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WorldPress: Ad hoc nuclear regulation has created a mess, and a dangerous one, in the Middle East and parts of Asia. Forming a systemic basis for international law would be one step toward cleaning it up. In 1984 a Union Carbide industrial accident claimed thousands of Indian victims. As with BP's recent disaster in the Gulf, an insufficient punishment for flouting safety measures set a dangerous precedent. The threat of endemic in Pakistan is real, homes and agriculture have been wiped out, and so much more help is needed. "We've been set back 30 years," says one Pakistani woman. The military support that U.S. forces are providing to the Yemeni government doesn't always combat terrorism; sometimes it inflames it. Twenty million people have been affected by the flooding in Pakistan, and with water-borne diseases on the rise and clinics wiped out by the flooding, aid workers and now-homeless Pakistanis are struggling to persevere. Mental health problems are tied to social and economic factors, both in cause and in treatment. By investing in mental health, in addition to the human victories, Europe can actually benefit economically. With al Qaeada activity increasing, oil reserves running out, and poverty and disorder rampant, Yemen is in need of vast infrastructure reform across all levels of its governmental and economic institutions. The IMF has earned a reputation internationally for its draconian lending policies, but Jordan may owe much of its economic turnaround to the assistance of the Fund. In what could possibly be a small step forward between Israel and Palestine, Israel has put forth a proposal to disengage from the Gaza Strip, hopefully helping to stabilize the area. Nine years of entanglement in Afghanistan have produced little result. It is time for the United States to consider a wholly different approach. With a large majority of E.U. countries and the International Court of Justice recognizing the independence of Kosovo, Delfin Pilana is looking ahead at E.U. membership. The original mandate of the United Nations deemed the sovereignty of states more or less inviolable, yet the organization has expanded its scope to, controversially, include peacekeeping and state-building. In this interview, Dr. Evan Wood talks about how the War on Drugs has backfired and about various addiction-treatment and harm-reduction approaches that have proven more effective. China and Asean have put in place a free trade agreement and a $10 billion investment fund, but disputes over the Mekong River and the South China Sea remain. With the upheaval of the Red Shirt protests behind it, the Thai economy is showing growth and tourism is rebounding, although trade depends largely on how other countries recover as well. Mother Earth has unleashed a fury of flooding this summer, affecting millions across the globe. Worldpress.org reviews the damage caused in several hard-hit countries. Heather Rogers discusses the incompatibilities between an economic system based on consumption and one based on environmental sustainability, and how green products have gotten trapped in the middle. Argentine President Fernández traveled to China to address the soy oil controversy between the two countries. China has been blocking the commodity from entering the country in retaliation against anti-dumping measures that Argentina has applied against Chinese imports. With military spending out of control and the war in Afghanistan now more protracted than Vietnam, the United States simply refuses to downscale its biggest liability. Fifty years into African independence, African women still face a much more challenging existence than men, with significant political, social and economic changes needed for gender equality. Dr. Fredanna M'Cormack and her Bele Uman Project are working in Sierra Leone to save the lives of pregnant mothers and their babies. The Greenpeace executive director talks about connections between the environment, poverty, peace, and how the interconnectedness of these issues can drive civil society. |