AFGHANISTAN: Poppy Fields Offer Jobs as Fighting Rages
Sher Ahmad Haidar and S. Muddassir Ali Shah* GHAZNI, May 23 2007 (IPS) – While intense fighting rages around Afghanistan…
CARIBBEAN: Chips, Booze and Cigarettes Cost Region Millions
Peter Ischyrion PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Sep 25 2007 (IPS) – Every weekday, Darrian Marcel speaks to thousands of people…
HEALTH: HIV/AIDS Experts Swear by Circumcision
Neena Bhandari SYDNEY, Jul 24 2007 (IPS) – Male circumcision could prevent millions of new HIV infections a year, delegates…
BRAZIL: Controversial Bill to Sterilise Younger Women
Fabiana Frayssinet RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 22 2007 (IPS) – A draft law to reduce the minimum age for women…
Q&A: "Sex Work Is Work"
Interview with Katrina Pacey, social justice attorney VANCOUVER, Canada, Dec 18 2007 (IPS) – Katrina Pacey is a lawyer with…
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…
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…