AFP - The more children a woman has, the less likely she is to commit suicide, a Taiwanese researcher said Friday, summarising a study of more than 2,000 mothers who took their own lives.

AFP - An alliance that provides vaccines for poor children and claims to have prevented 5.4 million deaths, asked donors Friday for 4.3 billion dollars to save another 4.2 million lives by 2015.

AFP - Humans should have fewer babies to help the global battle against climate change, according to the renowned British primatologist and conservationist Jane Goodall.