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RIGHTS: Treatment of Sexual Minorities a Global Shame – Experts
Governments and societies in all parts of the world continue to violate the human rights of sexual minorities in pervasive, pernicious, and often violent ways, investigators say.RIGHTS: Lawsuit Against Israel’s Sharon Poised to Set Precedents
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is the latest political figure to feel the heat of an emerging trend in international justice: lawsuits by the victims of gross human rights abuses.HEALTH: AIDS ‘Vaccine Heroes’ Highlight Struggles Ahead
Paul Wetaka, a soldier from Uganda, and Henk Cazemier, a librarian from the Netherlands, have volunteered to participate in trials to develop a vaccine against AIDS.HEALTH: Latin America Targets Second-Hand Smoke
Public health advocates in Latin America are moving to reduce the number of people, especially children, exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke.RIGHTS: Governments Pay Lip Service to Human Rights, Says Amnesty International
Governments are only paying lip service to the issue of human rights, Amnesty International (AI) says, accusing 149 countries of having violated the human rights of their citizens in the last year.RIGHTS: Governments Pay Lip Service to Human Rights, Says Amnesty International
Governments are only paying lip service to the issue of human rights, Amnesty International (AI) says, as it notes that 149 countries have been guilty of violating the human rights of their citizens in the last year.RIGHTS: Governments Pay Lip Service to Human Rights, Says Amnesty International
Governments are only paying lip service to the issue of human rights, Amnesty International (AI) says, accusing 149 countries of having violated the human rights of their citizens in the last year.RIGHTS: Torture Victims Challenge Impunity Enjoyed by Former Dictators
Since February last year, Senegal has been ground zero for a public campaign seeking to end the impunity enjoyed by a perpetrator of alleged human rights violations.HEALTH-DEVELOPMENT: UN Food Experts Highlight Rural Face of AIDS
A United Nations agency shed light this week on the manner in which AIDS threatens the world's food supply.RIGHTS: Worst Enemies of the Press Named
Champions of media freedom drew global attention Thursday to some of the notorious offenders of the right to free expression, including Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, China's Jiang Zemin, Cuba's Fidel Castro and Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe.HEALTH: US Scientists Develop Typhoid Vaccine Safe Enough for Children
Scientists at a leading US health agency are confident about the prospects of their latest medical achievement: a new vaccine capable of protecting children between the ages of two and five against typhoid fever, a disease which kills close to 600,000 people every year.HEALTH: Anti-Smoking Lobby Optimistic about Support for Tobacco Control Treaty
The international anti- smoking movement has a few reasons to feel optimistic about securing sufficient support for the world's first public health treaty that seeks to control the global use of tobacco.HEALTH: Female Condoms Gain Acceptance as Safer Option for Women
Should more women be encouraged to use female condoms to curb the spread of sexually transmitted diseases? Public health workers seem to think so in the face of mounting evidence from studies conducted in a number of countries.RIGHTS: What Really Brought Jiang Zemin to Latin America?
When Chinese President Jiang Zemin began his current tour through Latin America on Apr. 4, strengthening trade and diplomatic ties between China and the six nations on his schedule were billed as the main reasons for bringing him to the region.RIGHTS: Activists Urge American Leaders to Close Gap Between Talk and Action
Despite pledges made by governments across the Americas to uphold and strengthen democracy in the hemisphere, the current reality suggests otherwise.HEALTH-RIGHTS: WHO Turns Spotlight on Mentally Disabled
If you are diagnosed with a mental disability in Hungary, your identity card is often taken away, making it difficult for you to indulge in such common activities as borrowing a book from a library.HEALTH: Campaign Puts Polio on Verge of Eradication
In war-torn countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka, the guns fell silent last year for periods ranging from five days to a week on three occasions.HEALTH: Global Campaign to Curb Measles Begins in Africa
Eight African countries will serve as the launching pad for a new global effort to reduce the mortality rate of measles, a childhood disease still deemed "deadly" in close to 40 countries across the developing world./REPEAT/EDUCATION-RIGHTS: Girls Battle Sexual Violence in School
A new report on the "thousands of girls" being raped and sexually harassed in South African schools has added to the growing body of evidence about the discrimination and hardship girls across the developing world face in their quest for quality education.EDUCATION-RIGHTS: Girls Battle Sexual Violence in School
A new report on the "thousands of girls" being raped and sexually harassed in South African schools has added to the growing body of evidence about the discrimination and hardship girls across the developing world face in their quest for quality education.HEALTH: Indoor Air Just as Polluted as Air Outdoors
Every weekday close to four million people descend into the belly of this enormous city to ride underground commuter trains, which run from dawn till after midnight along a network of tracks that add up to over 160 kilometres in length.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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