Sep 20, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
(IRIN) – After an absence of more than a year, Phay Ruscome could not wait to get back in the classroom. “I like learning, and I missed my friends,” the nine-year-old said. “I wasn’t able to attend at all last year.” Phay is one of...
Sep 20, 2013 | News / Article
by Patrick Winn Little King can’t read or write. Little King can’t tell you the name of his country’s president. But he’s sturdy enough to balance heavy, spine-bending bundles of cargo atop his skull. Strong enough to tug dinghies loaded with...
Sep 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
By Independent.ie A teenager who was shot by the Taliban in Pakistan after campaigning for women’s rights will follow in the footsteps of some of the world’s greatest campaigners when she is honoured today by Amnesty International. Malala Yousafzai, an...
Sep 19, 2013 | News / Article
By ZARNI MANN / THE IRRAWADDY RANGOON — Buddhist monks urged the Burmese government to apologize for its actions six years ago as they commemorated the Saffron Revolution on Wednesday in Rangoon, where street protests in September 2007 were led by the revered...
