There are fair criticisms to be made of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the free-trading world order that exists around them. But when thousands take to the streets to demand the

In a country best known for its tough one-child policy, large young families today are scattered throughout the countryside. The size of the rural population boom is unclear because many "illegal"

Some of the world's most dedicated human rights activists have started as campaigners for the environment. Ken Saro-Wiwa's initial cause, for example, was the devastation that Royal Dutch/Shell's oil

Drug Firm's headache? : An American university has been awarded a broad patent covering the use of a new type of painkiller that has become the pharmaceutical industry's fastest-selling new product.

The Hungarian government has declared parts of eastern Hungary a disaster area, allowing allocation of funds to combat floods, state-run radio reported. The country's second largest river, The Tisza,

The Clinton administration, vowing to "right the wrongs of the past" was expected to unveil plans to compensate thousands of ailing workers who were exposed to radiation while helping to build the

Two hospitals in the United States are offering a new treatment where surgeons have begun operating before birth on fetuses, hoping to forestall damage during pregnancy to the brain and nervous

Legislators in the Philippines are to vote this week on a bill that would privatize the heavily indebted national power company, a process that the International Monetary Fund and other lenders have

There is no convincing scientific evidence that taking large amounts of Vitamin C, Vitamin E, or the nutrients selenium and beta carotene can reduce the chances of getting cancer, heart disease,

Hoping to starve the World Bank of the money it lends, activist groups have pledged to organize a global boycott of its most important fund-raising tool, World Bank bonds. The groups will begin by