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	July 30, 2012 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate Vote on UN weapons treaty delayed A United Nations draft treaty that would have better regulated the $60 billion global trade in conventional weapons has been delayed, likely until after the U.S. presidential election, amid concerns from the U.S., Russia, India and Indonesia. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the lack of consensus after a month of negotiations was "a setback." ForeignPolicy.com/Turtle Bay blog (7/27), Reuters (7/28), The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (7/27)      Syrians flee Aleppo as UN considers endgame  Haiti radio series reflects lives in camps  Indian sex-worker collective empowers women  Making sure there is enough water to go around  African businesswomen need a technology boost  Latin American leaders souring on war on drugs  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Technology | Peacekeeping and Security |  Do you know why #polio hasn't gone away yet? Read up via @CNN: http://bit.ly/NdmpQK" @ShotAtLife "It is not unreasonable to speculate that 'Aleppo' may soon become shorthand for mass atrocity in the 21st century." UN Dispatch Syrians flee Aleppo as UN considers endgame France is pushing to again convene the United Nations Security Council to stop what officials said was shaping up to be a massacre in Syria after an army offensive against insurgents in Aleppo. An estimated 200,000 fled the city over the weekend. Senior UN officials said a power-sharing agreement like that in Afghanistan in 2001 could serve as a model for Syria if the regime of President Bashar Assad should fall. Detroit Free Press/The Associated Press (7/29), Los Angeles Times (tiered subscription model) (7/30), Reuters (7/30)      Other News UN envoy to address Rohingya persecution in Myanmar The Washington Post/The Associated Press (7/30)      S. Korea presses China to investigate alleged torture of Seoul activist Google/Agence France-Presse (7/29)      Haiti radio series reflects lives in camps A radio soap opera in Haiti depicts the lives of the 421,000 people still living in camps two years after the earthquake that devastated much of the country. Each episode ends with messages informing survivors about public services. The Christian Science Monitor (7/26)      Poor rains in India could compound food-price rise The unexpected dropoff in monsoon rainfall for India could send global food prices upward amid the drought affecting much of the U.S., particularly corn and soybean crops. Poor rains in India, where much of the farmland is not irrigated, could affect yields of both crops, rice and sugar cane. The Washington Post (7/28), The Christian Science Monitor/Backchannels blog (7/27)      Other News Barriers to hepatitis treatment systemic in Asia Pacific The Guardian (London)/Poverty Matters blog (7/27)      Ebola is confirmed in Uganda; people are told to avoid physical contact BBC (7/30)      Indian sex-worker collective empowers women The more than 5,000 members of the Vamp collective, an Indian organization for sex workers based in the Maharashtra town of Sangli, are not only improving the conditions under which they work, but also defending their rights and demanding respect. The collective also promotes HIV prevention among sex workers and other groups. The Guardian (London)/Poverty Matters blog (7/26)        Other News Social issues in India gain audience through Bollywood star's TV show The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (7/26)      Making sure there is enough water to go around As the global population continues to grow and migration to cities continues, the accompanying water demands will mean there is less water for agriculture -- and potentially less food for people. Colin Chartres, head of the Sri Lanka-based International Water Management Institute, discusses technological approaches from around the world that help people get by with less water. AlertNet (7/26)        Other News China scraps another industrial deal amid environmental protests The Wall Street Journal (7/30)      300 million lost power in northern India over weekend BBC (7/30)      African businesswomen need a technology boost Governments across Africa need to do more to make technology available to women so that they may overcome barriers to doing business, writes Barbara Birungi, head of Hive Colab, a co-working space in East Africa. "If a businesswoman selling potatoes in a rural district in Uganda has access to markets in Kampala and Gulu through use of a mobile phone, she will have bigger sales and can probably work in a more cost-effective way which would not have been previously possible," she says. BBC (7/26)        Latin American leaders souring on war on drugs Governments in Latin America are weighing a move away from the U.S.-led war on drugs through initiatives that would legalize marijuana -- even cocaine and heroin -- in a bid to reduce drug-related violence and separate traffickers from users. No country has gone as far as Uruguay, which is considering a state-managed monopoly for marijuana, according to the United Nations. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (7/29)      Other News China's Xiaobo is worthy of more attention than Weiwei, biographer says The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/IHT Rendezvous blog (7/23)      Top five news stories selected by UN Wire readers in the past week. Scientists tentatively eye cure for HIV/AIDS (CNN) Experts: Climate change to lead to mass killing (The New York Times (tiered subscription model)) Where competition for water could lead to conflict (Reuters) Mob ringleader nabbed in India molestation case (The Wall Street Journal) Madonna's would-be girls school to become Malawi cemetery (The Guardian (London)) Results based on number of times each story was clicked by readers. 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