Thursday, June 2, 2011



Haleh Sahabi, an activist and contributor to the magazine Chashm Andaz (Panorama), has died in hospital after being hit in the stomach when she, fellow family members and friends resisted attempts by security officials to stop the funeral of her father, Ezatollah Sahabi, a leading opposition figure and former editor.



Yanomami Indians in the Brazilian Amazon have captured an airplane used by health workers, in protest at corruption within the health service.


Britain's green spaces 'worth at least €30bn a year'

Green spaces in Britain are worth at least £30 billion a year in health and welfare benefits, says the first analysis of the UK’s natural environment in terms of the benefits it provides to society and economic prosperity.