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DEVELOPMENT: WESTERN AID DECLINES, FINANCIAL BAILOUTS MOUNT
UNITED NATIONS, Jun. 26, 2009 (IPS/GIN) – As the world’s poorer nations warn about the gravity of the global financial crisis on their fragile economies, the United Nations has exposed an apparent contradiction by Western donors who cry poverty even while they raise trillions of dollars to rescue their beleaguered financial institutions. (#65737) 1005 words more |
RIGHTS: U.N. ASKED TO PROBE CIA RENDITION
NEW YORK, Jun. 26, 2009 (IPS/GIN) – Human rights groups are asking United Nations officials to investigate the case of an Italian citizen and victim of the “extraordinary rendition” program of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency who is currently being held in a Moroccan prison based on a confession coerced from him through torture. (#65730) 1257 words more |
MIDEAST: IRAN ELECTORAL CRISIS RIPPLES OUTWARD
WASHINGTON, Jun. 26, 2009 (IPS/GIN) – As the political crisis that erupted after Iran’s Jun. 12 elections enters its third week, it is becoming evident that this crisis will have repercussions in many parts of the Middle East – and far beyond. (#65732) 1531 words more |
DEVELOPMENT: GREEN ENERGY FOR ALL BY 2030?
VIENNA, Jun. 26, 2009 (IPS/GIN) – While industrialized countries struggle to switch from climate-damaging, carbon-based energy to greener energy sources, much of the world is desperately energy poor, with 1.6 billion people having no access to electricity and 2.4 billion relying on wood and dung for heat and cooking. (#65733) 836 words more |
ECONOMY: GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM NEEDS IMMEDIATE OVERHAUL
UNITED NATIONS, Jun. 26, 2009 (IPS/GIN) – The world community must take immediate action to overhaul the current global financial system – that’s what a vast majority of political leaders and policymakers from the developing world who are attending a three-day U.N. conference on the global economic crisis are saying. (#65734) 923 words more |
DEVELOPMENT: U.N. MUST BE THE CENTER FOR REFORM, GROUP SAYS
UNITED NATIONS, Jun. 26, 2009 (IPS/GIN) – A coalition of civil society organizations called the Global Social Economy Group (GSEG) is calling for the immediate and long-term financing needs of developing countries to take center-stage at the U.N. Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis. (#65731) 994 words more |
SOMALIA: U.S. CONFIRMS ARMS SHIPMENTS TO BOLSTER BESIEGED GOV’T
WASHINGTON, Jun. 25, 2009 (IPS/GIN) – The U.S. State Department Thursday confirmed that Washington is providing arms and ammunition to the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia in a bid to thwart its defeat by a loose coalition of radical Islamist militias which, according to some analysts, are linked to al Qaeda. (#65738) 1265 words more |
IRAN: WOMEN DISPLAY NEW MILITANCY IN PRO-DEMOCRACY VIGILS
TEHRAN, Jun. 25, 2009 (IPS/GIN) – Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters ignored government warnings and gathered in Tehran’s Baharestan Square in front of the Parliament building Wednesday. They were met with some of the harshest violence seen since Iran’s post-election turmoil erupted nearly two weeks ago. (#65709) 1293 words more |
Q&A: GAY RIGHTS ATTORNEY HAS HOPES FOR A NEW SOCIALIST CUBA
