Loneliness is acute among poor
Rise in suicide reflects chronic lack of mental health services, especially in Third World.
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Malaria a fact of life in Uganda
Two weeks into my new life in Uganda, I’m quickly learning how precarious life can be when living with the threat of infectious diseases.
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We need a day to ponder
Maybe Labour Day should be replaced with Bum Day says our resident traveller.
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Saving the Mothers
Women and children, in New Orleans or the Third World, often suffer the most in disasters.
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Two solitudes
The western and Islamic worlds clearly don’t understand one another, as the botched Newsweek report on the Koran clearly shows.
Camilla Effect one big yawn
Clearly the marriage gods were telling me something. Your marriage is something very noble. Don’t blow it. Because, yes, it also has the potential to burst into flames.
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In Africa, the bicycle rules
It not only returns life to its natural pace, but the bicycle is the great leveller.
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