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What journalism is really about - it's to monitor power and the centres of power - Amira Hass

Should Water Be Legislated as a Human Right?

There is a rising demand for the legal classification of one of the basic necessities of life as a human right.

Government Failures Feeding Next Financial Bubble

Numerous failures by industrialised countries’ governments and central banks in managing the financial crisis are feeding the next bubble.

Disarmament: No Slowdown for Weapons Industry

The United Nations is surprised at the continued rise in global military spending - particularly at a time when the international community is grappling with a spreading financial crisis.

Security Council Reform Remains Deadlocked

The United Nations remains irrevocably deadlocked on how to revamp the most powerful political body in the Organisation: the 15-member Security Council.

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Human Rights

Turkey: Transforming Men from Culprits to Allies

Success in fighting violence against women may well hinge on partnership with an often overlooked but still a critically vital party - men ...

Environment

American botanist Lou Jost discovers world's smallest orchid

American botanist Lou Jost, one of the world's leading orchid hunters, has discovered the smallest orchid in the world among the roots of a larger ...

Science and Technology

Large Hadron Collider sets new particle energy acceleration record

The world's Large Hadron Collider accelerated its protons to an energy of 1.18 TeV at 00:44 GMT+1 today. This set a new world record, surpassing ...

Health Care

Paraguay: Public Health Care Free of Charge

"Did you have to pay for anything?" is the obligatory question these days in the waiting room at the Mother and Child Hospital in Fernando ...

Fair Marketplace

A Lost Decade for the WTO?

Ten years ago, the Seattle Ministerial of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) flashed over into a ‘Battle of Seattle’ before the eyes of a startled ...

Peace

Afgahnistan: Finding a Way Out of the Crossfire

The people of Afghanistan are increasingly caught in the cross-fire between a violent insurgency and a violent counter insurgency but does this mean the entire ...

Media

Chile: Media Empires Undermine Pluralistic Democracy

Chile is a classic example of the concentration of media ownership in too few hands, says Chilean journalist María Olivia Mönckeberg in her latest book ...

Spirituality and Religion

Seeking Gender Equality in Quran

For the first time, feminists in Bahrain are seeking new Islamic perspectives on gender and women's empowerment, and asking for modern interpretations of the ...

World Perspective

U.S.A: Congress Out of Step with Public on International Law?

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a non-binding resolution Tuesday condemning the Goldstone Report on Israeli and Hamas actions taking during the Gaza War as ...

Culture

Brazil: Transformation Through Art and Music

They call it an orchestra, but this atypical all-percussion group is far from featuring the range of musicians found in a conventional ensemble. Which does ...