Pesticide Related Deaths Under Investigation. A government commission probing the use of the pesticide Nemagon on banana plantations has demanded environmental impact reports from more than 50 companies to determine whether the health of workers and nearby residents is at risk. Opposition Candidate Warns of Risk of Coup. Nuclear Power Plants in Poor Shape. Clean Drinking Water Turns Poisonous.
Refugees Begin to Return Home.
The first set of Sierra Leonean refugees who fled the country following last year's military coup have started to return home from neighbouring Conkary, Guinea. Slump in Gold Price Worries Miners. Emergency Food Arrives in Strife-torn South. Old Ways Remain. Every five years a huge assembly of 1,000 Indonesians gathers to elect the president and vice president, but it has never been a much-awaited proceeding because its choices are made beforehand.