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- HRW urges investigation into domestic worker deaths 10 Nov 2009 01:51 GMT
... fell while cleaning the balcony. Newspapers in Madagascar also reported the deaths of two Malagasy women. The first worker, identified as Mampionona, reportedly ... these women face,” said Nadim Houry, senior researcher at Human Rights Watch. “The government needs ...
- Concern over Lebanon maid deaths 10 Nov 2009 08:12 GMT
... these women face," said Nadim Houry, senior researcher at Human Rights Watch. "The government needs ... fell while cleaning the balcony. Newspapers in Madagascar reported the deaths of two Malagasy women in Lebanon in October. The first worker, ...
- Southern Madagascar Hit Hard by Severe Drought and Toxic Spill 9 Nov 2009 19:34 GMT
... / Southern Madagascar Hit Hard by Severe Drought and Toxic ... started to sink two months ago as Malagasy bloggers signaled on their blogs back in ... recent academic paper for the American Political Science Association by Richard Marcus illustrates the in ...
- ENTOMOLOGY: Researchers find a not so itsy-bitsy spider in Africa 9 Nov 2009 23:16 GMT
... as far back as the 19th century. Researchers know that these spiders reign supreme when ... 2003, and a second specimen found in Madagascar indicated that it was not a hybrid. ... of these discoveries. 'My friend, himself a scientist, encouraged me to tackle this PhD, but ...
- The quest to save world's rarest duck - the Madagascar pochard 6 Nov 2009 11:54 GMT
... save the world's rarest duck - the Madagascar pochard. After being hampered by harsh weather ... ducks. This rescue plan was mounted when scientists realised how close the birds were to ... extinct in the late 1990s. They were rediscovered in 2006 but are now classified as ...
- Elementary students sample Science Days at ASU 9 Nov 2009 18:13 GMT
... show during the reptile portion of the Science Days program at Angelo State University. Santa ... ruffed lemur. “Has anyone seen the movie 'Madagascar'? Madagascar is a real place,” she said, ...
- Scientists retrace history of ancient scourge 5 Nov 2009 09:18 GMT
... research shows. A Swiss-led team of international scientists hopes its study retracing the history of ... still persists among the world's poor. The researchers examined DNA from human remains from different ... different parts of the world, including Brazil, Madagascar, China, Europe and Egypt, where they unearthed ...
- AMFm subsidized malaria drugs to be delivered soon 5 Nov 2009 05:58 GMT
... , is being launched in Benin, Cambodia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda, all ... to the news service. "BN Prakash, a researcher with the Foundation for the Revitalization of ... at an earlier stage," he additional training for scientists to increase the continent's research capacity (Wanja, ...
- Rare frog could croak its last 5 Nov 2009 23:37 GMT
... fringe-limbed tree frog, which became known to science only four years ago, is one of ... rodent that lives in the forests of Madagascar. IUCN classified it as "endangered" - two ... central Panama in 2006, a year after scientists discovered the tree frog. Since then, the ...
- Alarming trend of domestic worker deaths persists 8 Nov 2009 23:11 GMT
... ignored,” says Nadim Houry, a migrant rights researcher with the US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW). ... reported the deaths of two Madagascan girls, Madagascar Online, even describes the situation tragedies as ... Lebanese paradise promised by recruitment agencies to Malagasy workers proves to be closer to hell than ...
- Over 17,000 species threatened by extinction 5 Nov 2009 17:30 GMT
... rare Panamanian tree frog, a rodent from Madagascar and two lizards found only in the ... Tuesday. The Rabb's fringe-limbed tree frog, only discovered four years ago, is one of 1,895 ... central Panama in 2006, a year after scientists first discovered the tree frog. Since then ...
- Quest to save world's rarest duck 9 Nov 2009 05:14 GMT
... save the world's rarest duck - the Madagascar pochard. After being hampered by harsh weather ... ducks. This rescue plan was mounted when scientists realised how close the birds were to ... extinct in the late 1990s. They were rediscovered in 2006 but are now classified as ...
- More than 17,000 species threatened by extinction 6 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
... rare Panamanian tree frog, a rodent from Madagascar and two lizards found only in the ... Tuesday. The Rabb's fringe-limbed tree frog, only discovered four years ago, is one of 1,895 ... central Panama in 2006, a year after scientists first discovered the tree frog. Since then ...
- Lebanon: Deadly Month for Domestic Workers 9 Nov 2009 16:50 GMT
... these women face," said Nadim Houry, senior researcher at Human Rights Watch. "The government needs ... fell while cleaning the balcony. Newspapers in Madagascar reported the deaths of two Malagasy women in Lebanon in October. The first worker, ...
- Profits before people: The great African liquidation sale 5 Nov 2009 19:13 GMT
... COPAGEN, a coalition of African farmer associations, scientists, civil society groups and activists who work ... company, Daewoo, and the former president of Madagascar, which would have accorded Daewoo 1.3 million ... US$5.4 million to the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, an American institute funded heavily by ...
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