http://amlat.oneworld.net/article/archive/7362 es_CR http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160942/1/7362 U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama are missing a massive opportunity to save lives and radically change the course of world history, say health and education activists Saul Garlick and Elizabeth Arkell. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160912/1/7362 The G-8 foreign ministers, meeting next week, must deal decisively with the humanitarian toll that rising food prices and reduced foreign aid are taking on Africa, said a panel of leaders focused on African progress. http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/160895/1/7362 BANGKOK, Jun 16 (IPS) - Cambodian lawmakers are still to offer unanimous support for a petition aimed at combating corruption that was presented to the National Assembly in mid-May. The call was a cry from ordinary people -- over a million of them. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160724/1/7362 A large number of children remain out of school in Rajasthan in western India. In an effort to bring learning opportunities to all, the State government has signed an agreement with UNICEF under its Public Private Partnership framework to fund projects with special focus on educating the girl child. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160689/1/7362 According to World Bank’s Global Monitoring Report 2008, the rate of absenteeism among health workers is highest in India. The report says that if corrective measures are not taken the MDGs with regard to reduction in child and maternal mortality are unlikely to be met.