| PHILIPPINES: Peace pact brings hope for Mindanao |
 | MANILA، 8/10/2012 (IRIN) - A recently announced agreement between the Philippine government and Muslim rebels waging a decades-old insurgency in the southern island of Mindanao paves the way for the establishment of a new autonomous region, more access for humanitarians to conflict-affected areas and an end to the cycle of failed peace deals and displacements. full report |
| In Brief: Southeast Asia wasting too much food |
 | BANGKOK، 9/10/2012 (IRIN) - Food losses in Asia due to disasters or poor storage, packing and delivery are set to worsen, and governments are ill-prepared to stem the wastage, according experts recently convened by the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies in Singapore. full report |
| CLIMATE CHANGE: Human Rights Watch’s Jan Egeland calls for faster progress |
 | BANGKOK، 9/10/2012 (IRIN) - On the sidelines of a recent presentation he made in Bangkok on disaster prevention and preparedness, IRIN spoke to Jan Egeland, deputy director of Human Rights Watch, about progress on the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS). full report |
| PAKISTAN: Quality education still a long way off |
 | ISLAMABAD، 9/10/2012 (IRIN) - As evening approaches in the centre of Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, children gather at a small playground, chatting and laughing. It is a scene played out in countless parks across the country, but the children are not here to play after school - they are here to attend one. full report |
| Analysis: Do subsidies improve nutrition? |
 | BANGKOK، 10/10/2012 (IRIN) - When food price subsidies are given to the poor, the assumption is that they improve both access and nutrition, but the impact these subsidies have on the quality of nutrition is hard to gauge, say experts. full report |
| SRI LANKA: Uneven development in former war zone |
 | ATUMAGASKODA، 11/10/2012 (IRIN) - The Sri Lankan village of Atumagaskoda is only 6km from the town of Vavuniya - the financial and business hub in the north since the end of the country's long civil war - but in development terms it is years away. full report |
| PAKISTAN: Fears of Taliban resurgence in north |
 | PESHAWAR، 12/10/2012 (IRIN) - The shooting on 9 October of Malala Yusufzai, a 14-year-old girls’ education campaigner from Swat Valley in northern Pakistan, is a reminder that militancy is still a significant threat in the north. full report |
| BANGLADESH: Rohingya refugees face more restrictions |
 | DHAKA، 12/10/2012 (IRIN) - Activists warn of further restrictions on Rohingya refugees in southeastern Bangladesh following recent communal violence. full report |
| BANGLADESH: Earthquake drill for 30,000 schools |
 | DHAKA، 12/10/2012 (IRIN) - Millions of children across Bangladesh will take part in a nationwide earthquake drill on 13-14 October. full report |
| MYANMAR: Closing the HIV/AIDS “treatment gap” |
 | YANGON، 12/10/2012 (IRIN) - Health workers in Myanmar are confident that efforts to narrow the country’s huge gap between access to, and need for, life-saving medicines to treat HIV/AIDS are back on track after the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria invited the country to apply for additional funding. full report |