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The colourful stories that shed light on today's events. Each day, our dedicated editorial team highlights features from around the world, getting to the heart of what living on our planet means for the majority of the world's people.

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Global vaccine strategy glosses over immunisation gaps

A new multi-billion dollar action plan for global vaccination may fail to deliver if it does not directly address the weaknesses in routine immunisation programmes, warns a medical humanitarian organisation.
from MSF on May 21, 2012.

China’s stunted children

Despite China's unprecedented economic boom, millions of impoverished kids are suffering the irreversible effects of malnutrition. Yuan Ying and Wang Jingyi report from Qinghai province.
from China Dialogue on May 16, 2012.

Occupying an anchor chain, thinking of freshly baked muffins

What do you need most on an anchor chain in the middle of the Atlantic, when you’ve been there for over 24 hours, and it’s pouring with rain? Muffins.
from Greenpeace on May 16, 2012.

At home with hope

An extraordinary initiative brings together thousands of youngsters to build homes for people living in some of the deepest pockets of despair across the Asia Pacific region.
from OneWorld South Asia on May 15, 2012.

Struggles for the promised land: letters from West African sisters

These simple exchanges between two citizens of Africa show their dreams, pain, hope and civic action to ensure that the continent becomes the promised land where everyone can live in peace and justice, solidarity and prosperity.
from Pambazuka news on May 14, 2012.

Millennium Villages: success or failure?

The Millennium Villages Project ("Our generation can end extreme poverty") project claims health victory - but critics question data and cost estimates..
from Nature on May 12, 2012.

Kenya's latter day slave merchants

Mass unemployment is forcing thousands of Kenyans into the hands of private employment bureaus who export them to the Middle East where they often become trapped in abusive and exploitative work. Julius Okoth reports.
from Pambazuka news on May 11, 2012.

Crisis or rebirth? The future of Ethiopia's pastoralist tribes

Pastoralism is in crisis across Africa. But it could yet survive as the best available defence against climate change and famine. Tom Levitt reports from southern Ethiopia
from The Ecologist on May 9, 2012.

Qatar: geopolitical cosmopolitanism

Qatar has expanded its role in world affairs through multilateral organiszations, international institutions and foreign investment, says Akshay Mathur.
from Worldpress.org on May 9, 2012.

Extinctions as damaging as climate change, say scientists

Species extinctions is probably among the top five drivers of global change, say scientists.
from Mother Jones on May 7, 2012.
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