Tribals raise green issues in Nigerian polls

Clashes between the Ogoni tribals and the police over the laying of an oil pipeline have made ecological degradation a key issue in Nigeria's …

Feud over fishing starts a fire in Kerala village

Violence erupts in a quiet fishing village in south Kerala over the rights of traditional fisherfolk to resources of the sea.

Will the Bodoland council follow the beaten track?

A concept that did not click in the hills of the Northeast has now been prescribed for the plains of the region. On December 1, the Union …

SOUTH KOREA

CALLOUS SCHEME?

Pachyderm vs human

Marauding elephants in Assam's Kaziranga national park killed 70 people last year

Forewarning

Will another social activist in Bihar meet a gory end?

Wrist against risk

Bracelet>> Aid Workers • The UK

The riot act

Hacking>> Riots • UK

Rocket row will delay space plan

Last stand at Manibeh

Reserve reserves

VILLAGE VS INDUSTRY

False alarm

JUMBO GIFT

Kolkata book fair fair deal?

Nerves of steel

Wall II

War over water

The issue of sharing West Asia's water resources threatens to explode into another Arab-Israeli war, which will shatter the semblance of peace …

Acknowledging the role of the arbitrator

The Nuer tribals of Sudan settled their disputes in more organised and effective a manner than modern societies

CFC phaseout timing sparks North-South row

The recent conference in Geneva, held to discuss moving up the date set for phasing out CFCs, got stuck over the question of aid to developing …

Private militias

Book>> Community Warriors, State Peasants and Caste Armies in Bihar by Ashwani Kumar Anthem Press Delhi 2008 Price Rs 450

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Deadly lands

Report>> Environmental Activism • UK