Full Coverage: Asia and the Pacific
July 2006
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07/31/2006
PESHAWAR, Jul 31 (IPS) - Two Afghan journalists, who spent three years in the infamous United States military prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have released a new chronicle on life in the now famous iron cages.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [East Asia] [Afghanistan] [Pakistan] [United States] |
07/31/2006
Nën moton "STOP Luftës së Re në Liban, Shoqëria e Miqësisë Maqedono-Arabe dhe miqtë e tyre organizuan një protestë paqesore para Ambasadës së Shteteve të Bashkuara të Amerikës në Shkup të shtunën, 29 gusht, duke kërkuar që lufta e fundit në Liban të ndalet menjëherë.
Read moreRelated: [Lebanon] [Macedonia (FYROM)] [War and Peace] [Arms & Military] [Conflict] [Conflict Resolution] [Peace] [Security] |
07/31/2006
Intialaisen kastijaon takia syrjityt Uttar Pradeshin kyläläiset elävät nälkäkuoleman partaalla, raportoivat avustusjärjestöt. Kylässä on raportoitu jo kolmen lapsen kuolleen nälkään parin kuukauden aikana ja järjestöt uskovat luvun kasvavan. Alueen paikallishallinto ei ole osoittanut piittaavansa niin sanotujen "koskemattomien" tilanteesta.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld South Asia Related: [India] [Food] |
07/31/2006
Greenpeace, a non-governmental organisation working for the conservation of the environment, on Tuesday alleged that the information technology (IT) company, Wipro, had failed to keep its promise to develop a policy to phase out toxins from its products.
Read moreRelated: [India] [Poverty] [ICT] |
07/31/2006
Radio is the most accessible medium to reach the greatest number of population in the rural areas. Supported by ENRAP, the Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resources Management (CHARM) Project implemented a school-on-air program to disseminate among farmers the best lessons learned during the projects implementation in the provinces of Abra, Benguet and Mountain Province.
Read moreRelated: [Philippines] [Poverty] [ICT] |
07/31/2006
China has the world's fourth largest economy but it now believes it needs a Harry Potter or "Da Vinci Code" to solidify its role as a world power. To do so, China is creating "cultural industries" in order to influence the world through language, art, music, film, and all other things cultural.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [China] |
07/31/2006
At least 30 families in India's Belwa village are starving--with many cooking food only once every four or five days--even though local news agencies have reported on the problem and human rights groups have lodged complaints with authorities, activists warned Friday after the death of a nine-month-old girl.
Read moreFrom: Asian Human Rights Commission Related: [India] Image: More could starve due to government discrimination, analysts warn. © Mark Bushnell / Oxfam Great Britain
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07/28/2006
Western inattention after the Andijan massacre of May 2005 has granted Uzbekistan's president a green light to further repress freedoms, the country's opposition leaders told international human rights advocates this week.
Read moreFrom: Eurasianet (Open Society Institute) Related: [Uzbekistan] [United States] Image: Uzbek children refugees in Kyrgyzstan after Andijan massacre. © SandS / Eurasianet (Open Society Institute)
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07/28/2006
The objective of the Workshop is to address problems related to safe motherhood and to learn from national and international experiences in improving maternal health and safe motherhood. The focus would be on strategies to overcome specific issues & challenges in this area and to identify technological interventions that can provide remedial measures with special focus on Rajasthan.
Read moreRelated: [India] [Health] |
07/28/2006
In a bid to establish a communication channel to support all its e-governance initiatives, the State Government of Haryana is planning to deploy a statewide area network that will connect the state head quarter office at Chandigarh to all the district head quarters at the Block/ Sub-Division/ Tehsil/ Sub- Tehsil levels.
Read moreRelated: [India] [ICT] [Governance] |
07/28/2006
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), in collaboration with the Ramakrishna Mission (RKM), is empowering the women of the Sunderbans to promote the use of solar power. This pilot project has successfully created viable enterprises, targeting women entrepreneurs, who provide solar products as well as services in remote and interior villages.
Read moreRelated: [India] [Capacity Building] [Energy] [Renewable Energy] [Gender] |
07/28/2006
The UN has urged the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil rebels to resume peace talks so that the nearly 300,000 internally displaced people can return to their homes. UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres said after a trip to Sri Lanka that conditions should be created all over the country that allow people to return home.
Read moreRelated: [Sri Lanka] [Shelter & Housing] [Arms & Military] [Conflict Resolution] |
07/27/2006
Marcha Mundial de las Mujeres: Nosotras integrantes del Comité Internacional de la Marcha Mundial de Mujeres, manifestamos nuestra indignación frente a la escalada de violencia en Medio Oriente. La masiva operación militar de Israel de ocupación de territorio libanés tiene como blanco su populación civil y destrucción de su infraestructura.
Read moreFrom: La Minga Informativa Related: [Middle East] [Human Rights] [War and Peace] [Conflict Resolution] Image: Over 700,000 people have been displaced by the conflict in Lebanon. © Lebanese Red Cross / Environment News Service (ENS)
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07/27/2006
WASHINGTON, Jul 26 (IPS) - One year after Democrats succeeded in blocking Senate confirmation of John Bolton as Washington's ambassador to the United Nations, the White House has once again thrown down the gauntlet, demanding that its least diplomatic diplomat be confirmed in the post for the balance of President George W. Bush's term.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [Israel] [Middle East] Image: Activists vigorously opposed Bolton's nomination last year. © CODEPINK: Women for Peace
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07/27/2006
from interim thoughts blog:
Read moreModern American farming uses the energy equivalent of three or four tons of TNT per acre each year. Can India leapfrog this oil-rich approach to farming? Related: [United States] [India] [Agriculture] Image: Cereal © People & the Planet
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07/27/2006
Etelä-Libanonissa on huutava pula vedestä, ruuasta ja lääkkeistä, kertovat aivan Israelin ja Syyrian rajoilla kiertävät Punaisen Ristin työntekijät. Kansainvälinen Punainen Risti rahtaa avustustarvikkeita Libanoniin niin laivoilla, rekoilla kuin lentoteitse.
Read moreFrom: Punainen Risti Related: [Lebanon] [Emergency Relief] Image: Libanon © Lebanese Red Cross / Environment News Service (ENS)
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