MIXED reactions have trailed an international envoy’s comment that violence in Sudan’s Darfur region had subsided into a "low-intensity conflict." The United States (U.S.) and its allies, according to diplomats, faulted the remark and said the situation in the country was still far from achieving the desired peace. Briefing the UN Security Council, the joint […]
Amarnathji Shrine Board to Fund Eco-Awareness Campaigns
Observing that the preservation of ecology is a fundamental challenge, Jammu & Kashmir Governor, N. N. Vohra, on Wedensday said that the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board shall take a firm initiative in funding eco-awareness-cum-conservation campaigns and supplementing the a forestation programmes in selected areas. Attaching immense significance to the first meeting of the Environment Sub-Committee […]
Nangarhar Elders Demand Retribution for US Air Strike
Tribal leaders demand justice following an air raid they say wiped out a wedding party. By Ezatullah Zawab in Nangarhar and Hafizullah Gardesh in Kabul “Karzai should hand over the murderers so that we can hang them, or else he should resign,” said Rai Khan, shaking with anger. “If he does not do one or […]
NGO’s Got The Rap!
Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia: Non-Governmental Organisations who seemed to be opposed to everything connected with development was rapped here recently by REHDA Penang Branch Chairman. REHDA or also known as The Real Estate and Housing Developers Association Malaysia,Penang Branch was incensed by local NGO’s who opposed projects that have been approved by none other than […]
Eye Disease Ravages Africa
Blindness is a major public health problem in Africa because of the sheer number of people so afflicted. Economic survival is a struggle for the average, non-handicapped person in a developing country. The burden of blindness is therefore a major added frustration to the individual’s economic independence and social development. Eye care delivery has not […]
More Aid Needed for Iraqi Refugees
– (Syria News Briefing, a weekly news analysis service, draws on information and opinion from a network of IWPR-trained Syrian journalists based in the country, whose identities cannot be revealed for security reasons.) Syria continues to receive a stream of Iraqi refugees despite the tighter visa regulations and the poor living conditions the incomers face, which […]