-old HIV-positive son died five years ago, he thought the death of his child also meant the death of his family’s legacy. 'I wept. And to the bottom of my heart, I knew that that was the end of my generation,' said HIV-positive Mwangi.
U.N. Report Optimistic on Anti-Poverty Strides
- Inter Press Service
Despite the ongoing financial crisis, global poverty rates are expected to fall by half in the next five years compared to 1990, according to the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Report 2010 launched on Wednesday by Secretary-General Ban Ki- Moon.
SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Leper Colonies on the Road to Extinction
- Inter Press Service
The Culion island, in the western Philippines, is increasingly becoming a magnet for tourists drawn to its corals in the shallow waters close to its shore, its deep green hills and its ancient Spanish fort.
WORLD: Inviting Africans to G8 Meeting Is Just 'Window-Dressing'
- Inter Press Service
Questions are being asked about whether the Group of Eight invitation to seven African states to attend its summit in Ontario, Canada, reflects its concern about the litany of unmet promises dating from its 2005 Gleneagles meeting -- or whether it merely amounts to another bout of window-dressing.
WORLD CUP: United For Africa - Making it Last
- Inter Press Service
Perhaps Africa's World Cup began in earnest on Jun. 16, when a despondent green and gold-clad crowd began leaving the Loftus Versfeld stadium even before the end of South Africa's heavy defeat to Uruguay. Migrant African fans felt the first touch of cold post-tournament reality.
INDIA: Animals Nearing Extinction Need Urgent Attention — Experts
- Inter Press Service
With threats looming large on the survival of several wildlife species in the Himalayan state of Jammu and Kashmir in northern India, experts warn that these species could go extinct in the coming years unless immediate steps are taken to prevent their extinction.
DEVELOPMENT-CONGO: Deforestation Threatens South With Famine
- Inter Press Service
The trees are falling in Pool, and there are plenty of people to hear the sound. In a painful irony, the end of armed conflict in 2003, has signaled the wholesale devastation of forests in this southern region of the Republic of Congo.
ZIMBABWE: A Chance for Women's Voices to be Heard?
- Inter Press Service
As Zimbabwe embarks on writing a new constitution with the countrywide collection of public submissions starting on Jun. 23, not all women are upbeat about the process.
ECUADOR: Chinese Mega Loan for Dam Draws Fire
- Inter Press Service
The opposition and experts in Ecuador are questioning a 1.68 billion dollar loan from China to finance 85 percent of the construction and equipment of the Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric dam.
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