Business World (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
WASHINGTON -- Enforcement of child labor laws is weak across the globe due to lack of resources and corruption, a US Labor Department study said Wednesday.
DCist (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Some of us on staff here at DCist are unrepentant video game nerds, so we couldn't help but notice this posting yesterday on the gaming site Penny Arcade about Marissa, a 9-month-old Annandale, Virginia, resident who was diagnosed with a rare pediatric condition called Infantile Spasms (IS). Marissa's dad, being a gaming fan like us, sent the guys at Penny Arcade an e-mail asking if they could take...
Boycott Novell (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Another look at the battle against the commons around the world and new initiatives against it
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Joint Communique commits manufacturers to promoting energy efficient lighting AURORA, Ohio, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Taking TCP, Inc.'s message about energy efficient lighting global, David Johnson, quality and education manager at TCP, signed a joint communique to fight climate change at the second Global Lamp Forum in Tokyo July 4. Johnson is the TCP representative for the National...
The LRC Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... we imagine them to be, but where we know them to be like Afghanistan and Pakistan. We must lead a global effort to secure loose nuclear materials, not where we imagine them to be, but where we know them to be, in Russia, and the countries of the former Soviet Union.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
... prevented for less than one dollar per child in a developing country. We must be steadfast in our efforts to reduce measles cases globally. As long as children remain unvaccinated they are at risk. It is essential that all children - regardless of where they are born - have the opportunity to be vaccinated against measles, so that they can grow up healthier and without fear of this...
GoozNews (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
Scientific American Online runs Part I of a four-part series today on the global effort to combat multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. Authored by yours truly, another title for this series could be "What I Did on My Summer Vacation." Today's lead-in...
Health - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Niger is to offer a reward of just over $10 to anyone who reports a case of Guinea worm to authorities as part of a global effort to eradicate the painful waterborne parasite,...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger is to offer a reward of just over $10 to anyone who reports a case of Guinea worm to authorities as part of a global effort to eradicate the painful waterborne parasite, the health ministry said on Friday.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger is to offer a reward of just over $10 to anyone who reports a case of Guinea worm to authorities as part of a global effort to eradicate the painful waterborne parasite, the health ministry said on Friday.
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Source: Reuters NIAMEY, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Niger is to offer a reward of just over $10 to anyone who reports a case of Guinea worm to authorities as part of a global effort to eradicate the painful waterborne ...
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
... up by African states during the three-day regional meeting, will provide a key contribution to global efforts to comb at these negative phenomena during the full Durban Review Conference, which will be held on 20-24 April, 2009 in Geneva," the statement said."The purpose of the process culminating in the 2009 Review Conference is to evaluate progress and assess implementation – at...
