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Iraqi children face not only hunger, disease and psychological trauma, but also the danger of minefields. Photo credit: Photo Stock.

By Cristina Hernández-Espinoza

Cluster Bombs Turn Iraq into a Minefield

In the post-war it is essential, say experts, to assess the impact on civilians of the ordnance used by the United States in Iraq, including the lethal cluster bombs, which can remain active for years to come.

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Dialogues

By Mario Osava

“The anthill from below and from above”

Brazil's environment minister, Marina Silva, comes from a movement that "defends the jungles inseparably from the people who live in them." And that means "introducing all aspects of sustainable development into the heart of government," she told Tierramérica.

Analysis

By Ignacio Ávalos Gutiérrez

'Better Off against the Soviets'

The worst thing about the Iraq war is that it sets the precedent for unilateral action by Washington and makes clear that there is nothing to stand in its way," says Venezuelan commentator Ignacio Avalos Gutiérrez. To avoid this sort of unilateral action in the future it is essential to rebuild the United Nations, he adds.

Accents

A coffee grower at harvest. Photo Credit: Mauricio Ramos

By Thelma Mejía

Organic Coffee Tasting Better All the Time

Coffee grown without the use of chemical inputs is giving the indigenous Lencas reason to be optimistic, as their organic harvest fetches higher prices in a depressed market. The aim is to cultivate crops "in harmony with nature."

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Hong Kong government website announcement about SARS

SARS - Atypical Pneumonia

The outbreak of atypical pneumonia, with the first cases appearing in Asia, in just a few weeks has become headline news around the world, largely because the illness remains a mystery, because it is potentially deadly, is highly contagious, and seems to like air travel.

Nature preserve in northern Brazil will incorporate French Guiana territory… Chilean kid's TV program on what happens to sewage… Venezuela conducts inventory of forest resources… Honduran biosphere reserve damaged… Trials for illegal logging in Guatemala… Effects of solar radiation studied in Nicaragua…

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