Stories by Daniel Howden

Saudi Women: "If you are dependent on another person, you've got nothing."

In Saudi Arabia, women literally belong to men. A new report describes the demoralizing reality of this gender apartheid system.
Posted on Apr 21, 2008, Source: Independent UK

The World's Dump: Ocean Garbage From Hawaii to Japan

A "plastic soup" of floating waste in the Pacific Ocean now covers an area twice the size of the continental U.S.
Posted on Feb 6, 2008, Source: The Independent UK

World Bank Pledges to Save Trees, Then Helps Cut Down Amazon

A month ago it vowed to fight deforestation. Now research reveals it funds the rainforest's biggest threat.
Posted on Jan 17, 2008, Source: The Independent UK

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