Full Coverage: Asia and the Pacific
February 2007
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02/28/2007
Ensimmäiset tiedot entisistä maolaistaistelijoista ja heidän luovuttamistaan aseista on kerätty ja YK on luovuttanut niitä koskevan raportin Nepalin hallitukselle. Nepalilaiset pitävät tuoreen mielipidemittauksen mukaan suurimpana haasteena lain ja järjestyksen säilyttämistä.
Read moreFrom: Ulkoministeriö Related: [Nepal] [Conflict Resolution] Image: © Amnesty International USA
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02/28/2007
Sebagian besar anak muda Indonesia tidak tahu mengenai HIV/AIDS dan penyebarannya. Kurangnya pengetahuan ini menjadi sebuah bom waktu di daerah-daerah seperti Papua. Di sana anak muda mulai aktif secara seksual pada awal masa pubertas.
Read moreRelated: [Indonesia] [HIV/AIDS] |
02/28/2007
Sejak 1984 ekspor kopi Indonesia ke-tiga tertinggi di dunia setelah Brasilia dan Kolombia. Bahkan robusta, menduduki peringkat pertama. Tapi, pada 1997 posisi Indonesia tergeser Vietnam menjadi peringkat empat. Padahal, peluang untuk meningkatkan volume ekspor ke pasar internasional masih terbuka.
Read moreRelated: [Indonesia] [Trade] |
02/27/2007
ARBIL, Feb 26 (IPS) - The security situation in Iraq's northern oil rich-city Kirkuk has deteriorated over the past few weeks as a constitutional deadline approaches to determine the fate of the city.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [Middle East] [Iraq] [Democracy] [Conflict] [Security] |
02/27/2007
Poor communities displaced by a World Bank-funded US$123m dam remodelling project in Pakistan started an indefinite hunger strike yesterday in protest at the Bank’s refusal to set up an independent inquiry into the dam’s environmental and economic impact.
Read moreFrom: ActionAid UK Related: [Pakistan] |
02/27/2007
AIDS merupakan sindrom yang paling ditakuti saat ini. Berbagai usaha dilakukan untuk mengembangkan obat-obatan yang dapat mengatasinya. Sampai saat ini belum ada obat yang benar-benar ampuh. Tantangan bagi para peneliti di seluruh dunia, termasuk Indonesia.
Read moreRelated: [Indonesia] [HIV/AIDS] |
02/27/2007
Bali akan menjadi tempat konferensi perubahan iklim pada 3 – 14 Desember 2007. Pulau Dewata akan menjadi saksi bisu bagi negosiasi internasional untuk mencegah bumi dari bencana perubahan iklim.
Read moreRelated: [Indonesia] [Climate Change] |
02/27/2007
Maraknya produk transgenik masuk ke Indonesia akibat belum adanya pengawasan yang dilakukan pemerintah. Untuk mencegah berlarutnya masalah ini, diperlukan suatu komisi yang bertugas mengawasi dan melakukan evalusi terhadap pangan rekayasa genetika.
Read moreRelated: [Indonesia] [Agriculture] |
02/27/2007
Tongues on Fire Film Festival, London, 9-31 March, "celebrates the excellence, performance and achievements of Asian women in cinema". It showcases work by women or stories where women are the central protagonists "in order to encourage debate and hold up a mirror to life".
Read moreRelated: [India] Image: PROVOKED is a drama based on the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a woman who was imprisoned in 1989 for killing her husband after suffering a decade of physical and mental violence.
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02/26/2007
Religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq are facing unprecedented levels of violence, and in some cases risk being eradicated completely from their ancient homeland, according to a new report.
Read moreFrom Minority Rights Group International. Related: [Iraq] |
02/26/2007
Kontroversi akan produk transgenik telah memunculkan gerakan-gerakan pembelaan maupun penolakan secara meluas. Gerakan yang tadinya bersoal pada pangan berkembang menuju politis, ekonomi, dan sosial.
Read moreRelated: [Indonesia] [Biodiversity] |
02/26/2007
Pengidap HIV/AIDS di Papua saat ini adalah yang tertinggi secara nasional, disusul Provinsi Bali dan Jawa Barat. Sekitar 25 persen hingga 30 persen di antaranya adalah anggota PNS.
Read moreRelated: [Indonesia] [HIV/AIDS] |
02/26/2007
Institut Pertanian Bogor, Himpunan Pengusaha Muda Indonesia, dan Performax akan menggelar AGRINEX Indonesia 2007 pada 16-18 Maret 2007. Expo ini ditujukan untuk mempromosikan dan mengembangkan agribisnis Indonesia. Persiapan go international.
Read moreRelated: [Indonesia] [Agriculture] |
02/23/2007
Permanent Secretary at the Department for International Development (DFID) Suma Chakrabarti tells The Financial Express in an interview that a political consensus is building on in the UK over committing its Official Development Assistance (ODA) commitment of 0.7% of its GNP. Read on for more.
Read moreRelated: [India] [United Kingdom] [Development] [Aid] [International Cooperation] |
02/23/2007
Each time Chinese President Hu Jintao visits Africa, he leaves a bigger Chinese footprint on the continent. This February, Hu made his most visible push yet for settlement of the Darfur crisis.
Read moreFrom: Policy Innovations Related: [China] [Africa] [Sudan] Image: Chinese President Hu Jintao visiting Kenya (2006)
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02/23/2007
Single-minded pursuit of exports has helped China reach record economic growth figures. But millions of Chinese have been left behind, and this growth has severe environmental costs. These are indicators that India must be wary of copying China's Special Economic Zones-approach.
Read moreFrom: In Motion Magazine Related: [China] [India] |
02/23/2007
SatuDunia yang awalnya dibentuk atas prakarsa tiga lembaga: Hivos, Jaring, dan OneWorld Internasional kini telah resmi bisa diakses masyarakat umum. Dan, saat ini SatuDunia telah menjadi sebuah yayasan yang independen. Grand Launching pada 22 Februari 2007 menandakan hal itu.
Read moreRelated: [Indonesia] [ICT] |
02/22/2007
An "alarming upsurge" in executions in Saudi Arabia, with at least 17 people already executed in 2007, was condemned by Amnesty today.
Read moreFrom: Amnesty International UK Related: [Saudi Arabia] |
02/22/2007
Conditions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are close to meltdown, an international charity said today as the U.S., EU, Russia and the UN met to discuss Middle East peace hopes.
Read more+ OneWorld Guide to Palestine From: Oxfam International Related: [United States] [Palestine] [Europe] Image: Palestinian vegetable grower displays produce Israeli barriers prevent him from selling © Edward Parsons / United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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02/22/2007
A leading Catholic aid organisation is to ask the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Professor Manfred Nowak, to investigate alleged torture of detainees in West Papua by police and military officers when he visits Indonesia this year.
Read moreFrom: Progressio Related: [Indonesia] |
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