The deaths of four infants during a recent vaccination drive in Lucknow, capital
of northern Uttar Pradesh state, has raised questions about the Indian
government’s plan to introduce five-in-one vaccines in a countrywide
immunisation programme.
The deaths of four infants during a recent vaccination drive in Lucknow, capital
of northern Uttar Pradesh state, has raised questions about the Indian
government’s plan to introduce five-in-one vaccines in a countrywide
immunisation programme.
The deaths of four infants during a recent vaccination drive in Lucknow, capital
of northern Uttar Pradesh state, has raised questions about the Indian
government’s plan to introduce five-in-one vaccines in a countrywide
immunisation programme.
Charging that U.S. private security contractors are “mafia-
like groups” being financed by U.S. taxpayers to carry out
“terrorist activities” with the support of the U.S.
government, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered a four-
month phaseout of all private security companies in his
embattled country.
It is an odd location to open a new restaurant, right in front of a row of buildings
whose roofs have been blown off by artillery fire and whose walls are
pockmarked by gunfire.
“My male employer was a womaniser and he liked to touch me and told me not
to tell his wife. I felt so uncomfortable,” says Chompoo, who was just 15 years
old when she served – and suffered abuse – as a domestic worker here in the
Thai capital.
A mother accused of backing insurgents in the Philippines and
her newborn son are awaiting their release from prison, in a
case that has gained international attention.
Green activists in India have chalked up a series of successes recently and feel
heartened that the central government is heeding their call. A number of mega
projects which would have displaced vulnerable communities or caused damage
to the environment were recently scrapped by the government.
It was his second time to be caught stealing a car, so Turki was meted a jail term
of five years. But the young repeat offender was only 17 years old at the time of
his arrest, and therefore was still considered a minor under the United Nations
Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Faced with strikes in recent months, China’s southern
Guangdong province is crafting revisions to labour regulations
that would allow workers to negotiate pay increases and elect
representatives to bargain on their behalf.
Pakistani officials continued their quest for help in light of
the floods that have affected 20 million people in their
country by meeting with officials at the International
Monetary Fund here Monday.