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Nepal's city children are new underclass: UN report
Mar 06, 2012 05:19 EST
Pia Rai was 13 when she started taking drugs with her friends in lessons, unnoticed by her teacher who was struggling with a class of 75 students in an impoverished inner-city school.
Nepal's city children are new underclass: UN report
Mar 05, 2012 22:04 EST
Pia Rai was 13 when she started taking drugs with her friends in lessons, unnoticed by her teacher who was struggling with a class of 75 students in an impoverished inner-city school.
Children left behind in world's city boom: UNICEF
Feb 27, 2012 21:49 EST
More than one billion children now live in crowded cities around the world but too many are stuck among the poorest of the poor without electricity, water or education, a UN report said Tuesday.
South Korean conductor to visit Pyongyang
Feb 27, 2012 15:17 EST
A prominent South Korean conductor will visit Pyongyang this week to prepare for a planned joint concert in Paris by orchestras from North Korea and from France, an official said Monday.
Tunisia leader, Bill Clinton among Nobel nominees
Feb 27, 2012 08:45 EST
OSLO (Reuters) - Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, alleged WikiLeaks whistleblower Bradley Manning, and former U.S. President Bill Clinton may be among the hundreds of nominees for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize, rights activists say.
Syrian survivors tell of 'horrible' regime torture
Feb 24, 2012 07:36 EST
Abu Zeid rubs what is left of his hand, which he said was destroyed by his warders with a small explosive after he refused to prostrate himself before a picture of President Bashar al-Assad.
Bulgaria's abandoned children crave tenderness
Feb 23, 2012 04:02 EST
The pallid little face and big sad eyes of two-year-old Gergana say it all -- she is starving for tenderness like thousands of other children abandoned in social care homes across Bulgaria.
For Syrian children, a picture tells a thousand words
Feb 22, 2012 09:05 EST
BOYNUYOGUN, Turkey (Reuters) - A man lies on the street, bleeding from a gunshot wound to his chest, clutching a single red rose. In the foreground, a soldier fires a shot from the hatch of his tank, a red flame bursting from the barrel of his gun. A second man flails his arms as he too is shot in the chest.
N.Korea orchestra to play joint concert in France
Feb 21, 2012 01:53 EST
A North Korean orchestra will play a joint concert with a French orchestra in Paris next month as part of a cultural exchange programme, according to a South Korean conductor.
Yemen votes for post-Saleh era under violence cloud
Feb 20, 2012 08:52 EST
ADEN/SANAA, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Yemenis vote on Tuesday for a successor to President Ali Abdullah Saleh in hopes of ending a year-long struggle that began with mass protests to oust him and almost led to the collapse of the state.
Yemen votes for post-Saleh era amid violence
Feb 20, 2012 08:52 EST
ADEN/SANAA (Reuters) - Yemenis began voting on Tuesday to replace President Ali Abdullah Saleh in an election many hope will give Yemen a chance to rebuild the country shattered by a year-long struggle that had pushed Yemen to the brink of civil war.
Yemenis vote for post-Saleh era amid violence
Feb 20, 2012 08:52 EST
ADEN/SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen sought to turn a new page in its troubled history Tuesday with the sole candidate to succeed ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh looking for a strong mandate from voters to rebuild a country pushed to the brink of civil war.
Yemen vote ensures Saleh's exit after 33 years
Feb 20, 2012 08:52 EST
ADEN/SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen ushered Ali Abdullah Saleh from power after 33 years on Tuesday, voting to endorse his deputy as president, with a mission to rescue the nation from poverty, chaos and the brink of civil war.
Yemen election ensures Saleh's exit after 33 years
Feb 20, 2012 08:52 EST
SANAA/ADEN (Reuters) - Yemen pushed Ali Abdullah Saleh from power after 33 years on Tuesday, voting to install his deputy as president with a mission to rescue the nation from poverty, chaos and the brink of civil war.
Saleh's deputy takes power in Yemen vote as sole candidate
Feb 20, 2012 08:52 EST
SANAA/ADEN (Reuters) - A general took power in Yemen Tuesday as the sole candidate in a presidential election after a year-long uprising that ousted long-serving ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh but left the poor Arab country still teetering on the brink of chaos.
In wasting children, a richer India sees "national shame"
Feb 17, 2012 15:26 EST
SHIVPURI, India (Reuters) - Crying as she is put on an electronic scale, two-year-old Rajini's naked shriveled frame casts a dark shadow over a rising India, where millions of children have little to eat.
Serious water shortage hits Luanda
Feb 17, 2012 14:51 EST
The water utility in Angola's capital vowed Friday to repair a burst water main within days, to end severe shortages that have lasted a week across much of Luanda.
In wasting children, a richer India sees "national shame"
Feb 16, 2012 08:42 EST
SHIVPURI, India (Reuters) - Crying as she is put on an electronic scale, two-year-old Rajini's naked shriveled frame casts a dark shadow over a rising India, where millions of children have little to eat.
Political unrest deepens plight of Yemen children
Feb 15, 2012 09:01 EST
SANAA/DUBAI (Reuters) - Fatima Al-Aqra's eyes glazed over for a moment as 14-month-old Enas, the scrawny infant at her feet, tugged feebly at the hem of her tattered black veil.
The heroes of India's quest to wipe out polio
Feb 08, 2012 00:06 EST
Later this month, India will be removed from a dwindling list of countries where polio is considered endemic, a huge achievement made possible by people like Madara, a 76-year-old street hawker.
