Silvia: What are you watching? Hermann: Im watching a show about the health problems in developing countries . Silvia: Dont we have enough healthcare problems here, in this country? Hermann: We do, but there are countries that have a lot more acute p...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 20 June 2007 In marking this year's observance of World Refugee Day, the U.N. refugee agency is warning more countries are closing their doors to refugees because of growing intolerance and a fear of terrorism. The agency says...
By Naomi Schwarz Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 08 June 2007 The Microsoft corporation is teaming up with African leaders to try to bring development to the continent through technology. As part of the partnership officials are holding a three-day technol...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 22 April 2007 A reportedly HIV positive baby girl Harini, 4-months-old, at an orphanage in Chennai, India (File) India is lagging behind many countries in providing anti-retroviral drugs to people afflicted with the AIDS...
By Phuong Tran and Naomi Schwarz Dakar, Senegal and Ende, Mali 09 January 2007 Woman and child take part in a discussion at a village meeting in village of Bandiagara, Mali (File photo) Some of the lowest-ranking countries on the United Nations' Hum...
By David McAlary Washington 21 November 2006 The United States and more than 30 other nations have signed a $13 - billion agreement to develop a form of nuclear power in a process called fusion. In a Paris signing ceremony, they agreed to cooperate...
By Steve Herman Tokyo 08 November 2006 Speakers at IAEA seminar pose for group photo at start of two-day meeting in Tokyo Diplomats, bureaucrats and nuclear experts are meeting in Japan to discuss how to strengthen nuclear security in Asian countrie...
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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 07 March 2006 Animal health experts from the United States, European Union and UN agencies have agreed on the creation of a new crisis and coordinating center to combat the...
By Nico Colombant Abidjan 09 February 2006 As Nigeria and international health officials try to contain the bird flu epidemic within Nigerian borders, nearby West African countries are also taking mea...