// news & global
Turkey: Tekel Workers’ ProtestThe most persistent and determined protest in Turkey for a decade: “Tekel” was the government-owned tobacco and alcoholic beverages company for many years, but when the tobacco branch of Tekel was sold to British American Tobacco in 2008 as part of privatization plans, Tekel workers lost their job status.
The government is now forcing them to [...]
// news & global
USA, Detroit: Once an Icon of American ProsperityDetroit was once America’s iconic city of prosperity. However, upon visiting for the first time in early 2009 it reminded me of the war-torn cities of Beirut and Kabul. Many factories of former legendary automakers were left in ruins, still containing hazardous materials such as asbestos. One-third of the city’s buildings or houses remained vacant. [...]
// features, africa
Madagascar: Sapphire Rush
Since 1998 the region of Ihosy has been undergoing a process very similar to the Gold Rush phenomenon in California in 1848. There has been a large influx of immigrants due to the discovery of sapphires. First there was much internal migration of people from all over the country which is composed of 18 ethnicities. [...]
// features, europe
UK: Claws Of Steel
Bill Pinchers stands with a group of his workmates – tough looking men, waiting for a red hot bar of steel to make its way towards them inside one of the last hand-rolled steel mills in Britain. Outside, the Black Country weather is doing its worst with heavy rain being driven almost horizontally by [...]
// features, asia-pacific
Indonesia, Bali: Rabies Outbreak
“In December 2008, the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture reported a rabies outbreak in dogs on the island of Bali, Indonesia, to the World Organization for Animal Health. As of October 2009, the Indonesia Ministry of Health has reported 15 deaths caused by rabies on Bali. Most human and animal rabies cases [...]
// features, greater middle east
Yemen: Fight For Basic Health
Leaving a painful civil war in 1994, Yemen remains the poorest country in the Middle East. Both the political and social environment is extremely fragile and continues to hamper economic growth, which results in a partial absorption of the vital needs of populations. The poorest are the first victims of a health system that covers [...]
// features, central & south america
Cuba: Laughs And Cries Of Havana
The archipelago of Cuba consists of 110.992 square kilometers, situated in the center of the Caribbean Sea. This country has been whipped by both natural disasters and political regimes, both of which have left the island the bearer of a past that marks it in the extended and continually-changing story of Universal History. A national [...]
// features, north america
USA: New York City Taxicabs
The taxicabs of New York City, with their distinctive yellow paint, are a widely recognized icon of the city. There are more than 13,000 taxis operating in the city, not including over 40,000 other for-hire vehicles.Taxicabs are operated by private companies and licensed by the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC), a New York City government [...]
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