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	August 11, 2011 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate What is stalling polio eradication? While the number of polio cases is dropping in countries such as India, Nigeria and Afghanistan, diagnoses have doubled this year in Pakistan, where governmental miscues, a skeptical populace, radical clerics and poor security for health workers are combining to derail global efforts to eradicate the highly contagious viral disease. But polio also has reappeared elsewhere, in places such as Chad, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and northern Nigeria, according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, which reports a significant shortfall in funding. The Atlantic Wire (8/10)      UN: Africans are starving to death  The changing nature of development aid  Moroccan women speak up  New meters chart the toll of driving  U.S. ramps up sanctions on Syria  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security Our CEO on #development: 'It's not a matter of receiving aid but of getting assistance to make a change in your own life' http://ow.ly/60HDw" @unfoundation "Many Congolese have voiced frustration with the effects of the bill. Legitimate mining ventures that provided livelihoods for people have screeched to a halt, and the country's mineral exports are down 90% from what they were prior to the law." UN Dispatch UN: Africans are starving to death The United Nations on Wednesday appealed to the international community to come up with $1.3 billion it said was urgently needed to help save the lives of hundreds of thousands of East Africans, many of them children, under imminent threat of starvation. The famine across the Horn of Africa has yet to peak, and could encompass all of southern Somalia within weeks, unless deliveries of food aid are increased, Catherine Bragg, deputy emergency relief coordinator, told the world body's Security Council. Google/The Associated Press (8/10), CBS News (8/9)        Test shows effectiveness of UN tsunami-warning system The successful test Wednesday of the UNESCO-backed tsunami-warning system among 31 Mediterranean and North Atlantic countries paves the way for the establishment of regional warning centers. Two such centers in France and Turkey would be operational next year, while additional centers would eventually come online in Greece, Italy and Portugal. United Press International (8/10)      Other News India seeks expansion of Security Council The Times of India (8/11) Security Council urges power transfer in Yemen CNN (8/10)      The changing nature of development aid The ripple effects of the Arab Spring are influencing how development aid is used in the Middle East and North Africa, with a new emphasis on co-designing initiatives that help people change their lives, Kathy Calvin, CEO of the United Nations Foundation, says in an interview. Advances in science and technology also are changing the nature of aid, she says, pacing a move away from large-scale undertakings toward microaid -- a series of small changes that also help poor people change their own lives. Devex.com (8/11)        UN: Food prices add to drought suffering Elevated food prices are cutting into the purchasing capabilities of people across the Horn of Africa exacerbating difficulties associated with current drought in the region, the United Nations warns. Grain, cereal and milk prices have all recently hit record highs. United Press International (8/10)      China is working to improve food safety Chinese authorities have begun a concerted drive to improve the safety of China's food supplies, offering rewards to those who provide information about tainted food. Activists have recorded about 500 cases of tainted food so far this year, and Chinese media have launched a series of investigative reports into food-production practices. The Washington Post (8/10)      Kenya waffles on new camp as refugee population explodes While the world's most populous refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya, is bursting at the seams -- prompting the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to move thousands of people to an overflow area -- a nearby $60 million camp, new and fully-equipped, stands empty. A human rights group has called upon the Kenyan government to open the camp, which was built with funds from international donors. The Independent (London) (8/11)      Other News Australian divisions reappear after refugee-swap delay The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (8/10) Groups urge indigenous-rights protections in Congo IRINNews.org (8/10)      Moroccan women speak up Moroccan woman have helped drive the pro-reform movement and are looking to raise awareness on women's rights. Women continue to face gender-based discrimination and violence, despite some legal protections provided by Moroccan law. AlertNet/IPS (8/10)      U.S. female politicians seek end to Myanmar gang rapes Female U.S. senators are urging Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to pressure the Myanmar regime to stop the country's army from using gang rape as a weapon against ethnic minorities -- including children, the pregnant and the elderly -- after the breakdown of truces with the Kachin Independence and Shan State armies. ForeignPolicy.com/The Cable blog (8/10)        New meters chart the toll of driving Cars in the Netherlands are being outfitted with meters as part of a novel government program that would charge drivers for the distances they drive based on a formula that factors in fuel efficiency, time of day and route. The program, which is only in a trial phase, would also use the meter to measure the cost to the country in the form of pollution, traffic congestion, road wear and greenhouse-gas emissions. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (8/10)      Other News Efficacy of Sri Lanka wild elephant census is challenged The Guardian (London) (8/10)      U.S. ramps up sanctions on Syria Russia on Wednesday urged Syria to implement long-promised political reforms, but did not budge over its opposition to UN sanctions despite a report to the Security Council on the deaths and disappearances of thousands of civilians during the regime's five-month military crackdown on anti-government protests. The U.S. broadened its sanctions against Syria to include its largest commercial bank and telecommunications company amid signs that divisions had begun to appear among the country's tight-knit leadership. 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