FEATURE-Phnom Penh poor uprooted as lakes filled in for malls, flats

Phnom Penh residents fear losing homes and farms as the Cambodian capital's numerous lakes are reclaimed amid a construction boom

Floods force millions to flee homes in India, Nepal and Bangladesh

Worst affected is the northern Indian state of Bihar, where some 1.9 million people have fled their homes


Two Ebola workers killed in eastern Congo

Dozens of people responding to a massive Ebola outbreak have been injured or killed in attacks this year


Scores of aftershocks hit Indonesia after quake kills two

Rescue teams struggling to reach parts of the area hit by the quake have warned that the death toll could rise


Monsoon flooding forces thousands from their homes in Myanmar

Four towns along the Ayeyarwady and Chindwin rivers are in danger of being inundated as the rivers rise


FEATURE -Social businesses take tourists off beaten path to 'spread the wealth'

London's Good Hotel which floats on the River Thames invests all its profits in helping locals in one of the city's poorest areas


FEATURE-Japanese women are running for parliament in record numbers, but face many obstacles

Japan's parliament has fallen in terms of gender diversity in recent years, though parties have been urged to field more women


Fake polio markers highlight risks to Pakistan vaccination drive

Pakistan is one of only three in the world where polio is endemic, but a drive to eradicate new transmissions has hit serious problems


Climate activists disrupt British cities with 'summer uprising'

Activists calling for action on climate change have announced protests in Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds and London


As fuel prices rise, firewood rustlers vex rural Kenya

Rising fossil fuel prices combined with a ban on harvesting firewood in Kenya's forests is causing the problem, officials say


Car bomb and all-night hotel siege kill 26 in Somalia's Kismayo

The Islamist militant group al Shabaab, which is linked to al Qaeda and is trying to topple Somalia's central government, said it had carried out a suicide attack


OPINION: The 50 years before Stonewall were decades of violence

Before the Stonewall riots, gay and bisexual men who were attacked rarely reported the crimes to the police for fear of being arrested themselves


OPINION: Powering up rural areas can fight unemployment in Africa, Asia

A survey shows off-grid renewable energy already employs as many people as the traditional utility power sector in India, Kenya and Nigeria


Durable solutions to modern slavery in Britain

Until each child victim has a stable future, the Modern Slavery Act is not fit for purpose



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