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  1. 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

  2. AK Mohammed Moinuddin

    A compact but productive week in London

    02 May 2012 16:58 BST | Comments (0)

    AK Mohammed Moinuddin | TrustMedia Alumni Blog

    It was just the most desired ‘call’ from a distant global city - London.

  3. A girl looks out of a car window on a rainy day in Mumbai, July 8, 2009. REUTERS/Arko Datta

    Undernourished and anaemic - the plight of India's teen girls

    26 April 2012 10:21 BST | Comments (0)

    nita-bhalla | The Word on Women

    South Asian adolescents suffer health problems from inadequate diets and early marriage, says UNICEF report

  4. Bagerhat, Bangladesh, August 2011. Picture provided by the British Red Cross

    Why it's so much harder for a Bangladeshi woman to escape a cyclone

    16 December 2011 14:20 GMT | Comments (0)

    katie-nguyen | The Word on Women

    Women in patriarchal Bangladesh often need their husband’s permission to leave home

  5. A boy in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka tries to quench his thirst at a roadside water tap in this file picture. REUTERS/Rafiquar Rahman

    Eyewitness Bangladesh: Sanitation and hygiene - challenges and solutions

    17 November 2011 14:20 GMT | Comments (2)

    Guy Collender, SHARE | Health and Science

    SHARE and its partners in Bangladesh -- ICDDR,B and WaterAid -- are addressing sanitation challenges through research

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