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PAKISTAN: Cleric Turns Heat on NGOs
Zofeen EbrahimKARACHI, May 22 2007 (IPS) - These foreign agents are against our religion. How…
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HEALTH-PAKISTAN: 'Organ Transplant Law Won't Stop Kidney Trade'
Zofeen EbrahimLAHORE, Sep 24 2007 (IPS) - Few in Pakistan believe that a presidential ordinance,…
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HEALTH-US: Vets Sue Gov’t for “Shameful Failures”
Aaron GlantzSAN FRANCISCO, Jul 23 2007 (IPS) - Two veterans groups sued the U.S. Department…
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GUYANA: From Lush Jungle to Muddy Moonscape
Bert WilkinsonGEORGETOWN, Aug 21 2007 (IPS) - Late last month, three Guyanese cabinet ministers flew…
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HEALTH-PAKISTAN: Making Cadaveric Organ Donations Work
Zofeen Ebrahim*KARACHI, Dec 18 2007 (IPS) - More than two months after Pakistan passed a…
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SCIENCE: Reproductive Cloning Could Be "Inevitable"
Stephen LeahyBROOKLIN, Canada, Nov 13 2007 (IPS) - As scientists master the technology to clone…
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POLITICS-US: Bush Signs Vets Bill, Won't Ban Permanent Bases
Aaron GlantzSAN FRANCISCO, Jan 29 2008 (IPS) - President George W. Bush signed a 696-billion-dollar…
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HEALTH-MALAWI: Water Woes in Model Hospital
Pilirani Semu-BandaLILONGWE, Jun 27 2008 (IPS) - Gladys Mawera s face is contorted with pain…
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HEALTH-TANZANIA: Slowly, a More Enlightened Approach to Drug Addiction
Sarah McGregorDAR ES SALAAM, Apr 8 2008 (IPS) - If the first step to overcoming…
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BURMA: Public Health Ailing Even Before Cyclone Struck
Marwaan Macan-MarkarBANGKOK, May 19 2008 (IPS) - Even before Cyclone Nargis tore through Burma s…