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CAMBODIA: Premier Hun Sen Profits from Suppression and Aid
- Inter Press Service
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is savouring another victory. His latest triumph: a string of verdicts against an opposition lawmaker that has guaranteed him the liberty to insult women and get away with it.
SRI LANKA: Build Better Infrastructure or Expect More Floods — Experts
- Inter Press Service
Sri Lankans should be ready for more urban flash flooding, like those experienced in May, unless proper infrastructure is built to allow the onrushing waters to flow unhindered, experts warn.
NEPAL: Under-Five Deaths Show Robust Decline But Hurdles Remain
- Inter Press Service
With still five years left before the expiry of the Millennium Development Goals’ (MDGs) 2015 deadline to reduce under-five mortality rate by two-thirds from the 1990 level, a mid-term survey of Nepal Family Health Program (NFHP) II shows the country has already achieved the target.
CAMBODIA: Aid Donors Urged to Demand Faster Reforms from Gov’t
- Inter Press Service
P. Yuen Mach sat on the floor of her wooden home, her hands nervously twisting a stalk of lemongrass into fibrous strands.
AFRICA: Less Funds will Cause Unnecessary AIDS Deaths
- Inter Press Service
Backtracking by international donors in funding the fight against HIV/AIDS risks widening the treatment gap in Africa, undermining years of positive achievements in the field, warns a new Medecins Sans Frontieres report. And many more unnecessary HIV-related deaths will be caused by these shifts in international donor funding
ASIA: Green Revolution Has Little to Offer New Hungry Mouths
- Inter Press Service
As it took root in the rice fields across Asia, it was hailed as the solution to the hunger afflicting millions of people in the region. But four decades on, the much vaunted Green Revolution appears to have reached its limits, unable to meet new demands, to feed new mouths.
BAHRAIN: Passport Confiscation Still Hounds Migrant Workers
- Inter Press Service
When Abdulkhaliq Mohammed arrived in Bahrain as a contract labourer 20 years ago, the first thing he did on setting foot in the oil-rich Gulf state was to hand his passport over to his employer.
ENVIRONMENT: Australia Stands Firm on Anti-Whaling Move vs. Japan
- Inter Press Service
Deep rift continues between pro and anti-whaling members of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) as Australia Tuesday lodged legal action in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Japanese ‘scientific’ whaling, calling for a permanent end to all whaling in the Southern Ocean, an established whale sanctuary and a critical feeding ground for the mighty mammals.
POLITICS: Japan-U.S. Pact Crucial to Balance of Power in East Asia
- Inter Press Service
A clumsy and failed attempt by Japan’s nine-month-old coalition government to change the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty, a post World War II landmark in bilateral relations after the Japanese defeat and often referred to as the lynchpin in Asian regional defence, has shaken domestic politics and fueled East Asian anxiety.
Latin America Urges More South-South Cooperation
- Inter Press Service
The governments of Latin America and the Caribbean asked ECLAC Tuesday to come up with a new set of criteria so middle-income countries are not excluded from official development assistance. They also called for greater South-South cooperation.
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