News headlines in June 2010, page 22

'Sometimes I'm cheerful, but other times I see no reason for working in the community or even for life,' said Paula Flores, who has become the symbol of the fight for justice for the hundreds of women who have been murdered or disappeared in this northern Mexican border city.

While successful immunisation programmes worldwide have saved millions of lives, the threat of new infectious diseases and drug-resistant strains of existing diseases is posing a major challenge to governments, especially in developing regions like Asia, in meeting their commitment to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Ma Xiangqian, a 19-year-old migrant from the eastern Chinese province of Henan, worked the 11-hour night shift, seven days a week, putting together electronic parts for Foxconn Technology, the world’s biggest contract maker of information technology goods.

No one admits to providing them with support, but hundreds of Argentine football hooligans known as 'barras bravas' flew to South Africa for the World Cup and are threatening to cause disturbances if the football clubs do not get them tickets to the games.

While U.S. officials insist they are making progress in reversing the momentum built up by the Taliban insurgency over the last several years, the latest news from Afghanistan suggests the opposite may be closer to the truth.

Blasts from a megaphone accompany the sounding of alarms, a woman's voice repeatedly pleading, 'We are civilians, we have no guns...we need help for people...please don't attack.'

The Mexican government and capital city authorities are making the most of the national football team's participation in the FIFA World Cup beginning Friday in South Africa, by using the sport's power to distract public attention away from the economic crisis and the violent battle against drug trafficking.

Israel may allow soft drinks, juice, canned fruit, salads, biscuits and potato chips into the Gaza Strip from next week. What should be an unremarkable event is making news headlines and portends unseen consequences.

One year after massive protests erupted over Iran's disputed June 2009 presidential election - and just days before the U.N. Human Rights Council releases its report on Iran - the Islamic Republic is still conducting a widening human rights crackdown that has left hundreds of journalists, academics, lawyers, students, clerics, political and rights activists unjustly imprisoned.

Israel has given guarded approval to the new round of sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council in the international community's bid to haul back Iran's nuclear programme.