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HEALTH-CHINA: Wave of Anger Rises Over Vaccine Scandal
- Inter Press Service
Shortly after Liu Yan’s four-year-old son, Liu Yi, was bitten by a dog, he did what any responsible parent would do: took his child to the hospital for a vaccination. Two weeks later, after the fourth injection, Liu Yi became violently ill.
ENVIRONMENT-INDONESIA: Solving Waste Woes Far from Easy
- Inter Press Service
By running his illegal dumpsite, Nasrulloh believes he is doing the community good, helping the city government, doing his bit for the environment — while making money for himself as well.
SUDAN: U.S. Support of Elections Draws Criticism
- Inter Press Service
Recent remarks by the U.S. envoy to Sudan predicting credible elections have led to criticism both here and in Sudan over Washington's policy toward the African nation.
MOZAMBIQUE: Earthquakes: Not a Matter of If, But When
- Inter Press Service
Time is everything in responding to a natural disaster. Mozambique's disaster management specialists are worried that they are missing key data on the small tremors that take place almost daily in the quake-prone country.
PERU: Oil Pipeline and Uncontacted Tribes
- Inter Press Service
A 200-km oil pipeline that Franco-British oil group Perenco aims to build in the heart of Peru's Amazon jungle region is at the centre of a controversy because of the reported existence of uncontacted native groups in the area.
LATIN AMERICA: Poor, Overweight and Malnourished
- Inter Press Service
Fruit? Maybe a banana now and then. Vegetables? Onions, if they are chopped up in a stew. Meat? No, because they choke on it, and will only eat wieners. Carina Ramírez thinks her children are 'strange': they eat nothing but bread, pasta and sweets, 'and that’s why they’re chunky,' she says.
IRAQ: Iran, Saudi Arabia's Roles Play Out in Post-poll Crisis
- Inter Press Service
While Iraq’s election was largely a domestic affair, efforts there to form a new government in the weeks after the March poll have been bogged down by a flurry of contradictory pulls and pressures by several international actors.
DEVELOPMENT-SRI LANKA: Opening of War Zone Helps Ease Distrust
- Inter Press Service
Elephant Pass conjures up images of the deadliest battles in Sri Lanka’s conflict with the Tamil Tigers. But today, tens of thousands of local visitors have been to visit the former war zone.
ENVIRONMENT-ZIMBABWE: Future Generations Will 'Inherit Only the Wind'
- Inter Press Service
The plumes of smoke rising above the dense working class suburbs of Bulawayo are a sign of the environmental impact of Zimbabwe's electricity crisis.
INDIA: After Slowdown, Art Market Picking Up
- Inter Press Service
After sitting out the slowdown in the art market until last year, Ambica Beri, owner of an upscale art gallery here in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, is cautiously hosting shows again this year.
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