| Analysis: “Deradicalization” - Is Indonesia’s approach working? |
 | JAKARTA، 15/10/2012 (IRIN) - Ideology that fuels violent acts in the name of Islam remains potent in Indonesia despite government efforts to “deradicalize” militants and prevent the spread of religious extremism. full report |
| BANGLADESH: Cyclone shelters - for livestock too |
 | ALAKDIA، 16/10/2012 (IRIN) - When Bangladeshi subsistence farmer Nur Banu heard a cyclone was bearing down on her village and she needed to evacuate, the 70-year-old had only one thing on her mind. full report |
| MYANMAR: Government rejects OIC office request for troubled Rakhine |
 | BANGKOK، 16/10/2012 (IRIN) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has expressed “regret” over a Burmese government decision not to allow the opening of an OIC liaison office in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State. full report |
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA: No relief for flood-affected refugees |
 | BANGKOK، 17/10/2012 (IRIN) - Environmental damage caused by copper mining in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has affected thousands of refugees from the neighbouring Indonesian province of West Papua who have not received any support from PNG or the mining company, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and NGOs. full report |
| SRI LANKA: Drought hits northern rice farmers |
 | VAVUNIYA، 18/10/2012 (IRIN) - Officials in northern Sri Lanka’s Vavuniya District say 60 percent of the rice harvest could be lost if the dry weather continues. full report |
| NEPAL: Government hobbles human rights commission |
 | KATHMANDU، 18/10/2012 (IRIN) - Mismanagement of Nepal’s National Human Rights Commission’s (NHRC) and its lack of independence, as well as frequent changes of government and an ongoing constitutional stalemate, have weakened the group’s ability to pursue war-era crimes, say officials and activists. full report |
| PHILIPPINES: Mobile phone app could help disaster preparedness |
 | MANILA، 19/10/2012 (IRIN) - The Philippine government has launched a mobile phone application which can provide real-time information on rainfall and flooding to the general public. full report |
| HIV/AIDS: Breaking science “silos” to find a vaccine |
 | BOSTON، 19/10/2012 (IRIN) - A chemical engineer, a polymer physicist and a chemist gather for coffee - and not much happens. “We could have all the greatest ideas in the world to discuss over coffee, but without funding, it is not possible do to more than napkin sketches,” said Darrell Irvine, a material scientist at the US-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) who, along with dozens of scientists, have received funding to break down silos of scientific disciplines to create an AIDS vaccine. full report |