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Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Government Suspends Logging Permit
Honduran authorities ordered a halt to logging in 600 hectares of forest in six communities of Valle de Siria, in the central department of Francisco Morazán, in the wake of protests by local residents and clashes with the loggers, which left one person dead and two injured.
Migrants Risk Everything in Arizona Desert Crossing
As he drops his last purification tablet into a pail of swirling, murky water, Sergio, 26, stares out toward the desert. Recently deported from Arizona, where he has a young child and where he has lived for the majority of his life, he explains, "I have to return, it's my home."
Alleged Weapons Transfer Threatens Mideast Status Quo
This week, Israeli President Shimon Peres accused Syria of arming Lebanon's Hezbollah with long-range Scud missiles, possibly altering the current political and military dynamics of the region and affecting U.S. interests.
HEALTH: Maternal Deaths Drop, but Progress Still “Slow”
One day closer to an ever-approaching deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced a Joint Action Plan to improve reproductive, maternal and newborn health on Wednesday, flanked by international leaders and development experts.
DR CONGO: Uneasy Calm After Fighting in Northwest
Fighting between "Enyélé" insurgents and regular armed forces in the northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo at the beginning of April left 18 people dead, including nine rebels, and triggered mass displacements from the region's principal city, Mbandaka.
RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: Conflict Complicates Aid to Disabled
The rising number of civilian casualties in the military operations against the Taliban in Pakistan’s northern provinces has become an early difficulty for a new government project for the disabled.ENVIRONMENT: A Different Kind of Green
The colour green has long been associated with Islam, but if some recent Muslim visitors here could have their way, it’s a link that could intensify some more in the future.
SUDAN: Problems Lead to Extended Vote
Polling will be postponed in some constituencies in Sudan where technical irregularities marred the voting process, the country’s electoral commission says.MIDEAST: Israel Trapped in Nuclear Isolation
As the world grapples with controlling the spread of nuclear weapons, it's a time of complex choices in a Middle East edging between possible confrontation with Iran and possible movement towards Israeli-Palestinian peace.RIGHTS: Europe Imports Torture From US
A U.S. company has admitted for the first time that it exports equipment designed to inflict pain on prisoners to Europe.DEVELOPMENT-CAMBODIA: Conflicts Simmer Over Land Concessions
When villagers in Kandal province near the Cambodian capital blocked National Road 2 in early April, it was just the latest protest by rural villagers angered by yet another alleged land grab.HEALTH: Empowering Women to Slash Mother and Child Deaths
In developed countries, child and maternal mortality is a health problem that has largely been solved.POLITICS: Yemen Refuses to Hunt Al-Awlaki for U.S.
Last weekend, authorities in Yemen said they would not participate in the extrajudicial killing of U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who was recently targeted by military and intelligence agencies in Washington.CHINA: Women Want to Hold Up the Half the Sky – in Style
For decades, women have been "holding up half the sky in China," as the late Chairman Mao Zedong had exhorted them to do. But in recent years, a growing number of Chinese women want to do so with loads of charm and more than a hint of the social graces.
MIDEAST: ‘Poetic Justice’ in Jerusalem
President Barack Obama has made plain he means to deconstruct Israel’s 43-year-old grip on East Jerusalem. But, for all Washington’s pressure, Israel seeks to tighten its hold on the occupied part of the city.Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Readying for Reforestation
Venezuela's Environment Ministry announced that it will finalize resources for the Tree Mission, a reforestation program for river headwater areas begun in 2006, and now intended to recover national parks affected by the fires resulting from the drought that has lasted since 2009.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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