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Poverty, Vulnerability and Social Protection
Jomo Kwame Sundaram KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 04 (IPS) – According to the World Bank, the MDG target of halving the…
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Mainstream Media Are Betraying Humanity
John Scales Avery OSLO Aug 1, 2016 – Physicians have a sacred duty to their patients, whose lives are in…
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Climate and Terrorism
Roberto Savio ROME, Aug 02, 2016: The media are increasingly events in a basic manner, and have by and large…
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Chronic Hunger Lingers in the Midst of Plenty
Neeta Lal NEW DELHI: In a fraught global economic environment, exacerbated by climate change and shrinking resources, ensuring food and…
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400 Million People Live with Hepatitis
Baher Kamal ROME – With some 400 million people around the world infected with hepatitis B or C, mostly without…
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Climate Victims – Every Second, One Person Is Displaced by Disaster
Baher Kamal ROME, Jul 27, 2016 – Climate change and related extreme weather events have devastated the lives and livelihoods…
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Narrow National Interests Threaten Historic Refugee Agreement
Aruna Dutt UNITED NATIONS, Jul 27 – Narrow national interests are threatening to derail an upcoming UN summit which aims…
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Indian Climate Activist Ponders the ‘Unthinkable’
Dan Bloom TAIPEI, Jul 25, 2016 – For acclaimed Indian novelist and essayist Amitav Ghosh, the future of humankind as…
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UNITED NATIONS – Achieving gender equality has long been one of the United Nations’ top priorities yet the word feminism…
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Stop discrimination against vulnerable populations, UNAIDS
Chhay Sophal Phnom Penh (1 March 2014): For the campaign of “Zero Discrimination Day” on Saturday, UNAIDS expressed its concerns…
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