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Improving lives through early HIV detection in West Java, Indonesia

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A film on the cost-effectiveness of HIV/AIDS interventions in Bandung, Indonesia by Global Development Network in collaboration with CEDS, Padjadjaran University, Indonesia.

Enhancing classroom experience through radio in Karnataka, India

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A film on the cost-effectiveness of two learning programs for schools in Karnataka, India by Global Development Network in collaboration with CBPS, Bangalore, India.

India’s missing girls: Can a portable ultrasound ban stop sex-selective abortions?

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Can a ban on portable ultrasounds stop sex-selective abortions? Some experts say stricter enforcement of existing laws could convince parents not to abort girls.

Anticorruption Movement Leader Stirs Passions in India

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More than 10,000 take to the streets of New Delhi to protest corruption. An anticorruption activist in India is released from jail; Syrian forces fire on protesters; and China’s press plays down a brawl between American and Chinese basketball teams.

Deadly Bomb Blasts in Delhi

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A New Delhi courthouse gets hit by the second terrorist bombing in less than four months, raising questions about India’s ability to provide security. Reporter Poh Si Teng’s husband is caught in the Delhi bomb blast. Hours after a powerful

Austerity Plan in Greece Passes Amid Violent Protests

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Greece’s parliament passes the austerity plan, averting an immediate financial crisis, but sparking violent protests for a second day.

Who Killed the Doctors?

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Authorities in India’s Uttar Pradesh are trying to figure out how the killing of three prominent doctors fit into the country’s systematic corruption.

India Rising, Off the Grid

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Gurgaon, a booming suburb of New Delhi has become the symbol for development in India. It seems to have everything, except a functioning citywide sewer, reliable electricity or water, or decent roads.

India’s Poor Struggle for Shelter

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As millions of Indians have moved to the cities for work, illegal and shoddy housing construction is mushrooming all over the impoverished neighborhoods of New Delhi to meet the demand.