Northeast Indian Village-Night Owl-Survivors

Deadline looms, but survivors of Assam bloodshed too scared to go home

BILASIPARA, India, Aug 10 (AlertNet) - There was little time to do anything but grab her two young boys and run as fast as she could when the gunmen came into the northeast Indian village in the dead of night and began firing. Along with scores of other villagers, nine-months pregnant Rohima Begum hid with her family waist-deep in the rice fields as the gunshots rang out amid the screams of those left behind. Eighteen days on, Rohima, like hundreds of thousands in Assam state, languishes in a displacement camp - too scared to go home after the worst ethnic violence in India in a decade. ... read more..

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How does your family stay healthy?

How does your family stay healthy?
4 Ways to Celebrate Exercise with Your Child Week
Meet exercise goals--60 minutes daily for kids and 150 minutes weekly for adults--by working out alongside your child. Here's how read more..

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More of a night owl? Try this workout tomorrow anyway. You're more likely to reg...

More of a night owl? Try this workout tomorrow anyway. You're more likely to regret sleeping in.
An A.M. Workout for Non-Morning People | Fitbie
This morning exercise routine is worth waking up for, even if you’re not a morning person read more..

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Hundreds Of Thousands-Overcrowded Camps-Face Disease-India

Fleeing violence, India's displaced face disease, death in camps

GUWAHATI, India, Aug 6 (AlertNet) - Hundreds of thousands of people sheltering in squalid, overcrowded camps in India's northeast desperately need food, water and medicines after fleeing some of the worst communal violence in a decade, officials and aid workers said on Monday. At least 12 people, including four children, have died and thousands are sick with diseases such as diahorrea and malaria caused by poor conditions in government-run camps in Assam state, where up to 400,000 people have taken refuge. "We are in a state of high alert," said Assam's Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. ... read more..

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Gender Equality-Global Poll-Trustlaw-Canada-India

Canada best G20 country to be a woman, India worst: poll

LONDON, June 13 (TrustLaw) - Policies that promote gender equality, safeguards against violence and exploitation and access to healthcare make Canada the best place to be a woman among the world's biggest economies, a global poll of experts showed on Wednesday. Infanticide, child marriage and slavery make India the worst, the same poll concluded. Germany, Britain, Australia and France rounded out the top five countries out of the Group of 20 in a perceptions poll of 370 gender specialists conducted by TrustLaw, a legal news service run by Thomson Reuters Foundation. ... read more..

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