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Is Bangladesh heading towards disaster? Waliur Rahman  BBC News  January 8, 2006 (You will leave this site.)

Mohammed Yunus, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, who, together with the Grameen Bank, which he founded, have reduced the poverty of millions through small loans for activities that earn an income (microenterprise lending). Photo: Grameen Bank

In Nobel Peace Prize lecture, Yunus says poverty is a threat to peace and calls for development assistance to create corporations owned by poor people   Muhammad Yunus December 12, 2006  Popularized in the developing world, microloans help finance budding businesses in the United States  Krissah Williams Washington Post  December 10, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

Afghanistan opium crop sets record. U.S.-backed efforts at eradication fail  Karen DeYoung   Washington Post  December 2, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

NEPAL: Government and Maoist rebels sign final agreement on management of combatants and weapons IRIN  November 29, 2006 (You will leave this site.)

Misery spirals in Burma as junta targets minorities Anthony Faiola  Washington Post November 17, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

China overturns sentence of activist who raised concerns about forced abortions BBC News  November 1, 2006 (You will leave this site.)

India tackles domestic violence. A landmark new law seeking to protect women from domestic violence has come into effect in India.  BBC News  October 26, 2006 (You will leave this site.)

Burma discusses version of democracy. Burma has been ruled by the military for 44 years, but that could be about to change if the lofty goals set by the country's National Convention are met.  BBC News  October 23, 2006 (You will leave this site.)

The UN World Food Program proposes to feed Nepal's Maoist rebels and their families once a peace deal has been signed with the government  BBC News  October 23, 2006 (You will leave this site.)

Tamil Tiger rebels attack naval base in the southern Sri Lankan tourist city of Galle--almost 100 killed  BBC News  October 18, 2006 (You will leave this site.) When ceasefires fail  James Ross  Human Rights Watch September 15, 2006 Truce monitors accuse Sri Lankan military of killing 17 workers of Action Against Hunger, a French charity. UN warns that it may suspend aid operations in Sri Lanka.  BBC News August 31, 2006 (You will leave this site.)

Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank have been awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for their pioneering work in reaching poor people with credit  BBC News  October 13, 2006 (You will leave this site.)  2006 Nobel Peace Prize award statement

'Hunger critical' in South Asia  Geeta Pandey BBC News  October 13, 2006 (You will leave this site.)

China's export engine: international competitors crying foul over cheap currency  Peter S. Goodman and Paul Blustein  Washington Post September 13, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

Thai coup highlights struggles over democracy  Anthony Faiola  Washington Post September 13, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)  Thais wonder at coup aftermath  Kate McGeown  BBC News  September 20, 2006 (You will leave this site.)

In two remote Chinese villages, two views of rural poverty  Maureen Fan Washington Post August 1, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

Nobel peace prize winner is new East Timor prime minister  BBC News July 8, 2006. (You will leave this site.)  East Timor president tells prime minister to go.  Prime minister allegedly provided weapons to civilians to intimidate opponents.  BBC News  June 21, 2006 (You will leave this site.)  See Hunger Notes special report  Global issues: harmful economic systems.  (Harmful economic systems are the major reason why people are poor, in Hunger Notes' opinion. Last updated June 21, 2006.) 

In pictures: Manila slum life  BBC News June 22, 2006 (You will leave this site.)

Life under Burma's military regime  BBC News  June 15, 2006 (You will leave this site.) 

World Food Program to resume food aid to North Korea  World Food Program  May 11, 2006

Stage set for Nepal showdown  Sanjoy Majumder  BBC News  April 23, 2006 (You will leave this site.)

Photo: Kamila Hyat/IRIN. Sidra, aged 13, with her daughter born eight months ago. Sidra was married a year ago

PAKISTAN: Child marriages on the rise across rural Sindh  IRIN  March 31, 2006 (You will leave this site.)

Building wealth by the penny: in rural India, a sales force in saris delivers soap, social change  John Lancaster Washington Post March 15, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

Some see hand of former governor behind Muslim clash in Afghanistan  Craig Witte    Washington Post  February 20, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)  

The Great Firewall of China:  A Letter's Journey in Cyberspace: Reference Tool on Web Finds Fans, Censors : Bloggers Pursuing Change Confront Fear, Mistrust   Washington Post  February 19-21
(You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)  This excellent series describes the impact of the internet on democracy and freedom of speech in China and the Chinese governments efforts to control the internet, and change.

In the face of rural unrest, China rolls out reforms  Edward Cody  Washington Post January 28, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

Photo: BBC North Korea says better harvests mean it no longer needs food aid.

North Korea decides to end food aid, saying it is no longer needed  BBC News  January 1, 2006 (You will leave this site)

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