ENVIRONMENT-BRAZIL: Clean-up Efforts, a Drop in the Ocean
Mario Osava RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 14 2007 (IPS) – The contrasts are striking, and are plain to visitors from…
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GHANA: Pollution Forcing Farmers Into Illegal Mining?
Francis Kokutse ACCRA, Jan 30 2008 (IPS) – Environmental groups have for several years accused mining companies in Ghana of…
HEALTH-PORTUGAL: Latin American Doctors Fill the Breach
Mario de Queiroz LISBON, Jun 27 2008 (IPS) – Portugal is trying to fill the vacuum left by the departure…
POLITICS-US: Vets Press McCain to Back Greater Benefits
Aaron Glantz SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 9 2008 (IPS) – A leading political action committee founded by Iraq and Afghanistan veterans…
DEVELOPMENT: UN Sees Major Successes in Child Survival
Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, May 19 2008 (IPS) – The developing world is making significant progress in child survival despite…
DEVELOPMENT-ANGOLA: Stressing the Importance of Clean Water
Penny Streather LUANDA, Jun 17 2008 (IPS) – A survey of Angolan households has revealed less than half of caregivers…
HEALTH: Tobacco Ban Remains Elusive at U.N. HQ
Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Jul 28 2008 (IPS) – When a state-wide ban on smoking came into effect in New…
POLITICS-US: McCain’s Plan to Privatise Veterans’ Health Care
Analysis by Aaron Glantz* SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 21 2008 (IPS) – If John McCain is elected the next U.S. president,…
POLITICS-US: Campaigns Spar Over Broken Health System
Bankole Thompson DETROIT, Michigan, Oct 23 2008 (IPS) – For a man who said he watched his mother battle with…
IRAQ: Looking After Pockets, Not Patients
Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail* BAQUBA, Dec 15 2008 (IPS) – A nurse at Baquba General Hospital asked Ahmed Ali,…