Reading List 8/12/10

August 12th, 2010 by Anjana Padmanabhan Leave a reply »

Hello readers! The news is buzzing with everything from today being UN International Youth Day to the on-going humanitarian crisis in Pakistan because of the massive floods.  We’re also reading about the global threat from the “other malaria,” and whether the ‘right to food’ should become a legal right in India.

  1.  Launching International Year of Youth, UN urges dialogue, respect across generations, UN News Center
  2. Massive scale-up needed in Pakistan flood relief operation, says UN, UN News Center
  3. Map reveals global threat from the ‘other malaria’, Rhiannon Smith, SciDev.net
  4. India Asks, Should Food Be a Right for the Poor? Jim Yardley, New York Times

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