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Climate Change: Dark Clouds Gathering Over Copenhagen

Saturday, November 07, 2009

It has been a bad week for the climate change summit in Copenhagen next month. During the week the last meeting in the formal round of pre- Copenhagen talks collapsed in Barcelona. Then, meeting here on the weekend, the G20 finance ministers put the seal on that failure by failing to agree to a financial package.

Climate Change: Dark Clouds Gathering Over Copenhagen

Saturday, November 07, 2009

It has been a bad week for the climate change summit in Copenhagen next month. During the week the last meeting in the formal round of pre- Copenhagen talks collapsed in Barcelona. Then, meeting here on the weekend, the G20 finance ministers put the seal on that failure by failing to agree to a financial package.

Mexico: Women Package the Sweet Taste of Nostalgia

Saturday, November 07, 2009

Years ago, when Catalina Sánchez saw an opportunity to earn an income and improve her family’s living conditions by growing and selling nopales - an edible cactus native to Mexico - she probably never imagined that her idea would spawn three businesses.

Politics: Thai-Cambodia Diplomatic Row Bares Decades-Long Rift

Saturday, November 07, 2009

Thailand’s swift and strong response to Cambodia’s decision to appoint ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as an economic adviser exposed an emotional faultline rooted in decades of mutual suspicion and hatred.

Sri Lanka: Colombo’s Diplomatic Sparring Games with EU, U.S.

Saturday, November 07, 2009

One thing that has set apart the current administration of President Mahinda Rajapaksa from those of his predecessors is its diplomatic duals with international heavyweights.

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.

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.

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.

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