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Time to Pay the Bill: China’s obligation to the victims of pneumoconiosis Two decades of unchecked economic growth has produced an occupational disease crisis in China that requires urgent action from the government. An estimated six million workers in China,…

Monoduo Films is fundraising for Creative Despite War, a documentary film by Ruì Díaz and Christian Rinke-Lazo about the most innovative young artists in Afghanistan. After two years of repeatedly visiting  Afghanistan to follow the development of the characters, they are just one visit away…

Corruption is a problem in developing countries because poverty creates unbearable living conditions and early death. Money, for many, is survival and the moral problem of stealing (corruption being one form) may fade into the background. Corruption in the developed…

Via Shiva Shankar ‘The USA and other countries too, should pass such a law. Only then,  perhaps, will Hindus be shamed into concrete action against the  ‘unparalleled social abuse of untouchability (A.J.Toynbee)’. ——————- Radio Australia Britain outlaws caste discrimination http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/asia-pacific/britain-outlaws-caste-discrimination/1121320 Britain…

Ministers from several Latin American nations have met in Ecuador to discuss ways to deal with the exploitative practices of some multinational companies operating in the region. The First Ministerial Meeting of Latin American Countries Affected by Multinational Interests has…

A systems test in a Soviet graphite reactor goes out of control. The ensuing explosion releases enormous quantities of radioactive material, much of which spreads across huge swathes of Europe. Not only the surrounding region in Ukraine is contaminated, wind…

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) welcomes the news that the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Africa was inaugurated today by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and Masdar, the renewable energy company of Abu Dhabi, the…

Margaret Thatcher’s funeral passed without much trouble. The Boston bombs had left the Police fearful of similar incidents and some protesters had managed a permission to turn their backs to the funeral procession as a sign of disrespect. Big Ben…

Micro-credit expert Muhammad Yunus has become the seventh person to have received the Nobel Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal, said John Boehner, Speaker of the US House of Representatives. Also, Dr Yunus is the…

  Interview: with the new Consul General for Bangladesh in Hong Kong, M. Sarwar Mahmood; in attendance, Mirana Mahrukh, Consul. The new consul general gave a contextual introduction to Bangladesh as a prelude to an explanation of the war crimes…