Diaing for a World-Class Ambulance Service in Mumbai

How do you provide a city like Mumbai and its 22 million residents an efficient Ambulance service? The Acumen Fund's Sasha Dicheter, talks about their latest investment, "Dial 1298" service with its 51 ambulances, each fitted with intensive care service combining world-class...

Sailing around Africa in a Phoenician boat

"On Arwad Island off the coast of Syria, a group of 20 sailors-to-be are preparing for a voyage their captain believes has not been undertaken for two and a half millennia. They plan to set off on Sunday on a journey that attempts to replicate what the Greek historian...

On High-tech Cheetahs and Blade Runners in Africa

<img class="aligncenter" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/05/16/sports/runner_650.11.jpg" alt="" />LET PISTORIOUS RUN !!!"The Court of Arbitration for Sport has issued a ruling allowing the double-amputee South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius to compete at...

On High-tech Cheetahs and Blade Runners in Africa

<img class="aligncenter" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/05/16/sports/runner_650.11.jpg" alt="" />"The Court of Arbitration for Sport has issued a ruling allowing the double-amputee South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius to compete at the Beijing Olmypics,...

China and the importance of a robust civic society during a crisis

 The importance of a robust civil society can be invaluable during a time of national crisis as shown by the current events in China. In the past China was under-resourced and overwhelmed by natural calamity, and the government was quick to bury the evidence of...

Raila factor in Obama contest

"Right-wing activists in the United States are attempting to use Senator Barack Obama’s Kenyan links to discredit him. Senator Barrack Obama and Mr Raila Odinga. Photo/ FILEThe activists, most of them conseervative Christians, claim that Mr Obama is a relative of Prime...