HAITI: Women Wonder if They’ll Ever Feel Safe Again
Jane Regan and Kanya D apos;AlmeidaPORT-AU-PRINCE/NEW YORK, Jan 6 2011 (IPS) - Up a rubble-strewn street, turn right past a...
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U.S.: Environment Agency Moves to Regulate Carbon Dioxide
Matthew CardinaleATLANTA, Georgia, Feb 24 2011 (IPS) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun the initial stages of...
TAIWAN: Public Demands Safety Review of New Reactor
TAIPEI, Mar 17 2011 (IPS) - The unfolding disaster at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has reignited debate over...
U.S.: BP Handling of Claims Slammed by Gulf Residents
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Apr 17 2011 (IPS) - Attorney Kenneth Feinberg, paid by BP to administer the firm s 20-billion-dollar...
KENYA: Small Profit Margin Hinders Access to Subsidised Anti-malarial Drugs
Isaiah EsipisuNAIROBI, May 19 2011 (IPS) - On the streets of Nairobi James Odhiambo goes from one pharmacy to the...
Mental Health Work in Humanitarian Crises
Milfred PerkinsWASHINGTON, Jun 15 2011 (IPS) - When the devastating ‘Boxing Day tsunami hit Sri Lanka in December 2004, claiming...
ZAMBIA: “Every Year Flooding Makes This Place a Little Hell”
LUSAKA, Jul 1 2011 (IPS) - During the rainy season, and many weeks afterwards, home is never the best place...
Fukushima Clouds Hiroshima Anniversary
Suvendrini KakuchiTOKYO, Aug 4 2011 (IPS) - Matashichi Oishi, 78, a radiation victim from Bikini Atoll, the site of a...
INDIA: 10 Million Depressed – on the Optimistic Side
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Sep 10 2011 (IPS) - While Indian psychiatrists have rejected a World Health Organisation (WHO) study portraying India as...
PERU: In Prison, a Little Health Care Goes a Long Way
Ángel PáezLIMA, Oct 28 2011 (IPS) - I caught tuberculosis, but I m lucky because it s been cured, says...