HAVANA, Jun. 25, 2009 (IPS/GIN) – Renowned for her work for the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transvestite and transgender people, Mariela Castro advocates a fairer, more inclusive, and above all more participatory socialism in Cuba. (#65739) 1710 words more |
US-IRAN: MISREADING THE PROTESTS IN TEHRAN
WASHINGTON, Jun. 25, 2009 (IPS/GIN) – After 30 years of enmity that closed off most lines of communication, the recent crisis in Iran has sparked a boom of U.S. interest in the Islamic Republic. (#65736) 1226 words more |
MIDEAST: ISRAELIS CHAFE AS U.S. RAISES THE ANTE ON SETTLEMENTS
JERUSALEM, Jun. 24, 2009 (IPS/GIN) – Middle East peacemaking has stalled for years over the following conundrum: whether to begin with the core issues of the Israel-Palestine conflict – borders, security, refugees, Jerusalem – and leave Israeli settlements in the West Bank to the side. Or tackle the settlements head-on, thereby opening the way for a peace drive. (#65676) 1030 words more |
DEVELOPMENT: ACTIVIST SEES LITTLE HOPE FOR POOR AT U.N. CONFAB
BRUSSELS, Jun. 24, 2009 (IPS/GIN) – Representatives from more than 140 countries are taking part in three-day talks on the ‘World Financial Crisis and its Impact on Development.’ With a spotlight on emergency and long-term responses to the crisis, especially on the world’s poorest countries, the talks, sponsored by the United Nations, began today in New York. (#65677) 715 words more |
Q&A: DISSATISFACTION AMONG IRAQ WAR GI’s HITS NEW HEIGHTS
NEW YORK, Jun. 23, 2009 (IPS/GIN) – Not since Vietnam have so many GIs objected to a war, and never have military families spoken out so strongly for withdrawal. (#65644) 1180 words more |
EL SALVADOR: LEFTIST GOVT CLAMPS DOWN ON CORRUPTION
SAN SALVADOR, Jun. 23, 2009 (IPS/GIN) – Central figures in the government of right-wing former Salvadoran president Antonio Saca (2004-2009) will face questioning by a commission led by Finance Minister Carlos Cáceres as part of a wide-ranging investigation into corruption. (#65646) 1055 words more |
POLITICS: WORLD BANK, IMF HEADS SKIP SUMMIT ON GLOBAL CRISIS
UNITED NATIONS, Jun. 23, 2009 (IPS/GIN) – When a major international conference on financing for development took place in the Qatari capital of Doha last November, the heads of both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) skipped the meeting. (#65647) 801 words more |
MOROCCO: BEATEN, MISTREATED AFRICANS WANT OUT OF MOROCCO
RABAT, Jun. 23, 2009 (IPS/GIN) – More than 300 African refugees are gathered at the gates of the Moroccan United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), asking to be moved to another country because their rights are not respected in Morocco. Several refugees say they have been beaten up by Moroccan UN personnel. (#65650) 732 words more |
LITHUANIA: RIGHTS GROUPS IN UPROAR OVER BAN ON GAY SPEECH
BRATISLAVA, Jun. 19, 2009 (IPS/GIN) – Lithuania’s parliament passed legislation this week that bans any discussion of homosexuality in schools or reference to it in public information available to children. (#65593) 1175 words more |
SUDAN: RIGHTS GROUPS MISREAD DARFUR CRISIS, AUTHOR SAYS
CAPE TOWN, Jun. 19, 2009 (IPS/GIN) – With Darfur’s colonial and historical roots in mind, Mahmood Mamdani concludes that the crisis in Darfur is not a racially driven genocide as it is commonly framed by outside observers, but a fight for land, triggered by drought. (#65596) 1522 words more |
