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POPULATION-SRI LANKA: Success Poses a Baffling Dilemma
Sri Lanka's impressive achievement in keeping fertility levels down has thrown up a new problem -- a rapidly ageing population that will put more pressure on the government's welfare budget.RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Tamils Flee Harassment in Colombo
Fearing the midnight knock, ethnic Tamils are fleeing the Sri Lankan capital to Western countries -- an exodus that defies immigration laws.AIDS-SRILANKA: AIDS Victims Fight Discrimination
Sherman de Rose was beaten up after he set up Sri Lanka's first gay group, Companions on a Journey, two years ago.SRI LANKA-OUTLOOK: High Hopes, Doubtful Chances
Sri Lanka's President Chandrika Kumaratunga thinks 1998 will be a turning point for the island nation. Top priority is being given to ending the costly ethnic war during the 50th year of the island's independence.ENVIRONMENT-ASIA: El N = 12170755 OSL004 NNNN
More than 20 years after a young woman jumped from the second-floor window of her university dormitory unable to cope with the sadistic ragging by her seniors, there is murder on Sri Lanka's campuses.CULTURE-SRI LANKA: Repressed Sexuality Flares Up at Movies
Three Australian women walked into a cinema in the Sri Lankan capital last month to watch 'Kama Sutra', a film based on the fourth century Indian sex manual.LABOUR-SRI LANKA: Tea Plantations Make Children into Workers
Devi and Ramani left their one- roomed homes here in Sri Lanka's tea estates, at a very young age to work as maids in Colombo, and returned only in coffins.DEVELOPMENT-SRI LANKA: Turning Opportunity Into Livelihoods
Making plastic out of waste is the business of a small factory on the outskirts of the Sri Lankan capital. That by itself is nothing remarkable.SRI LANKA: Pesticides Kill More People Than Civil War
Its true. More Sri Lankans commit suicide each year than are killed in the bloody ethnic conflict that has dragged on for 14 years.DEVELOPMENT-SRI LANKA: Turning Opportunity Into Livelihoods
Making plastic out of waste is the business of a small factory on the outskirts of the Sri Lankan capital. That by itself is nothing remarkable.HEALTH-SRI LANKA: Struggling Against Myths About HIV/AIDS
People infected with HIV/AIDS in Sri Lanka have to deal with not just the trauma of a disease that leads to a complete breakdown of the immune system, but the humiliation of social ostracism.ENVIRONMENT-ASIA: Tobacco Firms Move East as et Tightens Controls
More people are smoking and drinking alcohol in Asia than ever before with tobacco and alcohol transnationals turning their sights on Asia as the most lucrative market, globally, as sales slump in the West.SRI LANKA: Opposes Landmine Ban, But Turns to U.N for Help
Landmines littering Sri Lanka's north have slowed down the government's efforts to resettle civilians in the Jaffna peninsula.POLITICS-SRI LANKA: Media Takes Government To Task
Check out Sri Lanka's independent dailies, TV and radio stations, and things couldn't appear worse for the government.HEALTH-ASIA: Tobacco Firms Move East as West Tightens Controls
More people are smoking and drinking alcohol in Asia than ever before with tobacco and alcohol transnationals turning their sights on Asia as the most lucrative market, globally, as sales slump in the West.SRI LANKA: Politicking Delaying the Peace Plan
The outlook for Sri Lanka's economy looks bright, but its political future is gloomy as a peace plan aimed at ending a 14-year separatist war is in limbo.MALDIVES: Feasting on Island Paradise Raises Health Funds
Once a year on a moonlit night a group of wealthy Maldivians gather on the beach of one of their islands and virtually "eat the night away".POPULATION: Safe Motherhood Targets Still Within Reach
Despite the massive cutback in funds worldwide, maternal mortality rates can be dramatically reversed with low-cost initiatives, a global conference on safe motherhood in the Sri Lankan capital has concluded.PAKISTAN: Further Neglect Will Stop Economic Takeoff
Pakistan has one of the worst records in female health and education in South Asia and if urgent action is not taken, it will further jeopardise opportunities for economic growth, the World Bank has warned.POPULATION: South Asia Could Learn From Sri Lanka
In the world's fastest growing region, tiny Sri Lanka could teach its giant neighbour India and Pakistan how best to promote population programmes.POPULATION: Success Stories Need Backing, UNFPA chief says
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) chief Nafis Sadik has urged developing countries that have succeeded in family planning and population control to fight their own battles in ensuring continuing overseas funding.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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