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Funding squeeze, apathy mean another half century of AIDS - UN expert

UNAIDS official urges developing states to do more to tackle HIV rather than relying on foreign assistance

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Fishermen’s tragedy exposes Sri Lanka’s early-warning gaps

Systems and know-how to warn about extreme weather are still spotty, experts say

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SRI LANKA: Mine clearance could take 10 years or more


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Sri Lanka: UN Must Act at Next Human Rights Council Session


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Sri Lanka: No Progress on Justice


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SRI LANKA: Tea rich but nutrient poor


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‘No evidence’ of links between mega-earthquakes

[SANTIAGO] Scientists have rejected fears that a series of highly destructive large-scale earthquakes in the past few years, in countries bordering the Pacific and Indian oceans, signal an increased global risk of these deadly events.

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Asia’s youth to tackle challenge of poverty housing

Millions of young Habitat for Humanity volunteers use their social and digital networks to raise funds and draw attention to the dire housing situation in the Asia-Pacific region. Brought together as part of ‘YouthBUILD’, activity peaks on 12 May, when thousands of people will simultaneously build houses in China, India, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand.

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INTERVIEW-World must ratify rules to stem child abuse -expert

Over one in four children have been sexually abused in East Asia and Pacific region

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Warmer summers cause colder winters, scientists say


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SRI LANKA: Tamil refugees slowly return from India


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SRI LANKA: Action against dengue beginning to pay off


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SRI LANKA: Tsunami anniversary highlights early warning gaps


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Sri Lanka: Report Fails to Advance Accountability


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Sri Lanka war probe: military didn’t target civilians


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Closing gender gap seen key in food security fight

Given help, smallholder farmers - many of them women - can also be “very effective as custodians of the environment”, says UN official

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Poor paying the cost of large land deals - study

Rural poor, especially women, often lose access to land and resources due to weak governance and land rights

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1,000 Habitat for Humanity volunteers to take part in ‘Big Build’ events in South Asia

Habitat for Humanity announces that more than 1,000 volunteers are set to visit Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh in three ‘Big Build’ events in 2012, to build homes alongside local families.
To take part visit habitat.org/asiapacific.

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‘Chemotherapy for the planet’ eyed as emissions surge

Geoengineering to curb climate change “scares the hell out of me”, expert admits, but it could buy time for faltering mitigation efforts

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UN CO2 scheme to take backseat in climate-aid drive

New investment in the Clean Development Mechanism has fallen by 80 percent since 2008 to $1.5 billion in 2010

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More extreme weather expected as planet warms - UN

World Meteorological Organization says the warmest 13 years of average global temperatures have all occurred in the 15 years since 1997

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Small island states ‘may disappear if no climate deal’

“At the heart of any agreement should be the principle that no country is expendable,” says negotiator

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Sri Lanka will act on evidence of atrocities by troops


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Sri Lanka approves post-war reconciliation panel


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Himalayan countries urged to own their green tech boom

Himalayan countries should support and invest in green technologies if such initiatives are to succeed and bring benefits to the economy in the long term, a meeting has heard.

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Aid cash must double to tackle sanitation crisis – WaterAid

Around 5,000 children die of preventable water and sanitation related diseases every day

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Sri Lanka’s jailed ex-army chief gets new prison term


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Pacific islanders help shape response to climate change

A novel approach to predicting the likely impact of climate change on island communities in the Pacific, combining official maps and climate models with locally-generated information, has been successfully tested in the Cook Islands

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Report highlights conflict in agricultural research

Efforts to increase food production are clashing with efforts to reduce agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions says a group of international scientists.

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Millions of children in East Asia, Pacific vulnerable to climate change - UN

Some of the leading killers of children are highly sensitive to climate change, UNICEF says

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Sri Lanka war commission promises report on Nov 20


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High-risk South Asia inks pact on disaster response

Eight South Asian countries have made a pact to provide one another with quick assistance during natural disasters

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FEATURE-Sri Lanka sees “war tourism” as survivors struggle

Amid the tourism, returning communities find their homes destroyed and little means of making an income

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Sri Lanka hands cricket ground maintenance to military


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SRI LANKA: Education - could do better in the east


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Sri Lanka to make post-war report public-foreign minister


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Habitat for Humanity prepares to rebuild after floods devastate Southeast Asia

Habitat for Humanity launches an appeal for US$10 million in order to help an up to an estimated 25,000 families rebuild their lives following severe flooding across Southeast Asia.

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Rice research pays off in South-East Asia

[HANOI] Research into rice varieties is keeping the staple food affordable and helping to stave off hunger for millions in South-East Asia, an Australian government agency has reported.

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Sri Lankan Tamils press for justice


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Dutch court sentences five for backing Tamil Tigers


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SE Asia floods show businesses unprepared for disasters - UN

Poor private-sector planning puts assets and livelihoods at risk

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UNHCR helps first group of Sri Lankan refugees return by ferry from India


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Ferry returns of Sri Lankan refugees from India due to start Wednesday


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Sri Lanka ruling party rolls in polls but loses capital


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Sri Lanka releases hundreds of Tiger fighters


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SRI LANKA: Community rebirth in war-torn Mullaitivu

A report from Suthanthipuram village, where MAG’s work has enabled more than 2,000 people who fled the civil war to return home.

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River basins could double food production - study

River basins of Africa, Asia and Latin America could sustainable boost food production in coming decades - though competition for water could stand in the way

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South Asia could see African hunger scenario - IFRC

Almost half of South Asia’s 1.5 billion don’t get three meals a day

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FEATURE-Sri Lanka’s survivors tormented by horrors of war


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Tennis champ Serena Williams named UNICEF goodwill ambassador

Williams will promote UNICEF’s initiatives to provide schooling for particularly vulnerable children

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UN rights panel gets Sri Lanka “war crimes” report


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Sri Lanka to introduce new anti-terrorism rules-report


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Asia Pacific makes uneven progress integrating climate and disaster efforts

Major progress has been made in preparing for natural disasters and climate impacts, but results vary by region, a report says

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El Niño linked to civil conflict in tropical countries

The risk of civil conflict doubles in tropical countries during El Niño years, and around one-fifth of all civil wars between 1950 and 2004 may have been influenced by its weather patterns, according to a study.

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Fall in Asia-Pacific HIV infections ‘fragile’ - UNAIDS chief

An estimated 4.9 million people in Asia and the Pacific living with HIV in 2009, a figure that has remained relatively stable since 2005

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SRI LANKA: Lifting of emergency cautiously welcomed, activists say


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Sri Lanka president says wartime laws to be withdrawn


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Angelina Jolie and her family visited The HALO Trust’s global headquarters in Scotland this weekend.

Angelina Jolie and her family visited The HALO Trust’s global headquarters in Scotland this weekend.

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More than 100 arrested in new Sri Lanka ‘Grease Devil’ clash


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FACTBOX: How countries have tackled statelessness

A look at some of the countries which have taken steps to reduce statelessness.

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