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HEALTH: 'Chronic Diseases Bigger Threat Than Terrorism'
International health experts and activists are calling for immediate global action to avert the looming epidemic of preventable chronic diseases which will kill 388 million people in the next decade, threatening economies in the developed and developing worlds.RIGHTS: Grudging Support For New Cluster Munitions Treaty
Six-year-old Umarvek Pulodov was playing in the dining room of his home in Shul village, Tajikistan, when a cluster bomb pierced through the roof, instantly killing his brother, cousin and another relative and severely injuring him, his sister and two younger brothers.
CLIMATE CHANGE: APEC Leaders Get Off With ‘Aspirational Goals’
An agreement by 21 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum leaders on Saturday to adopt ‘’aspirational goals’’ to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has been criticised by voluntary agencies as grossly inadequate for saving the world from the effects of climate change.
AUSTRALIA: NGOs Have Long Wish List For APEC Summit
As 21 world leaders representing three billion people living in the Asia Pacific Economic Forum (APEC) nations meet here, civil society groups are calling for an instant end to poverty, the war in Iraq, and immediate action on climate change.
ENVIRONMENT-AUSTRALIA: Pulp Mill Friction Turns Election Issue
A proposed pulp mill in the scenic Tamar Valley of the island state of Tasmania has become a contentious issue between environmentalists and pro-development groups as Australia goes to federal elections this year.CULTURE-AUSTRALIA: Trauma of Partition Haunts Indians, Pakistanis
As Indians and Pakistanis celebrate the 60th anniversary of their independence, people affected by the simultaneous partition of the sub-continent and now living Down Under still find it difficult to make sense of a colossal man-made tragedy.
HEALTH: ‘Protect Our Future’ – AIDS Drugs Needed for Children
The 4th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention concluded here Wednesday with a call for antiretroviral drugs developed specifically for HIV-infected children.HEALTH: HIV/AIDS Experts Swear by Circumcision
Male circumcision could prevent millions of new HIV infections a year, delegates at the 4th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention were told here on Tuesday.HEALTH-AUSTRALIA: Focus on Drug Access at HIV/AIDS Meet
Delegates at a major international conference on HIV and AIDS, set to unfold here on Sunday, are expected to urge the developed countries to help guarantee the supply of affordable drugs to combat the virus and the syndrome.
HEALTH-AUSTRALIA: 'Earmark More HIV/AIDS Funds for Research'
Organisers of the fourth International AIDS Society (IAS) conference have called for donors to set aside 10 percent of funding for HIV prevention, treatment and care to research.ENVIRONMENT-AUSTRALIA: Cape Yorkers Pin Hopes on Heritage Listing
With the Cape York peninsula, one of the wildest tropical environments on the planet, coming under pressure from mining, commercial fishing and the tourism industries, conservation groups are pinning hopes on this pristine locale gaining a World Heritage listing and thereby permanent protection.RIGHTS: Geneva Convention Laws Gain Relevancy
A child sitting in the rubble of a bomb blast in Azerbaijan, a mother in Yemen receiving a Red Cross message from her son in Guantanamo Bay, war-wounded patients in Pakistan, a reunited Timor-Leste family and people looking for missing family members in Guatemala.SCIENCE-AUSTRALIA: Optimal Pesticide Use Can Save Cotton Farmers
A relatively low-tech approach to managing pesticides promises to help hundreds of thousands of cotton farmers across Asia raise yields and reduce environmental contamination.DEVELOPMENT-AUSTRALIA: ‘Overseas Aid Too Self-Serving’
Most Australians wants overseas aid to directly target poverty alleviation and sustainable development, but a majority of federal politicians favour pursuing the country's national and commercial interests through the aid programme.SOUTH PACIFIC: Bracing for Fiji’s Planned Coup
Uneasiness prevails in the South Pacific as a 24-hour deadline for a military takeover from the democratically-elected government in Fiji passed Friday afternoon.DEATH PENALTY: How Should Nations Respond to Atrocities?
Over the last century, the world has witnessed horrific acts of brutality, but the international community still has not found a uniform way to respond in a way that provides justice and promotes reconciliation post-conflict.AUSTRALIA: Ignoring Abuse of Aboriginal Women, Children
Revelations of horrific levels of sexual abuse and violence suffered by women and children in Australia's aboriginal communities have surfaced, even as the fifth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is underway in New York.AUSTRALIA: ‘Debt Relief, Better Than Aid’
'Jubilee Australia', the faith lobby, called Tuesday for debt relief to be extended to 66 countries and made a strong case for cancelling the debts of Indonesia, the Philippines and Bangladesh.ASIA-PACIFIC: Willing Coalition to Treat HIV/AIDS
Millions of dollars will be injected into the diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS in the Asia Pacific region under a significant new partnership between the Australian government and the William J. Clinton Foundation./ARTS WEEKLY/ECOTOURISM: Maoris Reap Benefits of Past Conservation
To Maoris conservation of land and water has been at the forefront of their existence and today they are capitalising on the carefully nurtured resource and gaining livelihoods through eco-tourism.RIGHTS-AUSTRALIA: Children Take Brunt of Immigration Detention Policy
Forcibly removed from classes, 12-year-old Ian Hwang and his six-year-old Australian-born sister, Janie are now back at school from the Villawood immigration detention centre where they were taken four months ago because their mother had overstayed her visa.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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