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- UNDP touts Mongolia's mineral potential
The United Nations Development Programme is hopeful that a mining boom in Mongolia will be handled with sensitivity to the environment and that the wealth generated will be put to use on behalf of the country's population. "It's very exciting. Mongolia has the potential to do it right," said Ajay Chhibber, UNDP assistant secretary-general. The Guardian (London) (11/7)      - Global Fund backs bed nets in Cambodia
Nearly 3 million insecticide-treated mosquito nets were distributed Monday in Cambodia in the first stage of a three-pronged effort by the country's government to eliminate malaria by 2025. The nets -- two more mass distributions of which are scheduled by the beginning of next year -- were paid for, in part, by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Devex.com/The Development Newswire blog (11/8) - Mobile breath test to detect TB gains traction in India
A $950,000 grant was awarded Monday to a team of researchers in India who expect by 2013 to outfit the country's hospitals with hand-held, battery-powered devices -- characterized as electronic noses -- that can detect tuberculosis from a person's breath. "What we're preparing can go to the countryside in any temperature, any humidity, so a person doesn't have to travel and infect others on the way," said Ranjan Nanda, a lead researcher and recipient of the grant from Grand Challenges Canada and the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation. The Guardian (London) (11/7) - Ethiopia battles against tribal killings of "mingi" children
Regional authorities in southern Ethiopia are working with humanitarian and development groups to end the tribal practice of killing children deemed "mingi," cursed. Superstitious villagers believe physical deformity or being born of an illegitimate relationship turns a child into a beacon for evil spirits. CNN (11/5) - Cookstoves and monsoons
A host of studies, the results of which have been published over the past few months, show the domino effect of soot emissions from wood smoke and diesel exhaust on the environment and severe weather events, such as monsoons and cyclones. "We are showing that pollution from human activity -- as simple as burning wood or driving a vehicle with a diesel engine -- can actually change ... massive atmospheric phenomena in a significant way," said Amato Evan, an environmental scientist at the University of Virginia. LiveMint.com/The Wall Street Journal (India) (11/8) - Lighting the way in Liberia
An American doctor is looking to help Liberia rebuild from years of war by installing solar-powered lights in clinics to improve maternal-mortality rates. More than half of Liberia is without access to electricity limiting the services that health care providers can perform. ABC News/Million Moms Challenge blog (11/4) - Zimbabwean girls struggle to access education
 One-third of primary-school-aged girls and 67% of those at the secondary school level are unable to access education in Zimbabwe, according to a study from Plan International. Poverty, sexual abuse and child marriage are among the major factors adversely affecting school attendance for girls. IRINNews.org (11/7) - 11,000 girls are recruited to promote India gender equality
Red Cross societies across the Indian state of Haryana are gearing up to train more than 11,000 predominately female college students to persuade parents not to abort fetuses shown to be girls. "These students will turn into parents in coming years, and we hope that they won't forget the importance of girls. As parents, they will be in a position to make a change by deciding against gender bias," said Syham Sunder, secretary of the Red Cross Society in the district of Yamunanagar. The Times of India (11/8)  | - Is a post-Kyoto pact possible?
 Even though most signatory countries have made significant effort to follow through on provisions in the Kyoto Treaty, there is little chance delegates to the upcoming United Nations-backed climate summit will be able to seal a deal on a successor agreement, according to this article. An extension to the treaty, which expires in 2012, would not effectively take into account shifts in countries' emissions levels and deep disagreements over future cuts decreases the chances of forging a new treaty. Time.com (11/8) - Africa sees push for democratic reforms
Several African countries including Guinea, Nigeria and Zambia have seen democratic advances over the past year somewhat similar to reform movement efforts associated with the Arab Spring. Corruption, repressive leadership and a lack of a strong civil society still plague many countries, but the spread of technology is helping open up possibilities to push for change. The Christian Science Monitor (11/7)
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