The site of the Dr Geraldo da Rocha Hospital in Colonia Aleixo, a community on the outskirts of the Brazilian city of Manaus, has been home to people with leprosy since 1942. Today’s patients are free to come and go, but until…
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A report by Anti-Slavery International claims that Indian textile firms, which supply some of Britain’s biggest high street retailers, are operating near slave labour conditions. http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9725000/9725455.stm
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18311960 Protests erupt over Mubarak trial Huge crowds continue to occupy Cairo’s Tahrir Square in protest against the outcome of the trial of Egypt’s ex-President Hosni Mubarak.
Myanmar has abandoned research on a nuclear program that never progressed very far, and has stepped back from close military and political ties with North Korea, the Southeast Asian country’s defense minister said on Saturday. News reports two years ago indicated Myanmar obtained…
Hazare, Ramdev begin fast in Delhi New Delhi, Jun 3 (PTI) Threatening a fight to finish by August, Anna Hazare and yoga guru Ramdev today began their day-long fast, their first joint appearance on a public platform in the past one…
New Delhi, June 3, 2012, (IANS) Yoga guru Ramdev Sunday launched a direct attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying his claims of honesty were not enough. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/254148/ramdev-launches-attack-against-prime.html
Fifty-three years after he made India his second home, the Dalai Lama has developed a taste for ‘dal-roti’ and has imbibed the virtues of secularism. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/254138/dalai-lama-his-love-dal.html