That alarming situation was perpetuated by women's dependency on their spouses in order to be able to provide for their children.

Well, notwithstanding the gloomy pictures from the Middle East, Darfur, Iraq, elsewhere, there is a longer term trend that does represent some good news.

We are relying on the alarming information presented in the press conference, supplemented with strong evidence that has not been refuted so far by those concerned, to announce the following

This is necessary in order to improve the appalling state of maternal health and reverse the spread of HIV AIDS as well as to contribute to women's empowerment.

The programme was initiated at a time of growing concern over alarming malnutrition rates identified in numerous food insecure areas of the country.

The programme was initiated at a time of growing concern over alarming malnutrition rates identified in numerous food insecure areas of the country.

In view of these alarming facts, setting up and creating a genuine partnership for development, based on the groundwork of the Monterrey Conference and on the basis of shared responsibility borne by both the donor countries and the recipient countries, remains a matter of priority.

The fulfilment of that responsibility becomes ever more urgent as the generation of Holocaust survivors dwindle and in the face of an alarming increase in global acts of anti Semitism, Holocaust denial, racism and religious intolerance.

NEW DELHI German Chancellor Angela Merkel s second visit to China in a year comes against the backdrop of dire forecasts of a difficult September for the eurozone.

Hope. That's the question I get asked as I'm going around the world Jane, you've seen so many terrible things, you've seen your chimpanzees decrease in number from about one million, at the turn of the century, to no more than 150,000 now, and the same with so many other animals.