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Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:48 PM

Looking at the dismal output of the international media in recent days, the only thing one can say is, shame on the lot of you. The international media has elevated a non-entity lunatic to the heights of worldwide stardom in nanoseconds. Someone with a nea

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:48 PM

By Mike Bailey, World Vision MEER advocacy manager Zaiba is eight years old. She wears a Shalwar Kameez of flowers. Dark blue like school ink, light blue like the sky, purple like grapes and small green leaves, pale against the petals. She covers her head

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:48 PM

Ian Woolverton is emergencies media manager for Save the Children Australia. Reporters and producers descend to tell the story of Save the Children's response to the floods in Pakistan's southern province of Sindh. With tripods, cameras, notepads and micro

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:47 PM

By Carla Koppell and Rebecca Miller, Institute for Inclusive Security As the US relaunches Israeli-Palestinian talks, it sorely needs to reassess the negotiation process. Previous talks have suffered from lack of both transparency and inclusiveness. For mo

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:47 PM

By Rajeet Ghosh Not so long ago palm oil production was seen as the darling of sustainable, environmentally friendly development. Here was a crop that brought much-needed revenue to developing countries, produced a highly efficient bio-fuel while maintaini

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:47 PM

Edwin Rekosh from PILI argues there is more to defining pro bono than mere semantics

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:48 PM

Imagine you're a security officer at an international aid agency. You've spotted Wednesday's news of a rebel attack on aid workers arriving at a remote airstrip in Congo's troubled east. Thankfully, on this occasion, they came to no harm, having fled into

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:47 PM

Randolph C. Kent is director of the Humanitarian Futures Programme at King's College London. Conventional humanitarian agencies responding to crises such as the floods in Pakistan, are going to have to deal with influential and popular "non-state actors" s

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:48 PM

Anxieties over the rising cost of food are bothering consumers in rich and poor countries alike, and stoking fears of social unrest in impoverished, unstable parts of the world once again. On Wednesday, at least six people - including two children - were k

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:48 PM

By Mike Bailey, World Vision MEER Advocacy Manager 'Muck and bullets' describes the working environment for World Vision here in Pakistan. Six months ago we lost seven dear colleagues to the bullets fired in a raid on our office in Oghi, Mansehra district.