Healthy lifestyles can reduce cancer deaths by 30%
About 30 per cent of cancer deaths can be reduced by changing lifestyles, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO says the five leading factors for these…
3 Feb 2012 / Listen /Palau seeks World Court opinion on climate change
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is being asked to give an opinion on whether all nations have the responsibility to ensure that emissions of greenhouse gases on…
3 Feb 2012 / Listen /78 dead after attack in South Sudan
A cattle raid in Warrap State, South Sudan has left 78 people dead and 40,000 without livelihoods, according to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human…
3 Feb 2012 / Listen /Somali famine over but millions still need humanitarian assistance
Famine conditions have ended in Somalia but the United Nations is warning the situation in the country remains fragile. The UN says a combination of the massive scale…
3 Feb 2012 / Listen /Former Khmer Rouge official is sentenced to life in prison
A former senior official of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia has been sentenced to life in prison for crimes against humanity. Kaing Guek Eav alias “Duch” was commander of the top-secret Tuol Sleg…
3 Feb 2012 / Listen /Cancer kills over one million a year in SE Asia
Cancer has been targeted as a major killer across South East Asia by the World Health Organisation (WHO). WHO…
4 Feb 2012 / Listen /WHO addresses geographical difference in women’s cancers
There’s a clear geographical distinction when it comes to cancer and women. According to the World Health Organization (WHO),…
4 Feb 2012 / Listen /Deaths from cancer to double to up to 12 million worldwide
Deaths from cancer could double to up to 12 million a year worldwide within the next 20 years according…
3 Feb 2012 / Listen /Stranded Sri Lankan migrants return home from Togo
A group of 28 Sri Lankan migrants left stranded by people smugglers in Togo in West Africa are on…
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