Asia

Rural India marches on Delhi over landless poor

by Jason Burke The Guardian October 9, 2012

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Taliban gun down girl who spoke up for rights

by Declan Walsh New York Times October 9, 2012

KARACHI, Pakistan — At the age of 11, Malala Yousafzai took on the Taliban by giving voice to her dreams. As turbaned fighters swept through her town in northwestern Pakistan in 2009, the tiny schoolgirl spoke out about her passion for education â€...

Evicted and unhappy, a protester in Phnom Penh in January 2012 Photo: Phuong Tran/IRIN

Cambodia: Rural poor lose out on land deals

by IRIN News October 4, 2012

Land governance policies in Asia, especially concessions made to private companies, are leaving the region’s poorest vulnerable to human rights abuses, experts say....

WFP plans to fortify wheat in Afghanistan to address widespread malnutrition. Photo: Heba Aly/IRIN

Afghanistan: How do you tackle widespread malnutrition in a poor, corrupt country at war?

by IRIN News October 4, 2012

Despite billions of dollars in aid over the last decade, Afghanistan’s malnutrition rates have soared, now well-past emergency thresholds, with one-fifth of children malnourished overall; one-third of children acutely malnourished in some conflict ...

Land disputes in Cambodia focus ire on Chinese investors

by Andrew Higgins Washington Post September 26, 2012

HNOM PENH, Cambodia — When China’s President Hu Jintao visited Cambodia this year, Tep Vanny, a 32-year-old housewife fighting eviction from her family home in central Phnom Penh, set off down Mao Tse-Tung Boulevard to try to deliver a plea for h...

Coal lease scandal poses a riddle: will India ever be able to tackle corruption?

by Vikas Bajaj and Jim Yardley New York Times September 15, 2012

NEW DELHI — His business rivals never fully understood how Manoj Jayaswal got so rich so fast, except that he often seemed joined at the hip with powerful politicians. He hosted them at lavish parties, entertained them at his daughter’s opulent T...

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