Despite billions of dollars donated and huge relief efforts, reconstruction after the powerful earthquake that devastated Haiti three years ago has hardly begun. [The Guardian] Based on the daily deterioration of the Syria’s civil war, the U.N. envoy to Syria predicts 100,000 more deaths in 2013. [CNN] Assassinations of civilians in Nigeria are being carried [...]
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Press Review: Drug-resistant malaria & Agro-ecology in Cuba
The World Health Organization is facing a serious setback in its fight to eradicate Malaria—a new drug-resistant strain has been discovered on the Thai-Burmese border. [NPR] A Chilean court has ruled in favor of the controversial HidroAysen dam in Patagonia. Although the project still needs government approval, the court’s decision eliminated the project’s last legal [...]
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The United Nations is looking to raise $28 million to provide aid to 700,000 people in the Philippines who have been affected by severe flooding. [CNN] The case of Sahar Gul, the Afghan child bride who was tortured by her husband and his family for months, further highlights the dismal state of women’s rights in [...]
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Unsustainable farming is wasting the productivity of the world’s farmland. According to a new UN report, farmers have until 2050 to become 70% more productive if they want to feed the earth’s growing population. [The Guardian] The growing scarcity of water resources in Asia illustrates the complex and tense relationships between neighboring countries—and the key [...]
