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Climate Change Denial Pervades U.S. Elections
In the run-up to the U.S. elections set to take place Nov. 2, the amount of money being spent and eccentricities on display have reached record levels. This has been particularly obvious in debates over energy and climate change.Black Floridians Await Settlement on Toxic Contamination
It is safe to say that the candidates running in Florida for the Nov. 2 congressional elections do not have a campaign stop planned for Tallevast. Residents there believe that they have been abandoned by the government.U.S. Inmates Exposed to Toxic E-Waste
Past U.S. inmates and prison staff in electronic waste recycling programmes face serious health risks after officials willfully violated health, safety and environmental laws, a new report has found.
If Africa is to meet the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 then more attention should be paid to the role of women says an independent body watching global donations to the continent.
If Africa is to meet the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 then more attention should be paid to the role of women says an independent body watching global donations to the continent.
U.S.: Planting Oases in a Land of Burgers and Fries
Though close to a billion people remain undernourished worldwide, one in three U.S. children are overweight – a problem that First Lady Michelle Obama has made her priority over the first two years of her husband's administration.
Among the small number of countries in Africa that offer social protection grants for children, a British researcher says South Africa might have the most effective system, as Chris Stein reports from Windhoek.
Among the small number of countries in Africa that offer social protection grants for children, a British researcher says South Africa might have the most effective system, as Chris Stein reports from Windhoek.
Kenya says the guarantee of children’s rights in its new constitution shows the country’s commitment to protecting vulnerable citizens. Chris Stein reports from Windhoek.
Kenya says the guarantee of children’s rights in its new constitution shows the country’s commitment to protecting vulnerable citizens. Chris Stein reports from Windhoek.
U.S. Aid Shift Envisions Path to Self-Sufficiency
As part of a more general promise of reform to U.S. development policy, the U.S. Agency for International Development is poised to fundamentally alter the way it tackles poverty overseas.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: New Inland Port Set to Improve Regional Trade
Land-locked Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe expect to improve their import and export fortunes following the opening of an inland harbour, the Nsanje World Inland Port, on Malawi’s biggest river, The Shire.Churchill Denied Relief to Bengal Famine Victims, Book Says
A new book on the Indian famine of 1943, also known as the Bengal famine named after the specific region where it occurred, has squarely put the responsibility for the famine on then British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
DR CONGO: ‘An Opportunity to Say Never Again’
Civil society in the DRC's eastern province of South Kivu is determined that meaningful action will follow from the publication of the U.N.'s Mapping Project, a report detailing some of the most serious human rights violations by state and non-state actors in the DRC between 1993 and 2003.
Without Investment in Agriculture, Africans Stay Hungry
Inadequate access to water, recurring floods and droughts as well as a lack of political will to invest in small-scale agriculture perpetuate hunger across Africa, the continent’s food security experts say.Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Valencia Lake Overflows and Contaminates
Valencia Lake, with an area of 375 square kilometers and situated west of Caracas, has overflowed as a result of recent heavy rains and threatens about 1,000 homes towards the east in the city of Maracay.Ecobreves – CUBA: Prehistoric Fossils Discovered
Cuban scientists have confirmed the discovery of fossil remains from the prehistoric era in Sima del Cotunto, located on the western border of Viñales National Park, 162 kilometers from the national capital.Ecobreves – HONDURAS: FAO Delivers Food Aid
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will create a fund of one billion dollars for Honduras for the next four years, announced Carmelo Rizzo, the Honduran representative to that agency.Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Construction Makes Use of Sugarcane Ash
Waste from sugarcane is being put to good use -- its ashes incorporated into building materials, based on a formula developed by researchers at Brazil's University of São Carlos.
Social grants can relieve poverty, but delegates at the Eastern and Southern Africa Parliamentary Regional Workshop in Windhoek, Namibia, were told that the grants must be coupled with systemic changes.
Social grants can relieve poverty, but delegates at the Eastern and Southern Africa Parliamentary Regional Workshop in Windhoek, Namibia, were told that the grants must be coupled with systemic changes.
For Women, Dry Statistics Can Be Power
While women have made strides forward in areas like job market participation over the last two decades, in 2009 only 14 women in the world held the position of head of state or government, and of the 500 largest corporations, just 13 had a female CEO.
Malawi Herbalist Joins Fight Against Deforestation
Decades of shifting cultivation by rural farmers have threatened forests in the district of Karonga in northern Malawi. The loss of forest cover has also threatened the livelihood of Benjamin Kalowekamo, a herbalist who depends on local plants to mix his healing concoctions.RIGHTS-CHINA: Jury Still Out On Fewer Crimes Punishable by Death
China’s top legislative body is considering scrapping the death penalty for 13 non-violent crimes, including tax evasion, tomb raiding and animal smuggling. But the impact these changes will have on the total number of prisoners the country puts to death is uncertain.Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Cerrado Savannah Fires Increase 350 Percent
Fires in the Cerrado, the Brazilian savannah, jumped 350 percent this year compared to the 2009 total, according to a study by INPE, the national space research institute, released Oct. 8. So far this year there have been 57,700 fires.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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