Sonia and Anita, two sisters living in rural India, were both born blind. A simple surgery, costing about $300, could have restored their sight long ago; but their parents, who earn 17 cents an hour planting and harvesting rice by hand, could barely make ends meet. Though the odds seemed stacked against them, the girls got a happy ending anyway. Thanks to the efforts of 20/20/20 , a nonprofit working...
When Russian media reported at the end of July that legislators intended to introduce a set of amendments leading to a registry of companies allegedly connected to so-called "aggressor states," our initial reaction was, "They can't be serious." But combine a few established concepts in the Russian political consciousness with a longstanding legislative trend, and suddenly the proposal makes a lot of...
Post-revolution Nepal is in a state of flux. What happened? Why? What is happening in this country? This year, three English language writers who reported regularly during the People's War have come up with their first book. Pulled into the chaos, whether by happenstance, profession or personal choice, the texts they have produced are studied, authoritative accounts, must-reads for anyone vaguely interested...
Across the globe, students stocked up on fresh supplies and caught up with old classmates last week. But for 31 million girls , there were no teachers to meet, no first-day jitters to quell and no new homework to get cracking on. The issue of girls being deprived of an education is gaining traction on Monday’s International Literacy Day , a UNESCO event that aims to raise awareness for the basic learning...
Journalists are needed to report the truth and humanitarian aid workers endeavour to save the lives of innocents -- this was a lesson all learned during the aggression and particularly genocide attempted upon the Muslims, religious or not, over the last two decades in Bosnia & Herzegovina, (BiH). The truth seekers and those who put out their hand to help any fellow human being are not only blessed...
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — A Gambian lawmaker says the National Assembly has passed a bill imposing life imprisonment for some homosexual acts. Minority leader Samba Jallow said Monday the bill brings life sentences for "aggravated homosexuality." A draft bill seen by The Associated Press contains language identical to a controversial anti-gay bill signed into law in Uganda earlier this year. It defines...
ATLANTA (AP) - An Atlanta hospital says a patient infected with Ebola will be brought from West Africa to its isolation unit for treatment. Emory University Hospital says the patient is expected to arrive Tuesday morning. Air Force spokesman Lt. Col. James Wilson says the patient would be flown into Dobbins Air Reserve Base outside Atlanta. The hospital released no more information on the patient....
Americans agree with most of the Obama administration's specific policies for taking on ISIS, but that isn't translating to strong approval ratings for the president on foreign policy. Three quarters of Americans favor continuing airstrikes against the terrorist group, a new CNN/ORC polls finds , and 83 percent agree with providing humanitarian aid to those fleeing the violence. A 61 percent majority...
Crossing the border from Serbia to Kosovo is easy. Serbian citizens can get by with daily ID, as if they were EU citizen inside the EU Schengen fortress. If you are, for example, a globetrotting American, it gets interesting. The Kosovo border officers admire your travel stamps and ask jolly questions, such as, "Why on Earth did an American go to Brazil?" Everybody wants to go to America, but we Kosovars...
DENVER (AP) — Sen. Mark Udall on Monday apologized for saying that two reporters beheaded by militants in the Middle East would agree that the United States should not "be impulsive" in responding to their deaths. Udall, a Democrat, made the comments in an untelevised debate with challenger Rep. Cory Gardner on Saturday night in the western Colorado town of Grand Junction. Udall has been criticized...
NEW YORK (AP) — Marin Cilic was barred from last year's U.S. Open during a doping suspension he still says was unjust. Unable to compete, he watched the tournament on TV from his home in Croatia, while using the forced time away from the tour to improve under the tutelage of new coach Goran Ivanisevic. Now, 12 months later, look at Cilic. "Seems completely unreal," he said, "to be called 'Grand Slam...
In a report to be released Tuesday, the Global Commission on Drug Policy , a panel of prominent political figures and activists, will call upon governments around the world to decriminalize drug use and legalize marijuana. Members of the commission, including former Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Annan, former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo, former U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Paul Volcker...
Steven Sotloff, the American journalist murdered by Islamic State militants last week , was sold to the terrorist organization by supposedly moderate rebels in Syria, a family spokesman told CNN on Monday night. "For the first time, we can say Steven was sold at the border. Steven's name was on a list that he had been responsible for the bombing of a hospital," Barak Barfi said on "Anderson Cooper...
Xaverian order says three elderly nuns found murdered in what appears to be a botched armed robbery in capital, Bujumbura Three Italian nuns were found murdered over the weekend in the north of Burundi's capital, officials and a priest in the African state said on Monday. Police said two suspects had been detained for questioning. A statement put out by the nuns' order said "the murders appeared...
World No1 misses out on tie with India Djokovics wife is expecting their first child Federer and Djokovic must take stock after defeats Novak Djokovic has pulled out of this weeks Davis Cup play-off against India because of fatigue and family commitments. The Serbia captain, Bogdan Obradovic, said on Monday that Djokovic, who lost to Kei Nishikori in the US Open semi-finals on Saturday , also wants...
Officers drag away relatives of missing passengers who had gathered to mark six months since plane's disappearance Relatives of passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines jet MH370 gathered at a temple in Beijing to mark the six-month anniversary of its disappearance, as a small band of plainclothes police pressured them to disperse. While the family members ostensibly gathered on Monday morning to...
Data on the 2004 tsunami found that women were more affected than men. Its time to recognise gender in disaster response Disasters triggered by climate change are not blind to gender and age. They affect men and women, the old and the young, very differently. Sex and age are some of the most powerful indicators of how individuals will experience a disaster: who survives and who dies. Despite this,...
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Gulnara Karimova's antics have long been an embarrassment, now the Twitter-loving businesswoman faces corruption charges A vicious feud playing out within Uzbekistan's ruling family took a new twist on Monday , when prosecutors announced that the clan's most flamboyant member faces charges of involvement in mafia-style corruption. The news cements the precipitous downfall of Gulnara Karimova, the eldest...
UN agency says conventional measures to control deadly virus are not working, with patients overflowing new clinics Ebola is spreading fast in Liberia, where many thousands of new cases are expected over the coming three weeks, the World Health Organisation has said. "Transmission of the Ebola virus in Liberia is already intense and the number of new cases is increasing exponentially," the...