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HEALTH: Tobacco Company ‘Kills 750,000 a Year’
The British American Tobacco (BAT) is making products which cause about 750,000 premature deaths around the world every year, a new report says.DEVELOPMENT: Water Flows Down the Political Path
Aid for water development is being sent down political channels, major environmental groups warned in a joint report published Monday.ENVIRONMENT: 100 Whales Raise a 10 Billion Dollar Question
A 20-foot mock-up of a whale in London, a hundred grey whales off the Russian coast, and 10 billion dollars in the banks came together in a serious question raised by environmental groups Friday.IRAQ: Violence Hurting the Needy
The violence rocking Iraq is hurting no one more than the weakest sections in the country.POLITICS: Europe Prepares Another Message From the Street
Tens of thousands of people across Europe are expected to take to the streets Saturday to protest the continued occupation of Iraq.HEALTH: Silent Disease Finds a Voice
Filariasis has been the forgotten condition in what has emerged as a kind of snobbery among diseases, with global attention focused on HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria. But new drugs offer new hope to a billion people at risk of getting filariasis.POLITICS-EU: Spain’s Suffering Strengthens Europe
The bomb attack in Madrid Thursday highlights weaknesses in the European Union's troubled foreign policy, but it has also bred determination to strenghten it.DEVELOPMENT: In the Same Troubled Waters
After International Women's Day Monday this week, World Consumer Rights Day follows next Monday. But it is more than dates in the calendar that bring them closer. A leading consumers group is linking women's rights closely to consumer rights, particularly around the issue of water.ENVIRONMENT: Greasy Palms Ruining Forests
One in three food products sold in Europe's supermarkets could be contributing to the destruction of forests and wild life, says a report released in London Monday by Friends of the Earth.POLITICS: The Commonwealth Mask Slips a Little
The Commonwealth dedicates itself to freedom next week. But the Commonwealth grew out of the British Empire which had brought denial of freedom. That clash surfaces as a museum in Britain invites people to recall the Empire as it celebrates the Commonwealth.POLITICS: The Commonwealth Mask Slips a Little
The mask over the origins of the Commonwealth is off, or at least it will be next week.GLOBALISATION: If These Two Could Agree
If the presidents of Finland and Tanzania could agree what globalisation should mean, then activists must be right to be hopeful about the rest of the globe.GLOBALISATION: Change Is in the Air, Says ILO Chief
Recommendations alone do not bring change, but the ingredients for change recommended by the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalisation are all there, ILO director Juan Somavia told IPS Tuesday.GLOBALISATION: UN Asked to Take Charge
The United Nations must be given charge of introducing fair globalisation, a major new report says.HEALTH: AIDS Spreading Rapidly in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is seeing the fastest growing AIDS epidemic in the world, studies by UN agencies show.RIGHTS-BRITAIN: Detainees Picked Up, Now Dropped
What rights remain of the Guantanamo Bay detainees will be put to a quick test in Britain following the release of five Britons over the next few weeks.IRAQ: Britain Now Enters a Coalition in Contracts
About this time last year the Anglo-American coalition was well on its way to planning joint operations for the invasion of Iraq. And now joint operations are being proposed for the reconstruction of Iraq.IRAQ: Few Enter the Door Kuwait Opens
A Kuwaiti pitch to offer itself as a smooth gateway to business in Iraq was timed particularly badly. The worst of the killings in Iraq came just as the Kuwaitis raised their pitch.TRADE: Commonwealth Begins New WTO Campaign
Four ministers from Commonwealth countries are undertaking a new campaign from next week to advance WTO talks.RIGHTS-BRITAIN: Strong Opposition to Secret Trials
A proposal for secret trials for suspected terrorists has run into a wall of opposition in Britain.DEVELOPMENT: More Funds Sought for ‘Forgotten MDGs’
A new study calls for more resources to provide reproductive health care in order to meet the Millennium Development Goals.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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