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Uphill Obstacles: Rural Nepal and its Challenges (multimedia photostory)

Here is a recent photo story from my trip to Nepal.  I lived in a small village for about 2 1/2 months, this is a good representation of what I learned.http://eyeini.com/stories/ruralnepal.html

Ferraris For All

In this report economist and journalist Daniel Ben Ami, discusses what he calls “Caveman Equality.” He reminds us that in the Stone Age we were “all pretty equal …and dirt poor”. This caveman logic needs to...

Chill out with our scientist on waste

Scientist Joe Kaplinsky tells us not to waste valuable time sorting out our rubbish. He explains that even if the whole world produced as much garbage as the USA for the next 100 years we could still just bury it in...

Rich-world Bail-out Big Distraction From Fight Against Poverty: Recession Good

Opinion: The IMF should think very carefully about bailing out developed countries in this financial crisis. The facts behind the crisis - the greed, the housing bubbles, the over-consumption, the deceit - should not...

Challenging China bashing

After the sportsmanship of the Beijing Olympics, China bashing remains a degrading sport in the West. Why does the West find China’s rapid development so unsettling? WORLDbytes insightful report from the Battle for...

California National Organization For Women Wrong About Governor Sarah Palin

It has been brought to our national group's attention, United Native America, that you have denounced Shelly Mandell for her support of Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin. I'm sure you're aware that Native...

Lagos, Nigerian Upcoming Mega City with 42 Slums

About 6,000 people move to Lagos every day, adding to its already bursting population of 15 million to 18 million people. The U.N. estimates the city will swell to 25 million by 2015. The poor arrive to escape the poverty of rural Nigeria and nearby countries; the wealthier,...

In Poverty and Strife, Women Test Limits

"More than 80 percent of Afghan women are illiterate. Women’s life expectancy is only 45 years, lower than that of men, mostly because of the very high rates of death during pregnancy. Forced marriage and under-age...

Chandigarh Administration Enhances Sugar Ration Supply For BPL Familes

"Chandigarh (Mera Chandigarh):- The Chandigarh Administration has decided to enhance the scale of issue of levy sugar from 1kg to 2kg per unit per month for the Below Poverty Line ration card holders for the month of October and November 2008 only due to ensuing festival season."

Stock Market News

My interest in this piece of news found on London stock exchange is to do with the oil prices going down. Hopefully even after the US Wall Street Bailout the oil prices will go back down to US$50 per barrel or less. High prices on oil have caused big problems in the...

How much is $700 billion really? A humanitarian perspective

The arguments for a bailout to avoid systemic collapse are of course genuine and persuasive, but so are the arguments for aid and against standing by and allowing a child to die every 3 seconds, or a woman to die in...

At Least Five Million in UK Suffer 'fuel poverty'

A British energy watchdog has released a new report showing that at least 5 million homes in the UK are living in fuel poverty - that is they spend more than 10% of their income on fuel. This number is up a full million from last year's numbers. At least 2.75 million of those...

Obama And Democrat Leaders Failed To Stop Wall Street 9-11 Crash

Obama is quick to say now that he warned of the financial crises coming last year. So why didn't Obama use his so called leadership to take action and stop it? Senator McCain in 2005  tried...

For some, there’s little to celebrate on even Eid

" What the Eid-ul-Fitr festival will bring for 10-year-old Ihsan Ali, a child-labourer in this giant industrial city in central Pakistan, can be anybody’s guess as he continues to fight poverty as the religious festivity draws closer. Ali earns a paltry Rs1,500 a month...

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