Global IssuesAnger Boils Over As Ranks Of Jobless Youth Swell
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
When images of North London's gutted and burning buildings, broken shop windows and refuse-lined streets appeared on TV screens and front-page headlines during the four-day Tottenham riots last August, many dismissed the damage as the work of 'hoodlums' and 'delinquents'.
Europe Fears A Summer Attack On Iran
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
The appeals to Israel by numerous European diplomats attending the Munich security conference last weekend have led to growing concern that Israeli plans to attack Iran are imminent.
Will 2014 World Cup Take Football From Brazil's Masses?
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
The lack of transparency in the preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil is raising concerns over the social implications of hosting the football championship and fears that the country's most democratic and popular sport will only be accessible to the wealthy.
Cameroon’S Economy Suffers As Boko Haram Infiltrates Country
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Ahmadou Lamine has been forced to close his business selling fuel imported from Nigeria, known locally as 'zoa-zoa', because of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram.
Burma In The Throes Of Change - Part 1
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Moves by the Burmese government to settle ethnic conflicts in the country, notably with the Karen in the mountainous eastern part of the country, have caught most observers by surprise.
Will 2014 World Cup Take Football From Brazil's Masses?
Monday, February 06, 2012
The lack of transparency in the preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil is raising concerns over the social implications of hosting the football championship and fears that the country's most democratic and popular sport will only be accessible to the wealthy.
U.S. Weighs Options As Syrian Violence Intensifies
Monday, February 06, 2012
Following a failed bid to pass a U.N. Security Council Resolution calling for regime change in Syria, Washington is considering other means to influence events on the ground, as the country slips ever closer toward civil war.
U.N. Security Council Remains 'neutered' By Five Big Powers
Monday, February 06, 2012
Since Russia and China vetoed a key resolution critical of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's violent repression of the ongoing 11-month old civilian uprising, there has been plenty of public outrage directed at the two permanent members of the Security Council who stood defiant against an overwhelming majority.
Despite Rhetoric, Women Still Sidelined In Development Funding
Monday, February 06, 2012
As U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro once put it, 'Women hold the keys to unlocking the barriers to sustainable development.'
Mines Test Colombia's Commitment To Sustainable Development
Monday, February 06, 2012
'In the Andes, and all over the world, mining on mountains should be banned. Distinguished scientists and papers in the most prestigious journals are saying this,' a regional planning expert in Colombia told IPS.
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