Written by Mong Palatino Singapore recorded 4,632 [1] dengue cases in 2012. This year it went up to 9,847 [2] already. This is a record high [3] for Singapore which last experienced a dengue outbreak in 2005. The National Environment Agency (NEA) has launched the ‘Do the Mozzie Wipeout’ campaign [4] to promote awareness about […]
Snowden Drops Out of Public View
Written by owen It’s like a Hollywood movie: a former CIA worker leaks top-secret documents and seeks refuge on enemy soil, only to drop out of public view as the scandal heats up. Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old American tech specialist, recently revealed himself as the whistleblower who leaked [1] details of far-reaching telephone and Internet monitoring […]
Israel: Social Justice Protest Results in Police Brutality
Written by Elizabeth Tsurkov A protest organized by three groups affiliated with the Israeli social justice movement (#j14) was held in Jerusalem on Saturday night (June 8). The protesters demanded a reversal of the decision to export most of Israel’s natural gas reserves with only 12.5% of the value of the gas going to the […]
Iran: Sanctions Adversely Affect Healthcare
This article originally ran December 04, 2012 By Arseh Sevom The Evil from Within There is no doubt about the immediate results of unprecedented sanctions on the lives of millions of patients in Iran. There is not a single day when we do not hear a new story about medicine shortages in Iran and how […]
Illegal Mining in Ukraine
By Veronica Khokhlova This article originally ran on January 18, 2013 Donetsk [1]-based blogger Stanislav Kmet (LJ user frankensstein) visited Severnyi, a decaying coal-mining village in eastern Ukraine, after a group of local residents emailed him asking for help in drawing attention to the illegal mining that threatens to ruin their homes. On January 10 […]
Brazil’s Transvestites Fall Prey to Human Trafficking
Written by Pública – Agência de jornalismo investigativo · Translated by David Bond his post, written by Andrea Dipp, was originally published as a report entitled “I’m Going to Pump Up So I Can Charge More During the Cup” [1] [pt] and is part of investigative journalism agency Pública’s special #CopaPública [2] [pt] coverage of […]
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