Living Conditions Inside Syria Getting Worse; Leading To More Health Problems
Region: Syrian Arab Republic
Drug manufacturing in Syria has halted and getting medicine from outside is extremely difficult. Available medical care gives priority to those injured in the conflict. Women and children suffering from chronic health prob... more
Views: 557Gazan children deprived of educational human rights
Region: Palestine
While the UN Economic and Social Council today discussed the socio-economic impact of the Israeli occupation and blockade on the Palestinian living conditions, the UN Humanitarian Country Team in the Occupied Palestinian T... more
Views: 2133Myanmar and the Idea of National Sovereignty
Region: Myanmar
My views on issues like national sovereignty could be seen as unusual. In the strong unlikelihood that any outside nation would attempt to invade the U.S., I'd be waiting on line to be handed fatigues and a rifle.... more
Views: 1626PangeaDay: an event lived worldwide
Region: United States
by Juliana Rincón Parra On May 10th 2008 at 18:00 GMT, 24 films will be broadcast during a 4 hour event. What makes this different is that this event, PangeaDay will be broadcast from six locations worldwide in sev... more
Views: 1586Southeast Asia: Rising Price of Rice
Region: Thailand
by Mong Palatino Rice is the staple food in Southeast Asia and in many parts of the world. Asia 2008 notes how rice is valued in Indochina: “In Thailand, Laos and Vietnam, saying &lsq... more
Views: 3455Bahrain: Blogger in Jail for Four Months
Region: Bahrain
by Amira Al Hussaini Bahraini blogger and human rights activist Abdulla Mohsen (Ar) has been behind bars for more than four months, according to Nido. Nido explains: Abdulla Mohs... more
Views: 1360Agriculture the Culprit for Child Labor?
Region: SwitzerlandA study by the ILO – International Labor Organization revealed that today there are approximately 218 million child workers in the world, 70 percent of them (approximately 132 million) in agriculture. Jose Maria Sump... more
Views: 1571U.S. Military Prioritizes Soft Power in Middle East
Region: United States
According to The Boston Globe, U.S. military strategists have “learned the limits of force in Iraq and Afghanistan,” and have begun “rewriting decades-old military doctrine to place humanitarian missions ... more
Views: 603Nelson Mandela the greatest leaders of our time.
Region: Italy
in the contemporary period when there is no leaders we could respect like Mahatma Gandhi , Lal Bahadur Shastri, Abraham Lincoln Nelson Mandela is truly one of the greatest leaders . Here is a man who commands respect but ... more
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