Showing posts with label global problems. Show all posts
Showing posts with label global problems. Show all posts
Apr 14, 2011

Global stillbirths: 2.6 million a year, overlooked and often preventable

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Image via Wikipedia By David Brown, Wednesday, April 13, 10:41 PM About 2.6 million babies are born dead each year, a largely ignored and si...
Apr 13, 2011

Chinese editors, and a Web site, detail censors’ hidden hand

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Image via Wikipedia By Keith B. Richburg , Tuesday, April 12, 6:13 PM BEIJING — When fears of r adiation spreading from Japan prompted a r...

Benghazi hospitals struggle to treat war-wounded

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Photo: Kate Thomas/IRIN An injured man waits to be operated on in a Benghazi hospital. He was shot by pro-Gaddafi forces while figh...
Apr 11, 2011

Deadly Blast Hits Subway Station in Belarus

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Image via Wikipedia Aleksandr G. Lukashenko By CLIFFORD J. LEVY and MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ MOSCOW — An explosion believed caused by a bom...

Ivory Coast strongman arrested after French forces intervene

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Image via Wikipedia Laurent Gbagbo By Colum Lynch and William Branigin , Monday, April 11, 10:53 AM UNITED NATIONS — Ivory Coast stro...
Jan 24, 2011

Deadly Blast at Moscow’s Main Airport Seen as Terror Attack

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By ELLEN BARRY and ANDREW E. KRAMER MOSCOW — A bomber strode into the arrivals hall at Moscow’s busiest airport on Monday afternoon and s...

China Grooming Deft Politician as Next Leader

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By EDWARD WONG and JONATHAN ANSFIELD BEIJING — President Hu Jintao of China returned home this weekend after a trip intended to repair...
Jan 20, 2011

Asian Studies WWW VL - Individual Countries/Areas/Territories

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History VL: Afghanistan The archived site of   Armenia VL History VL: Armenia The archived site of   Australia VL History VL: Austra...
Jan 17, 2011

Glacier melt in Peru becomes more than a climate issue

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By Heather Somerville Sunday, January 16, 2011; 11:39 PM HUARAZ, Peru - Glacier melt hasn't caused a national crisis in Peru, yet. B...
Jan 16, 2011

A Sudanese 'lost boy' brings his dreams home

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By Sudarsan Raghavan Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, January 16, 2011; A10 IN JUBA, SUDAN Abraham Akoi strolled confidently thro...