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/CORRECTED REPEAT/CAMBODIA: Exploited Youngsters Get Lawyers as Allies in Court
Since April, she has been haunted by a fear of making court appearances: On the four occasions nine-year-old Kunthea went before the law in the southern Takeo province in Cambodia, she had to do so alone.CAMBODIA: Exploited Youngsters Get Lawyers as Allies in Court
Since April, she has been haunted by a fear of making court appearances: On the four occasions nine-year-old Kunthea went before the law in northern Takeo province in Cambodia, she had to do so alone.CAMBODIA: Exploited Youngsters Get Lawyers as Allies in Court
Since April, she has been haunted by a fear of making court appearances: On the four occasions nine-year-old Kunthea went before the law in northern Takeo province in Cambodia, she had to do so alone.ENVIRONMENT: Asia Faces 30 Billion Dollar Financial Gap a Year
Asia-Pacific countries have a 30 billion U.S. dollar financial gap to bridge annually in order to adequately invest in the development and environment needs of a region already strapped for resources, officials meeting here say.RIGHTS: Govts Fall Short of Pledges to Curb Child Sex Trade
The world's governments need to display greater financial and political resolve to protect millions of children from being exploited by predators in the global sex industry, warns a new report released here Tuesday.POLITICS-ASIA: Muslim Countries Grapple with Islamic Identity
For now, Asian countries with predominantly Muslim populations such as Bangladesh, Indonesia and Malaysia can pass off as largely secular in their outlook, given what they uphold as a state.HEALTH: Thailand Has Capacity to Test WTO Deal on Generic Drugs
Thailand is in a strong position to test the veracity of a deal struck this week by the world's trade negotiators that enables developing nations to produce or buy cheaper generic drugs to cope with pandemics devastating a country, like AIDS.ENVIRONMENT-ASIA: Logging Bans Prove Ineffective – Report
Despite strong measures to stall deforestation in Asia, such as government-enforced logging bans, trees in the region's forests continue to be felled at an alarming rate, says a new report.THAILAND: U.S. Breeding of Famous Rice Variety Alarms Farmers
A growing number of rice farmers from Thailand's north-east districts are taking to the streets to protect the future of their much-valued crop, the long-grain aromatic jasmine rice.LABOUR-RIGHTS: South Korea Leads in Putting Value in Women’s Work
South Korea is emerging as an East Asian leader in gender-sensitive labour policies with its commitment to measure the economic value of the country's unpaid work force, the bulk of whom are women.LABOUR-RIGHTS: South Korea Leads in Putting Value in Women’s Work
South Korea is emerging as an East Asian leader in gender-sensitive labour policies with its commitment to measure the economic value of the country's unpaid work force, the bulk of whom are women.RIGHTS-ASIA: Success Stories Needed against Child Sexual Abuse
The spread of children's clubs in Cambodia over the past year is fast gaining support as a sound way to deal with the exploitation of children in the country's thriving sex industry.DEVELOPMENT-ASIA: Women’s Skills Sow Food Security
The women who grow rice in Pematang Jering, a village in the northern Indonesian province of Sumatra, follow a simple creed when they work the fields: "If we feed the land well, the land will feed us well."POLITICS: U.S. Backing from Govts in Muslim World on Shaky Ground
Within hours of the U.S.-led bombardment of Afghanistan Sunday night, there were signs that the support Washington enjoyed from among governments in the Muslim world in its 'war against terrorism' was on shaky ground.DEVELOPMENT-ASIA: Global Downturn Means More Hungry People
For Asians going hungry or struggling to get food, the news is about to get worse: the region will see a rise in the number of people deprived of daily meals in coming months, due to changes in the global political and economic landscape since the U.S. attacks of Sep. 11.POLITICS: Afghanistan Draws Islam’s Angry Young Men, Again
Islam's angry young men are on the move again. Over the past few days, thousands of them from religious schools in northern Pakistan have been heading to neighbouring Afghanistan.HEALTH: WHO Raises Alarm Over Dengue Fever Outbreak
The monsoon rains lashing through south- east Asia and the Pacific have raised fears among public health authorities that the region may witness a rapid increase in dengue fever cases this year.TRADE: Asian Governments Want Clear WTO Agenda
The agenda for this year's World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meeting has become a contentious issue, with many Asian governments insisting on it being more open to their concerns instead of being shaped to satisfy the developed world.HEALTH-ASIA: Local Technology a Good Prescription for Cheap Drugs
Asian governments and public health policymakers should learn from India's success in producing cheaper drugs with local technology, which shows that developing countries can challenge the stranglehold that multinational firms have on technology crucial to health, experts here say.POLITICS-RELIGION: Taliban Brand of Islam Faces Stern Test
As Afghanistan awaits a potential U.S. military strike, the ruling Taliban is about to discover if it has any following among Muslim political leaders for a brand of Islam criticised for being ''oppressive'' and ''intolerant''.POLITICS-RELIGION: Taliban Brand of Islam Faces Stern Test
As Afghanistan awaits a potential U.S. military strike, the ruling Taliban is about to discover if it has any following among Muslim political leaders for a brand of Islam criticised for being "oppressive" and "intolerant".« Previous Page — Next Page »
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