Last week the whole Philippines shut down. Everyone was in the cemetery. While no one was looking, a little girl who had lost hope hanged herself.   

November 1 through November 2 is Day of the Dead in the Philippines. During this time, it's tradition to go to the cemeteries and pay homage to your dead relatives. Families pitch tents or set picnic tab

Twenty-four hours later, the numbers are out. Twenty-four hours after scores of Stand Up and Speak Out events were held across the globe to mark World Poverty Day, which saw multitudes of people stand up on streets, paved and unpaved, posh hotel ballrooms, sports coliseums and town squares, schools and offices, marketplaces and hill tops, the final numbers were revealed. Over 38.7 million peopl

"Where will you stand up tomorrow?" I asked a friend of mine today in an e-mail.  I'll be in Delhi, he e-mailed back. "What about you?" Well, I'll be in the office, I replied. I'll be waiting for updates from national coalitions, writing breaking news reports, updating the web site and sending links to the media and to all who would care to know about how th