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News published by the Pressenza Bureau in Hong Kong

Electricity: burden or saviour in developing Bangladesh

Bangladesh is now moving towards becoming a medium-income-level economy with almost six percent growth per year. Although having difficulties in the political sector which affects significantly the economy of Bangladesh, the workforce of the country is maintaining the growth by…

Chile: New action front with Humanist Party Iqique

On Saturday February 8, 2014, the Humanist Party Iqique (HPI) members attended a meeting convened by Luis Espinoza, leader of Workers Inter Iquique which also included representatives of Equal (PI), Progressive (PRO) and the Green Ecologists who were in affiliation…

No to the recolonization of the Central African Republic

PRESS RELEASE  No to the recolonization of the Central African Republic Colonialism Reparation calls on France to carry out the immediate withdrawal of its troops and asks that the armed forces of the Central African Republic be placed side by…

Zone of Peace – so heads of 31 Nations Declare

Proclamation of Latin America and Caribbean as a zone of peace (Original signed by the Heads of State and Governmenent of the Community of Latin American and Caribbeans States) The Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin…

Report: Asia-Pacific Youth Forum- 2013, Nepal

Report: Asia-Pacific Youth Forum- 2013, Nepal – invoking voice of youth on post-2015 development agenda and mountain issues. By Arup Barua While the global population dynamics depicts that the youths constitute more than half of world population, very few international…

Distribution distress for news channels in India

Depending fully on advertisement revenues, as the monetary contributions from millions of viewers never go to the ‘free to air’ news channels, one always ponder on how these media outlets can pursue ethical and impartial journalism. In this regard the…

Bangladesh: adolescent girls living in urban slums

The concentration of public health issues and adverse environmental circumstances in slums are increasingly important concerns for developing countries like Bangladesh. This country has experienced a steady growth in its urban population, most particularly in the capital city, Dhaka, ever…

Bangladesh: too early marriage a violence against children

The shock of child marriage on the lives of girls and boys can be ruinous. It may start a series of children’s health complications, with child mortality, domestic violence, severe poverty cycles and much more. The Bangladesh practice of child…

Canada: Inuit genocide, mining and human rights

One thing environmentalists or historians rarely talk about is that mankind’s road to the destruction of cultures and the world began several thousand years ago and not in the Twentieth Century – with the introduction of agriculture. By Lionel Mok*…

New Delhi unsafe for Burmese refugees

The Indian national capital city of New Delhi, which gives shelter to over 8,000 registered Burmese refugees, half of them women and children, remains unsafe for the asylum seekers. A recent report titled ‘Doke Kha Bon’ from the Burma Centre…

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