Copyright 2006, Reuters AlertNet http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/rss/blogs.xml?fb_themecodes=mediawatch en-gb Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:34:53 +0000 5 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/rss/blogs.xml?fb_themecodes=mediawatch http://www.alertnet.org/images/rtrfndn_alertnet_new_tr.gif http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/61751/2009/10/25-170214-1.htm http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/61751/2009/10/25-170214-1.htm Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:02:00 +0000 BANGKOK - For about 100,000 people in Myanmar who have been living in makeshift shelters since Cyclone Nargis hit 18 months ago, Wednesday's news of fresh donor money spells light at the end of the tunnel.

But for the remaining 900,000 people whose homes were destroyed or damaged, the prospects are dim.

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]]> http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/29542/336dfc0881ded6d81b801bdbea56ea8b.htm http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/29542/336dfc0881ded6d81b801bdbea56ea8b.htm Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:38:35 +0000 On November 12, several days before the International Childrens Day, an explosion erupted in an illegal fire cracker factory in Guangxi which resulted in 2 children workers dead and 11 others injured.

According to the Southern Weekends report, these children victims were left behind by their parents, who are migrant workers and have to work in cities all year long to earn money and support their families. They lived with their aging grandparents and struggled to work before and after school time to earn some pocket money for snacks.

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]]> http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/55866/2009/10/24-173935-1.htm http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/55866/2009/10/24-173935-1.htm Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:39:00 +0000 NAIROBI (AlertNet) - In the year since the start of the first trial at the international war crimes court involving an alleged Congolese warlord, rape on a mass scale has continued unabated in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Thomas Lubanga, accused of training child soldiers to kill and rape, went on trial at the International Criminal Court in January and two more of his compatriots went on trial at the court on Tuesday, charged with crimes against humanity including rape and sexual slavery.

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]]> http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/59204/2009/10/24-112953-1.htm http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/59204/2009/10/24-112953-1.htm Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:29:00 +0000 The climate deal won't happen at Copenhagen in December. The work will continue. And as more people become aware of and motivated by the links between climate change on the one hand and conflict, peace and security on the other, both the possibility and the necessity of clarity about those links increase.

It is an area of discussion where making an extra effort of care and precision is justified.

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]]> http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/29542/563c8ffffd667b55c65ef4fc4ccf9d37.htm http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/29542/563c8ffffd667b55c65ef4fc4ccf9d37.htm Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:28:42 +0000 Nick Fielding reviews The Cost of War: Afghan Experiences of Conflict 1978-2009, a report by nine NGOs working in Afghanistan analyzing 30 years of war and a devastating impact they had.

]]> http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/29542/4b57af7d005462351fb9593c9941ebfc.htm http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/29542/4b57af7d005462351fb9593c9941ebfc.htm Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:00:03 +0000 Radigan Neuhalfen writes about new program Laptops for Teachers, aimed at promotion of education in Mongolia.

]]> http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/61527/2009/10/23-162039-1.htm http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/61527/2009/10/23-162039-1.htm Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:20:00 +0000 "My father was hit by lightning and died when I was three. I don't like fishing but I do it so I can go to school - and to help my mum." These are the words of 10-year-old Bijon Bayen, who lives in Kainmari Village in southwest Bangladesh.

It was early morning, and before approaching Bijon I had been watching and admiring him wading through the muddy water for a while. He looked so peaceful and calm, just visible through the picturesque morning mist.

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]]> http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/61640/2009/10/23-154825-1.htm http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/61640/2009/10/23-154825-1.htm Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:48:00 +0000 By Martin Jelsma and Tom Kramer, Transnational Institute.

Winter is starting in Herat, a province in south-western Afghanistan, where we've come to look at the country's own drug problem. The city has one of the highest rates of heroin users in Afghanistan.

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]]> http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/60714/2009/10/23-150801-1.htm http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/60714/2009/10/23-150801-1.htm Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:08:00 +0000 Just how fast glaciers are shrinking and why has been a subject of some debate, particularly in India.

Last week the country's environmental minister released a report questioning whether climate change was driving the retreat of some Himalayan glaciers and arguing that some are actually growing.

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]]> http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/29542/87d81023870c02d50c2ff4e39a8568d7.htm http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/29542/87d81023870c02d50c2ff4e39a8568d7.htm Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:42:48 +0000 The ongoing war in Yemen certainly warrants coverage on Global Voices Online, but I was really shocked when I realized that there werent many bloggers interested in the conflict. Here are some scattered extracts from post written by bloggers from different countries.

Yemeni journalist Nasser Arrabye keeps a dairy of his coverage on Blogspot. Last August, he wrote about the military actions between the Yemeni government and the Houthi rebels:

The Yemeni government said Thursday it would take a military actions to liberate schools and government buildings used as barracks by Al Houthi rebels in Saada, north of the country.

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