Q&A: 30,000 EDIBLE PLANT SPECIES FACE ‘SILENT EXTINCTION’
ROME, Jun. 19, 2009 (IPS/GIN) – Self-described as the largest international research organization, “Bioversity International” is dedicated to promoting conservation efforts and the use of agricultural biodiversity. Emile Frison, director-general of Bioversity International, explains the critical role this science plays in meeting the development needs of people and societies. (#65595) 788 words more |
AFRICA
Jun 25 POVERTY-MAURITIUS: JOB CUTS FORCE THOUSANDS INTO POVERTY (#65719)
Jun 25 TRADE-MAURITIUS: PARADISE ISLAND, PIRATES’ DEN (#65711)
Jun 25 ECONOMY-AFRICA: EXPERT URGES NEW AFRICAN STRATEGY (#65718)
Jun 24 RIGHTS-GAMBIA: WHO KILLED DEYDA HYDARA? (#65726)
Jun 24 POLITICS-SO SUDAN: WOMEN SEE THREATS TO THEIR POLITICAL GAINS (#65725)
Jun 24 ENVIRONMENT-MALAWI: HELPING ELEPHANTS OUT OF HARM’S WAY (#65724)
Jun 24 ECONOMY-NIGERIA: POPULATION FEARS FURTHER ECONOMIC PAIN (#65722)
Jun 23 ECONOMY-ZAMBIA: HARD TIMES ON THE COPPERBELT (#65655)
Jun 23 RIGHTS-NAMIBIA: ‘CUT, CUT AGAIN AND NOW TIE TIGHTLY’ (#65656)
Jun 22 ANGOLA: MILITARY RAIDS TARGET RESTIVE OIL-RICH ENCLAVE (#65626)
Jun 22 HEALTH-SO. AFRICA: AIDS DRUG DONORS PREPARE TO MAKE CUTS (#65623)
Jun 22 FINANCE-ZIMBABWE: WITH INVESTMENT AT A TRICKLE, JOBS DRY UP (#65622)
Jun 21 EGYPT: WATER-SHARING AGREEMENT HITS A SNAG (#65630)
Jun 20 AFRICA-AGRO: SEEKING DIVERSITY, RESILIENCE AND FARMER CONTROL (#65637)
Jun 19 SOUTH AFRICA: HATE LETTERS THREATEN SMALL SOMALI BUSINESSES (#65598)
Jun 19 Q&A: SHOPOWNERS FEAR ‘THE CAKE IS NOT ENOUGH’ TO SHARE (#65599)
Jun 18 TANZANIA: TREE CONSERVATION EFFORTS BENEFIT COMMUNITIES, TOO (#65603)
Jun 18 GAMBIA: EDITORS IN QUEST FOR MURDERED COLLEAGUE ARE DETAINED (#65604)
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ASIA
Jun 25 ASIA: DAMS ACROSS THE MEKONG COULD TRIGGER A ‘WATER WAR’ (#65713)
Jun 25 DEVELOPMENT: CHINA LENDS SUPPORT TO U.N. FINANCE SUMMIT (#65728)
Jun 24 INDIA: CITIZEN OPPOSITION TO ‘NUCLEARISM’ BUILDS (#65727)
Jun 24 MALAYSIA: BLACKLISTED FOR NOT ENFORCING TRAFFICKING LAWS (#65649)
Jun 24 EAST TIMOR: UN HELPS TO MITIGATE DISASTER RISK (#65645)
Jun 23 FIJI: SWINE FLU SPREADS TO VULNERABLE PACIFIC ISLAND NATIONS (#65648)
Jun 20 ASIA: REGIONAL RAILWAY LINKS AIM TO BOOST TRADE, COOPERATION (#65642)
Jun 18 INDIA: 25 YEARS LATER, U.S. POLITICIANS SAY, ‘CLEAN UP BHOPAL’ (#65606)
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MIDDLE EAST
Jun 25 LEBANON: HOW NOT TO OPPOSE AN OPPOSITION (#65714)
Jun 25 MIDEAST: PALESTINIAN PRISONERS SHACKLED AND HIDDEN AWAY (#65712)
Jun 25 US-AFGHANISTAN: AIRSTRIKE REPORT BELIES “BLAME TALIBAN” LINE (#65710)
Jun 24 POLITICS: U.S. TO NAME AMBASSADOR TO DAMASCUS AFTER 4 YEARS (#65721)
Jun 24 MIDEAST WAR: REPORTER SAYS ‘FALSE LETTER’ LINKED IRAN, BOMBING (#65678)
Jun 23 MIDEAST: BLOODY SHOWDOWN AHEAD IF UNITY TALKS FAIL (#65654)
Jun 23 CONFLICT: SAUDI ACCOUNT OF KHOBAR BORE SIGNS OF FRAUD (#65657)
Jun 23 IRAN: HARSH CRACKDOWN EXTENDS TO LEADING OPPOSITION FIGURES (#65686)
Jun 22 SAUDI ARABIA: REPORTER SAYS SAUDIS BLOCKED TRUCK BOMB PROBE (#65624)
Jun 21 IRAN: TEAR GAS FAILED TO STIFLE ANGER OVER DISPUTED VOTE (#65627)
Jun 21 IRAN: POLITICAL CRISIS DEEPENS AFTER GUARDS DEPLOY LETHAL FORCE (#65629)
Jun 20 IRAN: PROTESTERS REJECT KHAMENEI-SANCTIONED VOTE .TEXT (#65631)
Jun 20 MIDEAST: AID AGENCIES CONDEMN GAZA BLOCKADE (#65634)
