JAPAN: New Radiation Limits Demanded for Children
michael Suvendrini Kakuchi TOKYO, Sep 29 2011 (IPS) – The threat of radioactive contamination faced particularly…
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA, Jul 14 2011 – While Americans are taking sides in the ongoing…
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Gonzalo Ortiz QUITO, Aug 17 2011 (IPS) – The diets of people in Ecuador and…
Read MoreU.N. Meetings Push for Nuclear Safeguards and Test Bans
Elizabeth Whitman UNITED NATIONS, Sep 23 2011 (IPS) – History is strewn with proof of…
Read MoreHEALTH: China Scrambles Against Mutant Bird Flu
Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Sep 24 2011 (IPS) – Veterinary experts in China and Vietnam are…
Read MoreMALAWI: Painkillers Prescribed for Malaria Amid Drug Shortage
LILONGWE, Nov 16 2011 (IPS) – Malawi is experiencing a drug shortage as the country…
Read MoreSOMALIA: Aid Dwindles, Disease Spreads
MOGADISHU, Nov 16 2011 (IPS) – Doctors in Mogadishu are warning that famine victims in…
Read MoreJAPAN: New Year Brings Economic Aftershocks
Suvendrini Kakuchi AIZUWAKAMASTU, Japan, Jan 1 2012 (IPS) – Hideo Sato, 47, and his family…
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DAKAR, Jan 5 2012 (IPS) – Amadou* takes in a long, deep breath, clears his…
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