8 September 10 - From Human Rights Watch: George Soros, philanthropist and financier, today announced a challenge grant of $100 million over 10 years to Human Rights Watch. Read

7 September 10 - A major week long international water conference opened in the Swedish capital Monday with an ominous warning: time is running out faster than fresh water. Read

4 September 10 - Scientists have identified a new experimental malaria drug able to cope with resistant strains of the deadly disease with just one dose. Read

3 September 10 - The United Nations stands accused of marginalising water and sanitation in its much-touted Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) aimed at improving the lives of billions of people in the developing world. Read

24 August 10 - Switzerland will continue efforts to improve food security and defeat hunger around the world, although it remains a “Herculean task”. Read

23 August 10 - Alcohol, excess sleep, drugs, social withdrawal and sex are some of the tools that humanitarians facing burnout use to switch off from the constant stress they face in a typical emergency response. Read

13 August 10 - Sam Worthington, the President and CEO of InterAction, spoke recently with IPS about the role of NGOs in Haiti, the US and throughout the world. Read

13 August 10 - Reporters Without Borders: Open letter to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange: RSF regrets the incredible irresponsibility you showed when posting your article “Afghan War Diary 2004 - 2010” on the Wikileaks website on 25 July together with 92,000 leaked documents disclosing the (...) Read

11 August 10 - From CNN: Several humanitarian organizations have reached out to WikiLeaks to warn that the leaked documents it posts on its site could endanger the lives of civilians whose names appear in them. Read

11 August 10 - As flooding in Pakistan disrupts millions of lives, and huge areas of Russian forest burn, many people are wondering whether they are linked. Read