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India's government has asked WhatsApp to act urgently to halt the spread of "irresponsible and explosive messages" after a spate of deadly attacks.
Introducing... Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Mexico has a new president, but can AMLO form a government for the many without taxing the wealthy.
Orphans in limbo
With the Ugandan government announcing it may close down hundreds of illegal orphanages, it is not clear what will happen to the children living in them.
Poisoned hills
Burmese women expose military’s complicity in the opium trade
A deadly drought
Conflicts between nomadic communities over water shortages increase
A Canadian filmmaker wins damages from the government
Canadian ambassador to Guatemala guilty of slander
Climate wars in Kenya’s nomadic communities
Conflicts between nomadic communities over water shortages increase
Hacked off
Activists hack into the public website of the European Climate Exchange
Cook feels the heat
Canadian ambassador to Guatemala guilty of slander
Brutish Petroleum
While the world focuses on its catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, BP is also coming under fire from Colombian workers
New Zealand does the right thing
International efforts to protect the rights of the world’s aboriginal communities gain strength.
Crackdown in Cairo
Egyptian politics heats up over Mubarak succession
Hands off our mother!
Unproven scientific ‘fixes’ for global warming are a major threat to the planet
David vs. Goliath
Judgment expected soon on historic environmental lawsuit
Logging off?
The fight is on to end illegal logging in the uniquely biodiverse ancient forests of Madagascar
Gone to bidder 70
Activist who scuppered oil and gas carve-up faces jail
War of the whales
Sea captain taken prisoner while attempting to stop Japanese whalers
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