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21.02.2008 Insufficient statistics and lack of a sound HIV/AIDS prevention policy are undermining Bangladesh’s efforts to protect people against its risks. It is necessary to break the barriers of social stigmas attached to the disease and promote condom use beyond family planning purposes, say health experts.

18.02.2008 Menteri Komunikasi dan Informatika Mohammad Nuh merasa senang karena Indonesia dianggapnya telah berhasil mengejar ketertinggalan di bidang teknologi komunikasi informasi (ICT), khususnya di bidang telekomunikasi.

18.02.2008 The Indonesian government is determined to utilize the information technology effectively to support efforts to increase the national competitiveness. This aspiration is reflected in the Indonesian.

15.02.2008 Yhden viikon aikana Helsingin Sanomien kehitysmaauutisissa kuoli 216 000 ihmistä, 1 150 haavoittui, 15 siepattiin, 30 pidätettiin ja 800 oli vangittuna. Myönteiseksi tulkittavissa olevia kehitysmaauutisia oli yksi ainoa.

14.02.2008 Smoking kills nearly a million people a year in India. A new study reveals that tuberculosis rather than cancer is the common cause of death among Indians who smoke. The study also says that only 2% of smokers quit – and that too because they are too sick to continue.

12.02.2008 Dayamani Barla reports on the concerns of rural people in Jharkhand. She feels that dominance of journalists with middle class background in Indian media industry makes it difficult for them to relate to the issues of the poor.

11.02.2008 A report by the UN body UNCTAD says the use of mobiles and the Internet in businesses, schools and homes help people prosper and drive long-term economic growth in developing countries. At the same time the report draws attention to the widening gap between rich and poor countries in broadband use.

11.02.2008 Even as the HIV virus occurrence rate remains low at below 1 percent in Bangladesh, the country needs to secure itself by building awareness, officials say. More often, people need support to fight the social stigma that goes with the virus in this largely conservative Muslim society.

06.02.2008 Lembaga Kampung Halaman membuat program ”Kami Bicara” untuk 10 sekolah dari berbagai daerah. Isinya antara lain mengajak murid-murid memvideokan aktivitas positifnya. Lalu, hasilnya di-upload ke web blog untuk sosialisasi ke masyarakat luas.

05.02.2008 A UNESCO publication titled: CR: A user’s guide to the Technology is an excellent manual for potential community radio operators. With Indian government planning to set up 4,000 stations, the manual is a handy reference for starting a radio station in the country.

05.02.2008 Pathways to Green Publishing, an event organised by the Delhi based Tata Energy and Research Institute on April 5, 2008, invites stakeholders to a dialogue on sustainable publishing practices. The conference aims at find innovative solutions to the environmental hazards that are linked with the printing, paper and printing industry in India.

05.02.2008 Teknologi Informasi (TI) yang kini berkembang amat pesat tak bisa dipungkiri memberikan kontribusi yang signifikan terhadap seluruh proses globalisasi ini. Mulai dari wahana TI yang paling sederhana (radio dan televisi), hingga internet dan ponsel, informasi mengalir dengan sangat cepat dan menyeruak ruang kesadaran banyak orang.