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Michael Latham, nutritionist who advocated breast-feeding, dies at 82

by Emma Brown Washington Post April 20, 2011

Michael Latham, a leading nutritionist and tropical public health specialist who staunchly opposed the marketing of infant formula as a replacement for breast-feeding in developing countries, died April 1 in Boston of pneumonia. He was 82....

Global stillbirths: 2.6 million a year, overlooked and often preventable

by David Brown Washington Post April 13, 2011

About 2.6 million babies are born dead each year, a largely ignored and silently grieved loss of life, about half of which could be prevented....

Bolivia is set to pass the world’s first laws granting all nature equal rights to humans

by John Vidal The Guardian April 10, 2011

Bolivia is set to pass the world's first laws granting all nature equal rights to humans. The Law of Mother Earth, now agreed by politicians and grassroots social groups, redefines the country's rich mineral deposits as "blessings" and is expected to...

Colombia agrees to protect unions

by Howard Schneider and Juan Forero Washington Post April 7, 2011

The government of Colombia has agreed to better protect union members and vigorously prosecute those responsible for violence against them, potentially paving the way for the Obama administration to seek congressional approval of a free trade treaty ...

Bankok climate talks stall

by Reuters The Guardian April 7, 2011

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