By Marwaan Macan-Markar

BANGKOK, Mar 22 (IPS) - A planned survey to check the economic pulse of fishing communities living on the banks of South-east Asia's largest freshwater lake -- the Tonle Sap in Cambodia -- threatens to expose serious shortcomings in an Asian Development Bank (AsDB) anti-poverty initiative.

By Marina Kozlova

TASHKENT, Mar 15 (IPS) – The lack of clean water and efficient sewerage system are threatening the health of patients in Tashkent hospitals, not to mention the rest of the province’s population.