Serving the Homeless, One Falafel Sandwich at a Time
WASHINGTON, Aug 15 2011 – You may walk past a Pret A Manger shop every day […]
SOUTH AMERICA: “Drug Addicts Are Sick, Not Criminals”
Fabíola Ortiz RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 22 2011 (IPS) – Drug dealers in the favelas of […]
Toxins Rob More Than a Decade of Life from Millions
Stephen Leahy Many small-scale methods for extracting gold involve the use of mercury, which is both […]
KENYA: Medical Waste Poses Serious Threat to Scavengers
David Njagi Correspondents * – IPS/Al Jazeera NAIROBI, Dec 28 2011 (IPS) – For Collins Otieno, […]
Trust Deficit – Worst Fallout of Fukushima
TOKYO, Feb 22 2012 (IPS) – Kazuya Tarukawa, 36, left a secure job in the Japanese […]
U.S.: Forming Coalitions, Tea Party Continues to Brew
Matthew Cardinale ATLANTA, Georgia, Mar 30 2012 (IPS) – In the three years since its inception, […]
Next Round of Pacific Trade Pact Talks to Be Lengthy, Secretive
WASHINGTON, May 7 2012 (IPS) – On Tuesday, the latest round of negotiations begins on the […]
Pakistanis Blame CIA for Fresh Polio Cases
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jun 12 2012 (IPS) – Pakistan’s efforts to contain polio in areas bordering Afghanistan […]
Punish Those Carrying Out FGM, Say Côte d’Ivoire Campaigners
ABIDJAN, Jul 27 2012 (IPS) – Nine women in the northern Côte d Ivoire town of […]
Uganda’s ‘Haunted’ Children Slow to Receive Medical Help
Children with the mysterious nodding syndrome usually suffer from epilepsy, contious nodding and also from malnutrition […]