Jun 20 LEBANON: DEFEATED SHIAS PONDER UNCERTAIN FUTURE (#65635)
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LATIN AMERICA
Jun 24 GUATEMALA: JOURNALISTS A TARGET OF ORGANIZED CRIME (#65723)
Jun 24 ARGENTINA: REGION’S LARGEST BANK LOAN TO CLEAN UP DIRTY RIVER (#65729)
Jun 23 ECONOMY-CUBA: HOLIDAY BLUES IN TIMES OF CRISIS (#65684)
Jun 23 COLOMBIA: SPYING IN THE NAME OF ‘DEMOCRATIC SECURITY’ (#65687)
Jun 22 RELIGION-CUBA: WOMEN IN THE PULPIT (#65658)
Jun 22 HEALTH-BRAZIL: BIRTH CENTRES VS. HOSPITALS (#65663)
Jun 22 SOUTH AMERICA: ANTI-NUCLEAR ACTIVISTS TO FORM COMMON FRONT (#65665)
Jun 21 NICARAGUA: 27,000 WOMEN FIRED IN FREE TRADE ZONE OVER 3 YEARS (#65628)
Jun 20 URUGUAY: RURAL SCHOOLS THREATENED BY DEPOPULATION (#65632)
Jun 19 COLOMBIA: UN SEES ‘SYSTEMATIC’ KILLINGS OF CIVILIANS BY SOLDIERS (#65636)
Jun 19 PERU: NATIVE GROUPS WIN HALT TO MINING, DRILLING, LOGGING (#65638)
Jun 19 ENVIRONMENT-LATIN AMERICA: GREEN PARTIES GOING IT ALONE (#65643)
Jun 18 PARAGUAY: BREAKING BARRIERS, 10 NATIVE STUDENTS ARE COLLEGE BOUND (#65601)
Jun 18 BRAZIL: GOVT TO HELP REALIZE VAST WIND POWER POTENTIAL (#65597)
Jun 18 MEXICO: COMMUNITY ECO-ALLIANCES PRIORITIZE HEALTH, NOT PROFIT (#65607)
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US & CANADA
Jun 26 REPORT-PART 5: HOW FREEH BECAME “DEFENSE LAWYER” FOR SAUDIS (#65735)
Jun 23 POLITICS-US: OBAMA TAKES SHARPER TONE ON IRANI REPRESSION (#65680)
Jun 22 Q&A: FINANCIAL CRISIS UNPRECEDENTED SINCE 1930S* (#65660)
Jun 22 POLITICS-US: OBAMA’S RIGHT TURN (#65664)
Jun 22 U.S.: NEO-CONS, REPUBLICANS PAINT OBAMA AS WEAK ON “ROGUES” (#65659)
Jun 19 US-MIDEAST: CARTER ADDS WEIGHT TO SHUTTLE DIPLOMACY PUSH (#65641)
Jun 19 POLITICS-US: WHITE NATIONALISTS FIND A HOME IN THE MILITARY (#65640)
Jun 19 US-MEXICO: MORE MIGRANT DEATHS IN BORDER CROSSINGS (#65594)
Jun 19 Q&A: “MIGRANT WORKERS BRING VIBRANCY TO THE LABOR MOVEMENT” (#65639)
Jun 18 POLITICS: WOMEN’S GROUPS SEEK GENDER EQUITY AT U.N. SUMMIT (#65605)
Jun 18 POLITICS: U.S. GUNS ARM MEXICAN CARTELS (#65600)
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EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA
Jun 23 ALBANIA: POLL BRINGS OLD RECIPES, NEW EXPECTATIONS (#65651)
Jun 23 RIGHTS-SPAIN: LAWS DEFENDING ‘UNIVERSAL JUSTICE’ ARE AT RISK (#65681)
Jun 23 GREECE: NEW LAWS BEING RUSHED IN AGAINST MIGRANTS (#65652)
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GLOBAL / UNITED NATIONS
Jun 25 Q&A: WATER SCARCITY THREATENS HALF THE PLANET (#65715)
Jun 25 REPORT-PT 4: FBI IGNORED COMPELLING EVIDENCE OF BIN LADEN ROLE (#65717)
Jun 25 ECONOMY: DEMOCRACY THE CURE FOR BROKEN SYSTEM, U.N. SAYS (#65716)
Jun 24 POLITICS: ILLEGAL DRUG TRADE IS SLOWING, U.N. SAYS (#65720)
Jun 24 WOMEN-MEDIA: GROUP UNDERTAKES MAJOR MEDIA STUDY (#65679)
Jun 23 Q&A: MAJOR U.N. CONFAB MARGINALIZED BY RICH COUNTRIES (#65682)
Jun 23 POLITICS: WILL WOMEN BE AN AFTERTHOUGHT AT U.N. CRISIS MEET? (#65653)
Jun 23 US-SUDAN: LIMITED PROGRESS MADE TO RESCUE PEACE ACCORD (#65683)
Jun 23 CLIMATE CHANGE: U.N. LAUNCHES “SEAL THE DEAL” CAMPAIGN (#65685)
Jun 22 ENVIRONMENT: NO BREAKTHROUGH SEEN IN WHALING STALEMATE (#65661)
Jun 22 ECONOMY: POOR NATIONS FACE ANOTHER LOST DECADE (#65625)
Jun 22 US-IRAQ: FATE OF WITHDRAWAL PACT TO BE DECIDED AT THE POLLS (#65662)
Jun 20 ENVIRONMENT: EARTH CAN GENERATE SUMMER OUT OF WINTER (#656
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