Q&A: "Karzai Assigned a Rabbit to Take Care of the Carrot"
By Chris Arsenault interviews MALALAI JOYA, author and Afghan parliamentarian
VANCOUVER, Canada - In the aftermath of national elections widely condemned as fraudulent, the United States and its allies are wondering what to do about Afghanistan.
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RIGHTS-LAOS: How Women Cope With Disability - Part 1
By Melody Kemp
VIENTIANE - Before 2002, Chanhpheng Sivila held training workshops for the many Lao disabled women and men at her own house.
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CAMBODIA: Once ‘Extinct’ Crocodile Claws Its Way Back to Survival
By Robert Carmichael
PHNOM PENH - Siamese crocodiles once ranged far and wide across South-east Asia, from Indonesia to Vietnam, Laos to Thailand. But habitat loss and poaching virtually wiped out the three-metre long animals. Twenty years ago they were classified as effectively extinct in the wild.
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Q&A: Maternal Mortality Rates ‘One of the Saddest Cases’ in Asia
By Marwaan Macan-Markar interviews NOELEEN HEYZER, U.N. under-secretary general and head of UNESCAP
BANGKOK - Nearly 15 years after a landmark international conference to advance the rights and freedoms of women, the picture in the Asia-Pacific region is mixed, says a leading women’s rights advocate and senior United Nations official.
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CLIMATE CHANGE-THAILAND: Bangkok: A Future Filled with Floods
By Ron Corben
BANGKOK - Thailand’s capital, dubbed the ‘City of Angels’ and the ‘Venice of the East’, is threatened by long-term flood inundation as rising sea waters triggered by global weather change and monsoonal rains combine.
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AFGHANISTAN: Black & Veatch's White Elephant in Kabul
By Pratap Chatterjee*
KABUL - In a secluded valley a few miles from Kabul's international airport, Caterpillar turbines custom-built in Germany and giant transformers flown in from Mexico hum away at a brand-new power plant.
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VIETNAM: Water, Water All Around—Plus All the Risks It Brings
By Helen Clark
HANOI - As Vietnam’s big cities are increasingly deluged by floods, the infrastructure cannot keep up.
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LABOR-INDONESIA: Future Looks Bleak for Laid-Off Workers
By Hera Diani
WEST JAVA, Indonesia - Ida Farida, 33, never imagined she would lose the job that she had held for 10 years.
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CORRUPTION: Paying Off Afghanistan's Warlords
By Pratap Chatterjee*
KABUL - Every morning, dozens of trucks laden with diesel from Turkmenistan lumber out of the northern Afghan border town of Hairaton on a two-day trek across the Hindu Kush down to Afghanistan's capital, Kabul.
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INDIA: A Famed Region’s Triple Whammy of Environmental Bane
By Athar Parvaiz
LADAKH, India - The combined impact of tourism, climate change and changing lifestyle in this internationally renowned adventure haven has raised serious concerns among environmental groups.
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