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Jakarta Floods Claim 11 Lives as Damage Worsens - The Jakarta Globe - 0 views
Malalai Yusufzai: Young activist attacked in Pakistan's Swat - 0 views
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Malalai was just 11 years old when the Taliban took over the Swat Valley, and ordered girls' schools to close. In her diary, which she kept for the BBC's Urdu service under a pen name, she exposed the suffering caused by the militants as they ruled. Malalai Yusufzai was attacked on her way home from school in Mingora, the region's main town
Solar energy becomes a major focus for Argentina - 1 views
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The Argentinean government is currently investigating 11 projects to be part of the country's new renewable energy initiative. Four projects have already been approved by the government and are awaiting financial aid in order to begin taking form. One of these projects comes from China's Sky Solar Holdings. The other projects are likely to be approved in the coming months and will help the country reach its 2013 renewable energy goals effectively.
China's migrant worker pay growth nearly halved in 2012 - 1 views
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Credit: Reuters/Aly Song Migrant workers make their way to Shanghai railway station, the meeting point where an online employment agency arranged to pick them up to their new jobs, in Shanghai February 26, 2013. The average monthly wage of migrant workers grew 11.8 percent in 2012 from the previous year to 2,290 yuan ($370).
The Lasting Effects of Exxon Valdez - Lingering Oil - 1 views
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Includes video and good facts : Approximately 11 million gallons, or 257,000 barrels, of oil spilled into Prince William Sound, and approximately 1,300 miles of shoreline were impacted. Congress passed legislation to improve tanker safety and increase spill prevention and response preparation in the still-recovering sound.
Delegates at climate talks agree to extend efforts of Kyoto Protocol - 1 views
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"Durban, South Africa (CNN) -- An agreement reached Sunday in South Africa will help tackle the challenges of climate change for years to come, the United Nations' chief said. ...[The Kyoto Protocol] mandates that industrialized nations cut their greenhouse gas emissions."
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Women's empowerment from UNDP - 1 views
10 Extreme Examples of Gender Inequality - 0 views
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The human rights of women throughout the Middle East and North Africa are systematically denied by each of the countries in the region, despite the diversity of their political systems. Many governments routinely suppress civil society by restricting freedom of the press, expression, and assembly.
Mexican Immigrants in the United States - 1 views
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Over the past five decades, Mexicans have constituted the single largest group of immigrants to the United States originating from Latin America. In 2011, 11.7 million Mexican immigrants resided in the United States, representing 29 percent of the US immigrant population and close to 4 percent of the overall US population.
Globalisation, Glocalisation, Globalisation - 0 views
Tohoku still in dire need of medical support - 0 views
Tyson Foods dumps pig farm after NBC shows company video of alleged abuse - Investigations - 0 views