Report: Asia advances on poverty, education goals; Myanmar; malaria

UN Wire
October 8, 2007
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TODAY'S HEADLINES

TOP STORY
* Report: Asia advances on poverty, education goals
QUOTE OF THE DAY
* New Economics Foundation director Andrew Simms. Read the complete story.
BLOG ROUNDUP
* blog
UN RADIO
* radio
UNITED NATIONS
* Security Council set to tackle Myanmar
* UN watchdog body may face challenge
DEVELOPMENT HEALTH AND POVERTY
* Malaria becomes "devastating" part of Peruvian culture
* UNICEF: Poverty fuels Panama deaths
* U.S. plans aid package against Mexican drugs, crime
* Commentary: AIDS fight promising, but more must be done
* Canada takes unprecedented step to export generic HIV/AIDS drugs
HOT TOPICS
* Attack on Darfur peacekeepers sparks UN outrage
* Rights council's Myanmar session lifts hopes for body
* At UN, a renewed push against use of child soldiers
* General Assembly meeting ends with calls for action
* U.N. groups: Climate change to alter travel habits
DEVELOPMENT ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
* Egypt hopes to turn its deserts green
* Group: World's ecological gap reached earlier every year
* DRC's conflict once again threatens mountain gorillas
* Kashmir burns hides, garments in bid to protect wildlife
HUMAN RIGHTS
* Myanmar's junta continues hard-line approach
* More former Latin leaders may face extradition
* Report: Russian journalist's killer identified
PEACE AND SECURITY
* DRC faces spiraling rape epidemic
* Darfur mission confirms town torched
* Musharraf wins election under cloud of controversy
* Laos still feels pain from decades-old U.S. explosives

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