Global IssuesClimate Change-Us: Too Little, Too Late for Copenhagen?
Friday, November 06, 2009
The momentum that U.S. climate change legislation has picked up in recent weeks will not be enough to get it through prior to the Copenhagen climate talks that kick off Dec. 7. It has also come at a steep price for those most committed to seeing such legislation pass.
Honduras: Unilateral 'Unity Government' Announced; Deal 'Dead'
Friday, November 06, 2009
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Friday that the agreement reached last week to solve the four-month crisis triggered by a coup d'etat was 'dead.'
Rights-Nicaragua: Mudslinging Match Between Gov't, Activists
Friday, November 06, 2009
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has been accused before the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights of responsibility for a series of violent incidents, which in the view of some analysts and civil society organisations have harmed democracy in the country.
Mideast: Lessons from the Karine A -Déjà Vu All Over Again
Friday, November 06, 2009
As Israeli Defence Forces munitions experts sorted through 300 tonnes of weapons found on a German-owned, Cypriot-operated cargo ship flying the Antiguan flag, Israeli politicians were sifting through the various talking points that could be offloaded from the vessel.
Africa: We Are the Government
Friday, November 06, 2009
As if they were going to the races, Emma Musako and Monica Mhango showed up in their finest outfits to attend a meeting on the health, social and environmental impacts of uranium mining. They came because they, like the other attendees, no longer want to remain uninformed citizens.
U.s.: 'War Comes Home' with Ft. Hood Shootings
Friday, November 06, 2009
While investigators probe for a motive behind the mass shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas Thursday, in which an army psychiatrist is suspected of killing 13 people, military personnel at the base are in shock as the incident 'brings the war home'.
Q&A: Geert Wilders Gets a Big Email Hug
Friday, November 06, 2009
Since the terror attacks of Sep. 11, 2001, persistent misconceptions about Islam have contributed to a dangerous climate of mistrust and disharmony between the Muslim world and the West.
Climate Change: Divide Before You Add
Friday, November 06, 2009
You could almost begin to divide the figures before you add them up. The numbers being advertised by way of aid to the developing world to contain carbon emissions do not quite add up. What is more certain is the division to follow.
Politics: U.S. Seeks to Limit Warlords in Karzai Cabinet
Friday, November 06, 2009
The Barack Obama administration is talking tough to Afghan President Hamid Karzai about the need for decisive action on corruption and governance reform, but its main objective is to prevent particularly corrupt and incompetent warlords from getting plum ministries as rewards for helping clinch his fraudulent reelection, IPS has learned.
Environment-Spain: Improving Garbage Management
Friday, November 06, 2009
The 60,000 tonnes of rubbish collected daily in Spain, equivalent to 1.3 kilos per person, is being managed by more green-friendly methods of recovery and treatment.
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