Monthly Archives: February 2009
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Crossing the divide
United Nations, April 2008 - Africa's Sahara, home to some of the world's most beautiful landscapes, is also home to the continent's oldest running territorial conflict. For over thirty years this dispute has left ten...
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A radio star in Sudan’s boomtown Juba
United Nations, June 2008 - Since a peace treaty was signed in 2005, a large number of refugees have been returning to semi-autonomous southern Sudan, transforming the city of Juba. There, a former child soldier and r...
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Brazil: The ethanol revolution
United Nations, June 2008 - The bio-fuel, ethanol, is generating a revolution in renewable energy that could help reduce the world's thirst for oil. In Brazil, the production of ethanol from sugarcane is booming, but ...
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Powering Asia-Pacific
United Nations, June 2008 - By 2030, the Asia Pacific region will account for half the world's energy demand. To meet it, countries in this region will need to ensure that supplies are available, affordable, and sust...
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Resettling expelled Burundi refugees
United Nations, February 2008 - Hundreds of thousands of Burundians fled the country during the conflict that lasted over 12 years. Refugees who had resettled in Tanzania were recently expelled by local authorities an...
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Syphilis in Haiti
United Nations, February 2008 - Syphilis, a silent killer often transmitted to an infant during pregnancy, accounts for a large number of babies deaths in developing countries such as Haiti. For lack of proper pre-nat...
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UN Provides generator for a hospital in Haiti
United Nations, January 2009 - One of the most important hospitals in Southeast Haiti had to operate until recently without electricity. Surgeries were performed under candlelight without the use of electric equipment...
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UN helps ensure voluntary return of IDPs in eastern Sri Lanka
United Nations, January 2009 - Thousands of people have fled the civil war in Sri Lanka since the beginning of hostilities. A former battle zone in Eastern Sri Lanka is once again under government control. United Nati...
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Paraguay: Jorge and Julios story
United Nations, January 2009 - Behind closed doors of psychiatric institutions in many impoverished countries, too many children and adults with mental disabilities live their lives in suffering and isolation. In Para...
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Burundi: Ex-combatants face poverty
United Nations, January 2009 - Burundians struggle to get back on their feet after a 13-year long civil war that divided Hutus and Tutsis, the two main ethnic groups. Now the United Nations Population Fund is suppor...