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Indonesia, Bali: Rabies Outbreak
By Johannes P Christo
Posted in all, features, asia-pacific, slides on 22 February 2010
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“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 [...]

Cambodia: Darkness Falls
By Martyn Aim
Posted in all, features, asia-pacific, slides on 28 January 2010
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Tuol Sleng (S-21) Prison was created by order of the Khmer Rouge chief, Pol Pot on April 17th, 1975. The former Toul Svay High School classrooms were turned into interrogation rooms and cells 0.8 by 2 metres square.
S-21 was designed for detention, interrogation and torture. Once prisoners’ confessions were received and documented they were sent [...]

India: The Invisible Farmer
By Zishaan Akbar Latif
Posted in all, features, asia-pacific, slides on 18 January 2010
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There is no respect economically or socially for farmers in India, they struggle to survive with dwindling finances dolled out by local governmental agencies at its disposal for grass root level farmers across the drought prone areas of Rajasthan, Bihar, Chattisgarh and the green belts of Punjab. While 64% of India is an agricultural based [...]

China: Changing Landscape
By Markel Redondo
Posted in all, features, asia-pacific, slides on 11 January 2010
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In the cities of Chongqing, Yichang and Wuham where the Yangtze River flows, people are caught in the middle of major transformations. These changes to their environment have left many displaced and disturbed. With the construction of The Three Gorges Dam, entire towns and cities have disappeared and new towns are emerging with no clear [...]

Cambodia: TB Crossroads
By Chhandak Pradhan
Posted in all, features, asia-pacific, slides on 16 December 2009
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The Kingdom of Cambodia is known for the incredible ruins of Angkor Wat and the brutal repression of the Khmer Rouge. A defunct healthcare system is a legacy from that era that ordinary Khmers still live with. While the country hobbles back to relative stability, thanks to an influx of foreign investment, much remains unachieved. [...]

Bangladesh: Rohingya Refugee Camp, Unregistered
By Jared Katz
Posted in all, features, asia-pacific, slides on 5 October 2009
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The Rohingya are not recognized as Burmese citizens by the ruling military junta. Widespread abuse, rape, and oppression have caused hundreds of thousands to flee and find refuge in neighboring Bangladesh. Today, over 27,000 of these refugees remain unrecognized by the Bangladeshi government as legal refugees, and are left largely unsupported with nowhere to go; [...]