INTERVIEW-Quit dithering, says last doctor in Sudan's Nuba mountains
"The Nuba mountains is a region that is bereft of any governmental assistance, so aid is the only way that the people can receive any services"
Indian spinning mills under scrutiny after suicide of activist worker
"He has paid a price for helping young women working in these mills to voice the everyday exploitation they face at work"
Haitian women press for recognition from U.N. peacekeeper fathers
Worldwide, U.N. peacekeeping missions have faced 111 paternity claims. But it does not take responsibility for financial assistance to children fathered by peacekeepers
Tulips bloom in Kashmir as Indian farmers discover flower power
As the Himalayan region struggles with unemployment and the loss of large swathes of its agricultural land to construction, local farmers are being won over to floriculture
Kidnapped for marriage: Mali pupils join forces to save classmates
In parts of Mali, bride kidnapping is rife: While some girls escape, others are forced to wed, so students are striving to save their peers from a similar fate
New U.S. instability, old MidEast quagmire - annual peace index
Political stability in the U.S. dropped, while many countries in the Middle East and North Africa became more peaceful, including Morocco and Iran
Crisis? What crisis? World ignores displaced Africans - aid agency
"The fact that most of these people do not turn up at our doorsteps gives us no right to close our eyes to their suffering," says Norwegian Refugee Council's Jan Egeland
FACTBOX: From conflict to child marriage, 700 mln children robbed of childhood
Hardest-hit children live in West and Central Africa
War, marriage and hunger: one in four childhoods cut short
At least 700 million children worldwide have been robbed of their childhoods by factors ranging from conflict to child marriage
More daughters, more money - Harvard tips for venture capitalists
Raising more daughters encourages executives to hire more women which in turn "improves deal and fund performances"