Human Dignity Also Needs to Be Preserved
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For more than a year, Richard Lucas has been trying to win permission to cut through his elderly, infirm parents' front porch so they can get from their living quarters onto the street without climbing stairs. And for more than a year, the D.C. historic preservation authorities have found reasons to...
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Mysore, Jan. 28 (DN)- The initiatives and the voluntary involvement of individuals for noble cause of lessening the burdens of the deprived sections of the society does not necessarily limit to its own place by ...
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ATHENS, Oct 17 (IPS) - "Conditions in the detention centre of Samos  are offensive to human dignity, and a violation of human rights;  it is a compromise of Greek status internationally."
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The United Nations is calling on Burma&#39;s military rulers to improve its human rights record. UN Special Rapporteur Paulo Sergio Pinheiro told the General Assembly on Tuesday that he has received &quot;credible
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LONDON, Oct 23 (IPS) - Addressing people's rights to the places they  inhabit is one of the new challenges of growing urbanisation,  both in developed and developing countries.
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Compulsory community service for the sake of social cohesion is suggested in a government report.
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The United Nations has abandoned efforts to devise a global treaty banning the cloning of human beings. While there was near universal support to ban reproductive cloning of babies, the international community
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Several political organizations in Bolivia are pushing to preserve endangered traditions like Tinku, an ancient ritual once widespread throughout the Andean world.
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Americans know a good deal when they see it. Today a group of  leading scientists and practitioners from several fields -- agriculture,  medicine, economics, education, engineering -- is making a proposal to  the world. If  rich and poor countries will follow through on the promises  they have made over the past five years  to fight extreme poverty and disease -- and rely on the best science and technology in doing  so -- the world can save millions of lives and extricate hundreds of millions of  its poorest people from the trap of extreme poverty. The cost is a mere 50 cents out of every $100 of rich-world income in the coming decade.
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Â· Grand chamber of human rights court to hear appealÂ· Women argue that one will lose house when other dies
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Yes, it's dirt-cheap and will mobilize people throughout the developing world. And that is exactly why it poses a threat to the environment and global energy supplies.
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BELGRADE, Aug 30 (IPS) - The ways of Serbian media have come into focus  again after the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in  Europe (OSCE) declared earlier this week that Serbian media must  practise professionalism and respect human dignity.
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âGive people the vision and hold them accountable, but let them do it their own way.â
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Efforts to promote democracy in Myanmar must remain a priority for the international community, European Union special envoy for Myanmar Piero Fassino said here Friday.
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I was looking at what my friend Stephen Lewis wrote in HakPakSak a few days ago &#151; specifically "...newspapersâ roles as public trusts and cornerstones of our informational infrastructure &#151; i.e. sources of solid information and independent commentary essential to informed citizenry, democratic government, effective public policy, and well-functioning economies".. What this brought up for me is the notion that human beings are themselves infrastructural; especially when they are constuctive contributors to the structure we call civilization. read more
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To guarantee citizens' environmental rights is to guarantee social stability, says an editorial in Beijing News.
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It appears that the news that we are killing ourselves with our garbage hasnât sunk in. Thatâs one reason âThe 11th Hourâ is such essential viewing.