September 2010
138 posts
BBC News - Legal fight over Plumpy'nut, the hunger... →
Should a revolutionary humanitarian food product be protected by commercial patent, when lifting restrictions might save millions of starving children?
Could a Peanut Paste Called Plumpy'nut End... →
Like most tales of great invention, the story of Plumpy’nut begins with a eureka moment, in this case involving a French doctor and a jar of Nutella, and proceeds through the stages of rejection,…
Floodwaters Give New Life to Pakistani Class... →
Despite being flooded out of their homes and forced to camp on embankments, there is one community that is happy about Pakistan’s worst floods in living memory. They are the fishermen of the Indus…
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Evelyn Leopold: UN Women: Bachelet Popular Choice... →
The woman is perfect for the job of heading a new U.N. women’s “entity.” The question is whether she will have more than potential, such as finances, staff and recognition rather than contributing to…
Without Hamas, Palestinians Can't Make a Peace... →
With Israeli and Palestinian leaders convening in Sharm al-Sheikh for more talks today, the corrosive matter of settlement expansion in the West Bank looms as the most immediate threat to the success…
