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  1. Children playing in Bentue where this can be risky business with dropping bombs lately

    SOUTH SUDAN: THE RAINS THAT CREATE A SMALL WALL OF PEACE

    16 May 2012 14:51 BST | Comments ( 0 )

    World Vision - East Africa / Geoffrey Kalebbo Denye | Africa Views

    Children run and play as the skies above Leer airstrip in Unity State of South Sudan rumble. The clouds swell, it slowly gets...

  2. A flood victim drinks water from a hand pump in Murad Chandio village, near Dadu in Pakistan's Sindh province, January 2011. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

    Why safe drinking water is not always so safe

    15 May 2012 18:36 BST | Comments ( 0 )

    Emma Batha | AlertNet News Blog

    Experts differ over how many people have access to ‘safe’ drinking water

  3. Malians gesture behind the national flag at a rally against the seizure of northern Mali by Tuareg and Islamist rebels, in Bamako on April 11, 2012. REUTERS/Joe Penney

    Migration, militias, coups and climate change in Mali

    15 May 2012 15:04 BST | Comments ( 0 )

    Caitlin Werrell and Francesco Femia | Climate Conversations

    The humanitarian community was prepared to deal with climate-driven drought in Mali – but what about government collapse?

  4. Rwanda: CARE Responds to the Influx of DRC Refugees

    15 May 2012 09:07 BST | Comments ( 0 )

    CARE International | Aid Worker Diaries

    Emergency teams from CARE International in Rwanda have mobilized to meet the humanitarian needs of thousands of refugees ...

  5. A man takes a break from loading coal onto trucks near the town of Dangcheng in Quyang county, 250 km (155 miles) southwest of Beijing, Dec. 7, 2011. REUTERS/David Gray

    Climate change means doing Asian development differently

    11 May 2012 14:36 BST | Comments ( 0 )

    Nita Bhalla | Climate Conversations

    "The goal is clear - reduce poverty, increase prosperity, but leave a smaller carbon footprint," says UNDP official

  6. Ministers gather in a huddle where agreement was reached to extend the Kyoto Protocol during a plenary session at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP17) in Durban on December 11, 2011. REUTERS/Agnieszka Flak

    The end of climate policy as we know it

    11 May 2012 11:09 BST | Comments ( 0 )

    Oliver Geden | Climate Conversations

    A more practical, bottom-up approach to cutting emissions may be needed if international climate negotiations fail

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